Crossfit.com publishes its Workout of the Day the night before, so you have plenty of time to mentally prepare for what is in store for the following day. We checked the workout last night and holy heck. As prescribed: For time: Run 1600 meters 150 Double-unders 50 Burpees Run 800 meters 100 Double-unders 35 Burpees […]
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As part of working on my NROLFW program, I have learned a lot about how the fitness industry somewhat has a distinction between what exercises men and women should be doing, and how most of that is just pure nonsense. The book encourages stepping away from the pink “Barbie” weights and becoming familiar with the […]
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Despite Sundays being a typical rest-day for me (and it being about 90 degrees outside at 11:00), I decided that after a day of indulging on the lake yesterday (including a plate or two of angel food cake topped with Cool-Whip..), a good old-fashioned Crossfit workout was acceptable, especially since it was only 20 minutes […]
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The intention was to do a venting write-up on front squats last night, but due to unforeseen circumstances, this post was delayed.. Has there ever been a particular workout move that you torture yourself with and get such mental anguish over that it throws off your whole focus and frustrates the heck out of you? Up until […]
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I’m not sure what is so terrifying about throwing yourself towards a wall feet first, but it took some pure will and determination (and encouragement from the BF) to have the nerve to kick my feet up and hurl myself towards our rickety garage. After about 35 attempts at doing a handstand against the wall, […]
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Since I’ve recently traded in my usual cereal or oatmeal for breakfast for more protein-packed eggs instead, I have been determined to find a good method of making hard-boiled eggs that don’t suck and that peel perfectly. Thanks to Pinterest, I have! This recipe was adapted from Mom on a Mission and since I discovered this way of […]
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At one point in the NROLFW book, there is a section regarding what weight you should start at when doing a particular exercise: “Whatever you think you can use, the actual number is probably higher.” I totally believe this and oftentimes it’s hard to push yourself to your own limits.
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I hit one of my fitness goals today – I deadlifted more than my bodyweight!! 🙂
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I was wasting time on Pinterest and looking up random fitness pages and ran across this t-shirt: While I do not cuss, I really felt that this appropriately expressed how I felt after tonight’s short little workout. The official crossfit WOD for today was an untitled workout, consisting of 21 each of 95# front-squats, burpees, […]
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