WODs & Well-Being

March 25, 2013 Yes, you read that correctly. I will now be married to my rope. Any chance I get, if they are not in the WOD or the warmup I will be double-under-ing (a new word I just made up). MUST.GET. BETTER WARMUP: 3 Rounds - 10 Walking Lunges - 5 Ring Rows - 10 Grasshoppers - 10 Shoulder Dislocates - 1 Gym Jog 2 Minute Shoulder Opener STRENGTH: OH Press 2 X 5 @ 85% - 85lbs 2 X 3 @ 90% - 90lbs 2 X 1 @ 95% - 95lbs WOD: Hatch 3 Rounds for Time - 20 Burpees - 10 Snatches (65) (5:43 Rx) SKILL: 90 Double Unders (imidiately following WOD) - 2:20 3 X ME Nose and Toes - (30, 40, 30) .

March 24, 2013 Today is the anniversary of the passing of someone I went to high school with. I was not blessed to have been friends with her, but I did know who she was and am friends with some of her friends. I have been watching in their FB feeds as they remember her, smile about her, cry about her, share memories and photos and my heart aches for them while they talk about their angel. I feel what they feel every day. Its a pain that no one should have to go through but so many people do. Its a pain that seems so unfair and just not right... We all have things in our lives that makes us happy, that keeps us going, makes us "tick" so to speak. I am lucky enough to have a good job that I love and the sport of CrossFit, that I have used to make me a healthy and confident person.... but those things, they are not the most important things in my life... My husband, my parents, my brothers, my extended family, my best friends, my friends, my co-workers... the PEOPLE in my...

March 23, 2013 I woke up this morning thinking... "my legs are FRIED." In addition to that I have been constantly thinking about how poor my double under performance was on Thursday and that there was absolutely no reason why I should not have a better split time than I did on. In fact, I have been pretty stressed about this workout since it was released. I knew for sure that my time would be better than last year, but I am just not confident at all in my double unders and that takes a huge toll on my mindset. After my horrid performance at the Love em or Leave em with the double unders and than my 4 minute frustration session Thursday today had the potential to be a disaster. My legs were all jacked up, but as I started moving I had a feeling they would loosen up. However, in my head I was just so nervous about the stress I was putting on myself and the expectations I had on myself... it was enough to make me sick. Here is where the far above average coaching we are so l...

March 22, 2013 So, a few weeks ago (four actually) I decided it would be a really nice treat if I was to stop at the store on my way home and grab some stuff and surprise Hubs with a really great dinner when he got home from the gym. He cooks almost everything that we consume in this house, with the exception of anything baked and the occasional meal I might have to create when he isnt home... that is of course when he hasnt already prepped something and had it in the fridge for me (yes, I do know how lucky I am in case you were wondering). Having said all that, you can understand why I thought it would be nice to surprise him for a change! That I did... and he loved what I made!! It was pork, and it was cooked PERFECTLY (I had done some major damage on pork I tried to cook years ago and never tried again). I was really happy and so was he! The next weekend, it snowed. We were stuck at home for the day and went to the gym late. We had invited some friends over for dinner. Hubs had...

March 21, 2013 Ahhhhh, well. I guess with the addition of thousands of crossfitters and crossfit boxes around the world it was bound to happen. With the announcement of 13.3 you could almost hear the great big "sigh" of everyone competing. What is it? Well you could just look up last years Open 12.4 and you would find out. Thats right! It was the "repeat" WOD of 2013. It happened last year and "we" (those who competed in the open last year) were all waiting to see which one was going to come back from the archives. Maybe some thought that the combination WOD 13.1 was going to cover the repeat since it was actually a combination of 12.1 and 12.2... but nope. What killed me was reading all the posts on FB (and the like), from CrossFitters world wide complaining that there was no "creativity" in repeating a WOD. That the "constantly varied" motto of crossfit was being put to shame with this workout. Really people?! What kind of a cross...

March 20, 2013 We are all "patiently" waiting!! Tap Tap Tap... 13.3 in.... 15 minutes!!!

March 19, 2013 WARMUP: 3 Rounds - Crab Walk - 10 Spiderman - 10 Ring Rows - 10 Sit Up - 10 Lunges STRENGTH: OH Press 2 X 5 @ 85% - 85 2 X 3 @ 90% - 90 2 X 2 @ 95% - 95 WOD: Crime Fighter 5 Rounds for Time - 30 Double Unders - 20 Air Squats - 10 HSPU (4 Rounds + 56 Rx) *Killed the double unders and learned a lot about mt HSPU's I needed this!! .