Month: March 2011

  • Tire Flipping

  • Fat Stigma Becoming the Norm

    Fat Stigma Spreads Around the Globe What are your thoughts on this –Do you feel anger or annoyance at overweight people? Do you feel that it’s their fault and deserve no understanding or empathy?  It’s interesting reading this that it’s not just a feeling pervasive in the Anglosphere — but is becoming world wide. Is…

  • CrossFit: Keep an Open Mind

    This morning was tough — less than 12 hours earlier I did a WOD and here I am again, working out. Warmupx2 20 DU/40 SU 10 OHS 10 Good Mornings 10 Hollow Rocks 10 Pull ups (2 min dead hang p/ups) Skill Handstand Walks Med Ball Cleans WOD 5 RFT 15 Med Ball Cleans (14lb)…

  • Sometimes you scream like a girl…

    So don’t kill me but I headed to CrossFit last night. I love Nate, one of the trainers –he’s a great coach and it’s rare that I get to workout with him since he doesn’t do the morning classes, so any chance I get to sneak out and go to his evening class — I…

  • It’s like being a kid again!

    I am going to try an evening class tonite.  Scott had to leave for work at 5A, so that meant I had to skip my morning workout. It’s ok though, because it gives me an excuse to go to an evening class with a different trainer. Each of the trainers at CrossFit Impavidus has different…

  • Happy Birthday to my Beautiful Daughter!

    Today is my beautiful Hannah Bea’s 9th birthday. It is hard to believe that it has been 9 years since I took that trip to Reston Hospital that forever changed my life. I became a Mom. What a wonderful journey it is — This morning’s workout was fun — I can’t begin to tell you…

  • Air Squat Drill

    I forgot to mention that we also did a 4m extra session at the end of the workout: 4m 20s air squats 10s rest Rest meant you held a squat position — the pain you feel is quite something really! I’m ready for a nap already today!

  • Overhead Squats

    I had pizza this weekend — and once again, I find out how much it’s not worth it. I mean when I am eating it — i think, totally worth it. But the after effects, not so much. But for some reason, I don’t seem to remember that when the time comes to make the…

  • Thoughts from Shopping on a Sunday Afternoon

    Today is a rest day –and pulling those sleds and flipping those tires yesterday made this rest day much appreciated! I went to Wegman’s for my weekly grocery shopping pilgrimage. I probably spend at least another 20 bucks a week buying gluten free stuff for Nate. It’s mind boggling that gluten is found in just…

  • Count your lucky stars —

    The artist, who teaches at Parsons, was diagnosed with Stage 3 colorectal cancer last month and given a 60% chance of surviving five years. Nine days later, real-estate agent Elisa, 36, learned she has incurable breast cancer – and just a 16% chance of surviving five years. Friends and family have rallied around the Bonds,…