Urgent Goal = Success (or why Anna Paquin is so hot–because she’s naked on True Blood all the time). What is my urgent goal? More to come on that. “It takes no talent to be in shape.” Read more football/life advice here. Fitness Is … yep, this is why we all do this This makes [...]
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How to Get Hit on in the Gym
Just go to a “regular” gym and do some CrossFit. Or, not even some CrossFit, just some Olympic Lifts. Or, not even some CrossFit or some Olympic Lifts but a Burgener warmup with a wooden pole. Or, not even some CrossFit or some Olympic Lifts or a Burgener warmup but some simple shoulder mobility pass-throughs. [...]
Raaaaar Strength in THE GYM!!
I lifted heavy weights today! Still don’t have a gym membership, but scoped out one of the gyms in town and got in an all strength workout today. LOVE. Agilities 3 x 5 Snatch 45 / 65 / 85 3 x 5 Power clean 85 / 105 / 125 3 x 5 Back Squat 135 [...]
Staring Up the Stairs
Man I miss training in a group.The workout I made up for myself today would have been a really fun one if I had been with my training partners. Instead, it was me and Nali, and although she’s close to human, it’s just not the same. I was even wearing my CC shirt … sigh. [...]
CrossFit Haters are Funny
One of my favorite things about CrossFit is that it doesn’t take itself too seriously … I mean, there are PEOPLE that take it too seriously, but by and large, even they know who they are. Funny, sarcastic post from Moynihan Institute via Conditioning Research … he rips on everything from Vibrams to abs to: [...]
Great Lists of Training Secrets
Trainer Tells All He Has Learned About Health and Fitness Trainer Tells MORE About All He Has Learned About Health and Fitness These two are GREAT lists of random things that I more or less agree with from Mike O’Donnell at Fitness Spotlight. A couple faves: Pushups are the best upper body workout designed….no machine [...]
Commitment
I committed to run/walk/skip/GO down and up these steps at least once a day for as many days in a row as I live here. That’s 64 steps. Friday night at 11:14pm, I realized I hadn’t run the stairs yet. It was hailing lightly and pitch black, but Nali and I ventured out into the [...]
Makeup and working out: yay or nay?
I’ve been skiing instead of blogging about how much my shoulder hurts, hooray! Which shouldn’t be confused with my shoulder not hurting, because it still does, but I’ve been icing and ibuprofening, and the skiing was really good for me in that it got the shoulder moving in a different manner than usual. I’m taking [...]
Nuts and Anti-Nuts
We’re all nuts! What is CrossFit & Why Would I do it? … eh, you don’t need to read the article, the answer is because we’re all nuts! Feasting on Fitness’s Starter Series 3. Eat Fat … explains why a lot of us have suddenly decided we have low-grade nut allergies. Untrue. We just aren’t [...]
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