August 2012
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“Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming...”
– Adyashanti (via oktoterror)
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May 2012
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Shoulder to overhead
I did 5-5-5-5-5 starting with 65# and ending up going to 100#’s. I tried 105 but couldn’t complete it. Scared of the weight and dropped it before I could lock out. Pretty exciting getting so much Stronger though in such a short period of time!!
April 2012
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March 2012
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New CrossFitters, avoid the scale!
Sadly I have not stayed consistent with my blogging about CrossFit, BUT thankfully I have stayed consistent with my workouts! 3 days on, 1 day off for the past 3 months(almost). I made the mistake of weighing myself yesterday and discovered I have gained about 5lbs. After some serious thought and naked mirror time I did 2 things. 1) I vowed to never ever weigh myself again and 2) that I look...
February 2012
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Note to self
CrossFit while PMS-ing can suck:( especially when the workout is all the things you struggle at.
21-15-9
Hang squat clean
Power snatch
And then
9-7-5
Max box jump
Weighted pull ups
Pretty much I almost died or cried…not really sure which one. Off for some foods and definitely a drink. Curtis at the Inferno rocks.
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I successfully drank an entire pot of coffee today
I need to do a WOD tonight. Badly. Its been 2 days now. Way too much energy being placed on packing. It is pretty amazing how once I established that I work out 3 days on, 1 day off, how anxious I feel when I miss a workout. The periods in my life that I didn’t work out for weeks/months at a time feel long gone. I am so so thankful for that.
Still can’t do a fucking pull...
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Watch170# deadlift. I almost didn’t post this because I look so amazing…but I got over it because I’m stoked! Woooo! This was not easy for me people!
notfortime asked: Love your blog :) I feel the same way about HSPU's and other exercises (muscle ups!!) as you do.. ONE day we will get there!!
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Trader Joes+Sleeping child
When your 3 year old says, “mommy I’m sleepy” when you’re 2 minutes into the drive to the market, you know it’s over. I thought I was a creative mommy genius when I rolled down the window to give her some “wind” and blasted our favorite song. When I remembered I had an organic honey stick in my bag I almost yelled YES!! she sucked half of it down, and...
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The BEST Chiropractor in Los Angeles
http://www.adiola.com/
Dr. Mike Dorausch is amazing. Here is my story.
My upper back is where I keep all of my tension. Working in customer service, you have to internalize a lot of emotion to remain cool/calm on the exterior. For me, this has lead to much self discovery and growth but also, some serious tension issues. One day at work the tension was so bad I just laid flat on my back in the...
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HEALTH: Does Muscle REALLY Weigh More Than Fat? →
overcoming-obstacles:
overcoming-obstacles:
Like a lot of people, you might think that muscle weighs more than fat.
“When I hear this statement, I always think of the old riddle: Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?” says Laura Stusek, MS, fitness coordinator for Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah. “A pound is a pound!”
Muscle vs. Fat: Clearing Up the...
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I did a WOD with my DAD today!
“Orlando’s Challenge”
9-7-5 reps
Squat Snatch(crazy move)
15 toes to bar(YEAH RIGHT!!!!)
Handstand push up(Pfff)
And then 1000 meter row (something I can do!!!)
The part about doing WOD’S with a Games Competitor writing them is that they are fucking hard!!!! I did this WOD at CrossFit Northern Inferno today, the day after I did Angie. Omg. Thank God for...
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Eff you Angie
100 pull ups
100 push ups
100 sit ups
100 squats
And then 400 meter walk with weighted barbell
Sooooo my sister did the full unmodified Angie in 15 minutes flat. Ridiculous. I did half an Angie, modified, in 20 minutes.
Oh the “and then” part of CrossFit is the part that becomes comical. The 400 meter walk with weighted barbell was no joke. I was toast after this. I did this...
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WatchDarren can jump. When’s the last time you tried jumping onto something high? It’s crazy. Try it.
January 2012
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50/40/30/20/10
50 pull ups(assisted)
40 box jumps
30 burpees
20 wall ball toss
10 wall scales
For time.
I completed mine in 13 minutes and 37 seconds. Pretty happy with that time considering I was very conscious of using my arms and not my support leg during my pull ups. Burpees were the most challenging for me. Kinda pissed I snagged my new leggings that Darren just got me climbing up the wall. I guess...
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WatchBill Grundler giving me some pointers from the station! He is seriously the best. I feel fortunate to know him. And now I know how to do over head lunges!
Fell off the wagon but getting back on!
WOD for time
-20 steps weighted overhead lunge #20 (hold the two 10# bumper plates)
-10 push press 45# bar
-10 steps weighted overhead lunge #20 (hold the two 10# bumper plates)
-20 pull ups
-20 steps weighted overhead lunge #20 (hold the two 10# bumper plates)
-10 push ups
-10 steps weighted overhead lunge #20 (hold the two 10# bumper plates)
-20 butterfly sit ups
-20 steps weighted...
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Functional Movement
CrossFit mimics movements you would ACTUALLY do in real life. That way when you do those movements, you are ready for them and can do them with ease. Such as Push Press, imagine putting a heavy box up into a closet without throwing your back out or calling for your husband to do it. Make sense? Just recently at work I received a giant delivery of gift boxes and needed to get them out of the way...
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90 Days of CrossFit
CrossFit is all around me. It started with my sisters long time lovey and CrossFit extraordinaire, “Brother” Bill Grundler. He owns CrossFit Inferno in San Luis Obispo and has been dedicated to the CrossFit lifestyle for years, before most people even knew what it was. He is in ridiculously good shape. I have watched his dedication to CrossFit grow, and what I always loved and admired...
Reblog if you are a Crossfitter & Paleo/Zone Eater...
foodfitnessandwanderlust:
levanna:
lmsys:
to-be-natural-fitandbeautiful:
Please reblog! I want to follow you guys :)
Zone! Habitual cheater…
Also Paleo and a CrossFitter!
Paleo girl, here.
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Back Fat
Ladies, here’s some info on the shit that matters.
I did before photos. Scary. I was telling my sister, Darren and BillI my before photo saga, basically that they are traumatizing. Let me paint you a picture: cheese, armpit fat squeezing out from my sports bra, back fat-like an actual roll, UNEVEN shoulders. Not to mention super dry hair, the photo prompted me to purchase...
Even my pinkies are sore
Not even kidding. My pinkies have been sore since the filthy fifty. Kettle bell swings…look into it.
Back in LA, my rest day was much needed after that SLO visit. We took a foundations class at the Inferno on Sunday. Highly, highly recommend you take a foundations class if you are doing CrossFit or are interested in CrossFit. It truly helped to break down each fundamental movement. My...
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You can't go over it, you have to go though it!
I am in it right now. CrossFit for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I’m in San Luis Obispo and have so far:
-Run 2 miles(delivered cornstarch to Reese Galido so she could finish her Shoyu chicken. Felt moderately uneasy running with a plastic bag filled with a white powdery substance)
-CrossFit workout “Geologic Exspansion” at the SLO inferno consisting of: 5 rounds of…10...
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Mimosas
Maybe one bone in my body wants to work out today. I’ve had my workout clothes on since 9am….I’ve been out to breakfast, to the coffee shop and to the park. I finally took down Christmas. Pretty much I’ve done everything possible to avoid my workout. I’m super sore from the workout I had a few days ago. I did about a million squat/ball throws. And ran, about 5x in a...
