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Which Hard Would You Rather Have: Health or Illness?
There does not seem to be enough hours in the day lately to get it all done. My new job has me so busy and now that spring has sprung – there is so much to get done. I’m not alone in that feeling I am sure – we are all running at a thousand…
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Why Do You Workout?
I’m not going to lie and say I was raring to go this morning. Getting up at 515A regularly is hard – I desperately wanted to hit snooze, roll over and get some more Zzz’s. But I can’t do that. I like the benefits of exercise too much to compromise and one hour of sleep isn’t going…
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Workouts – A lot like life, rolling with the punches
CrossFit hands are known for their roughness. For some, it’s a sign of hard work — for me, it’s just painful. One of my fellow athletes, Brad, recommended that I soak my hand in warm, soapy water for 10-15m, until my the blister/callus turned white. Then take a butter knife and slowly slice it off.…
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Meeting Cindy – again.
One of the Ladies of CrossFit showed up for this Workout — Cindy. I really don’t mind her but that doesn’t mean I like her. And it’s one of those workouts, that look easy at first — yeah, so not easy. Warmup 800m run 10 Pass thrus 10 Whirly Birds 10 OHS 5 Wall Handstands…
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Kids and Fitness
Yesterday, I received an email from someone who had read my most recent blog post in the Ashburn Patch about getting kids into fitness. I fully believe there is no reason that is good enough to not be on top of this issue as parents. It’s part of our job to not only lead by…
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Kissin the Ground Workout
I am loving the WODs at CrossFit the past week or so — high intensity, fast paced, total all out effort. Warmupx3 10 Pass thrus Sampson stretch 10 Whirly Birds 10 Bendy Whirly Birds 10 Push ups 20 Double Unders 10 OHS Skill Double Unders toes to Bar WOD 4 rounds for time of: 15…
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Weekend Workout
I have a busy day that started out at CrossFit Impavidus for another fun and hard workout. Scott has informed me that I basically say that about every workout, every morning when I come home. So I’m probably like the boy who cried wolf. But it’s true and it’s good because that means you never…
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CrossFit and Community
We met Kelly again today at CrossFit. She is one of those mean ladies that are considered benchmarks. I woke up with a sore throat and tired and should have listened to my body more but I love the challenge of doing these benchmarks — so I went. It was tougher than I expected. I…
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Summer Workout and the livin is easy
I had such a good day yesterday starting with that great WOD where I kicked butt! My abs are sore and I have a lower back sore from all those sit ups but those I can live with! Yesterday was Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year and the first day of Summer. Hard…
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Squat Cleans
Since we had family in town this weekend, we officially moved Father’s Day to next Sunday in our house. Sometimes you have to do what you have to do — It was so fun to have my big brother here for the weekend. I love seeing my kids around their family since we don’t live…