Sharing My Life One Bite at a Time
Two of my favorite “activities” in life are CrossFit and drinking. Haha! Hey, I work hard and play hard! I especially love doing these things together as seen here, here, and here. So when Smirnoff reached out to me about hosting a “Ladies’ Night (Work) Out,” which would include a workout followed by a sampling [...]
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Hi, friends! Happy Hump Day! I hope your week is off to a fabulous start! Breakfast I started yesterday morning with my favorite (current) breakfast: green juice + a toasted, gluten-free English muffin with peanut butter and banana on one side and sunflower butter and banana on the other side. I could seriously eat this [...]
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Phew. I’m glad the 2013 CrossFit Open is officially over. It was a ton of fun, and I really enjoyed myself, but I’m ready to get back to my regular workouts. I feel like I haven’t been to a CrossFit class in ages! Last Friday afternoon, Kerrie and I made plans to do 13.5 together: [...]
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Woohoo! I met my goal and survived Open WOD 13.4! As I mentioned in my previous post, 95 pounds (the prescribed weight for this workout) for clean and jerk was pretty close to my 1RM, so my goal for 13.4 was to make it through the set of 12 clean and jerks and toes-to-bar. I thought 60 [...]
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Good morning, friends! Here are some words of wisdom from Bill Nye (the Science Guy) to start your Friday off on the right foot: Don’t you love that? We have so much to learn from each other. Workout Last night, I went to CrossFit to prepare for Open WOD 13.4, which is a short 7-minute workout [...]
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Well, Open WOD 13.3 was a tough one. I wasn’t looking forward to it, but I survived and managed to beat my previous score, so I’m happy. Workout 13.3 12 minute AMRAP of: 150 Wall balls 90 Double-unders 30 Muscle-ups To prepare for the Wall ball madness, I practiced my technique at home. I always [...]
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I was all about the “step-up” for my second attempt at Open WOD 13.2. (Thank you for all of your helpful suggestions, by the way!) I did it right from the beginning of the workout, and it definitely proved to be a smart strategy for me. 3…2…1…GO! Photo credit: Sean Burns During 13.2, I learned [...]
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The second WOD of the CrossFit Open was killer. Yowsahs. It was so much harder than I expected. After seeing Annie Thorisdottir and Lindsey Valenzuela flying through the movements, almost like they were using PVC pipes instead of 75-pound bars and making it look so easy, I thought I had this WOD in the bag. [...]
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Whomp whomp. I was pumped for the Filthy Fifty last night, but, unfortunately, things just didn’t go as planned with my performance. I was obviously happy to just be able to CrossFit (a chronic illness definitely changed my perspective), but I still wasn’t thrilled with my time, especially since it was 3.5 minutes slower than [...]
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Holy goodness, Open WOD 13.1 was brutal. I still can’t believe I survived it. Last night, I was invited to an “Advanced Open Preparation Class” at our box to prepare for the first workout of the CrossFit Open. The class focused on strategy and proper warm-up related to the movements, so we could get a [...]
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