WODs & Well-Being

May 6, 2013 I thought this would be a great day to start a Monday. Every single Monday I get my butt out of bed and get to the gym, just as I do every other day of the week. Than I get myself to work and log into FB to see what happened after I turned into pumpkin the night before at 9:00, when I disconnect from the "interwebz" for a few hours. More often than not I am greeted with all the cases of the "Mondays" that people post on FB... and yes, I have there too. Sometimes I think we forget that its Monday for everyone... and we all know what thats like. But days like today it kind of got to me. Last night right I broke a tooth while I was eating dinner. Damnit it pissed me off. I just got a crown and I was really mad that the tooth right next to it is the one that cracked. No fault of my wonderful dentist  (no really, I love him and don't blame him, I blame my crappy teeth), but its just plain inconvenient. I wasn't planning on  making a trip to t...

May 3, 2013 Whats on the menu? Chicken Spinach and Prosciutto Bundles (find it HERE ) with Spinach, Strawberry and Avocado Salad (find it HERE ) How easy was it to make?   I have realized why people eat chicken so much... because its pretty easy to cook (after you get over the touching raw chicken thing, which I am doing really well at). I think now is the time to point out how NOT boring eating Paleo is. Now we could slap chicken and beef on a plate every day, but WHY?! There are so many great recipes out there. Give some of them a shot, one or two days a week make something out of the norm. Too many and you might get overwhelmed, but just TRY it sometimes. You wont be sorry (most of the time). Now, back to the question, it was pretty easy. I cut the fat off the boneless skinless chicken breasts and arranged them on the wax paper first, than did the mushrooms. I was trying to figure out hot to minimize the amount of times I had to touch the chicken and wash my hands. I...

April 8, 2013 I never thought I would say that I missed running, but I did. Great indoor/outdoor WOD today!! WARMUP: 3 Rounds - 1/2 Gym Crab Walk - 5 K2E - 10 Wall  Balls - 10 Scorpion WOD: Boat Race 3 Rounds - 250m Row - 400m Run (9:57 Rx) .

November 12, 2012 22 Days of Thanks 2012 - Day 12 I am thankful for polar seltzer. Another one of those "sounds petty" ones... but its true. I am thankful that this delicious satisfying drink came into my life when I went paleo. I went for years without drinking any soda at all. Eventually I was drinking Diet Dr Pepper and Diet Coke like it was going out of style and I was going to miss the last 12 pack. Not good. When Hubs and I stopped eating crap we ditched the soda cold turkey... and picked up a pack of black cherry polar seltzer. It made making the switch to paleo so easy and its a nice bubbly drink when the need rises. It also comes in cans so we often bring it to parties where we know people will be drinking when we dont want to drink. Its nice to have the can to hold while people are socially drinking. Give it a shot! It works and there are lots of great flavors to try out! WARMUP: 3 Rounds - Jump Rope Circuit - 5 Pullups - 10 Inchworms - 15 Air Squats ...

November 3, 2012 22 Days of Thanks 2012 - Day 3 I am thankful for my support system. What better feeling is it when you have someone cheering you on? When the going gets rough and you have someone standing by pushing you, believing in you and encouraging you to finish. Sometimes it takes that little extra umph to help cross the line of where you feel like you just cant go on... When working out at a CrossFit gym that is an experience that is more frequent than you would imagine in any other circumstance. This morning I had decided I wanted to face the WOW... the Lumberjack 20. This is a tough WOD, a long one, which requires focus and a lot of push to keep on going. I have done others like this one, a Hero WOD, usually long and pretty grueling. I asked around for someone to accompany me and understandably those who did not complete Fran yesterday wanted to do that. So I was on my own... but really... I knew I wasnt on my own. Its like that on a daily basis at CF. Whether its yo...

October 26, 2012 Why is it that women find the need to treat Halloween as an excuse to slutify EVERYTHING. For crying out loud. I went looking for a costume and Hubs and I couldnt believe what we were seeing. First off... they have everything from skanky police officer (get original at least) to Finding Nem-ohhhhh (I kid you not, I actually saw a slutty finding Nemo costume). I mean I get it, people like to show off... and Halloween is a night you can "show" but holy bageezuz, if you are looking for something that covers your ass you cant even be Harry Potter, because somehow He is a prostitute too... What The Crap! I did find pieces of a costume... and I am pretty happy because I get to wear my gym clothes with it! Hubs also got one. Not his favorite holiday by a long shot... but we have two parties to get to and he is required to dress up! We will have a good time!! Mark this down... I swear to god... if I ever have a teenage girl, I will have some major issues come H...

October 22, 2012 I am back this morning and ready to go! Its time to sit down and re-evaluate my goals, set new ones and work on the skills that I need to improve upon for the Open! WARMUP: 2X Jumprope Series (5 ea) - Singles - Left Foot - Right Foot - Bell - Ski - Doubles 3 Rounds - 10 Squats - 10 Pushups - 10 Hollow Rocks OLY: 7 X 2 Snatch (7 minutes on the minute) 95 (3), 105 (2), 95 (2) WOD: Escape 1 Round for Time - 400m Run - 100 Push Press (with TABATA clock) 55lbs - 400m Run (8:40 Rx) .

October 10, 2012 WARMUP: 4 Rounds - 20 Lunges - 15 Abmat Situps - 10 Back Extensions - 5 Med Ball Cleans WOD: CrossFit Games Triplet 3 Rounds for Time - 8 Split Snatches (75) - 7 Chest to Bar Pullups - 400m Run (11:48 Rx) .

**Had to post some of the few dates I missed back in June/July for my archive** July 10, 2012 WARMUP: 2 Rounds - 20 Double Unders - 15 Hollow Rocks - 10 Back Extensions - 5 HR Pushups - 10 Shoulder Dislocates - 20 Lunges 2 Minute Pigeon Stretch Group: Deadlift WOD: Helen 3 Rounds for Time - 400m Run - 21 KB Swings (1 pd) - 12 Pullups (13:49 Rx) SKILL/STRENGTH Deadlift 3-3-3+ 180, 190, 200 (7) .

**Had to post some of the few dates I missed back in June/July for my archive** June, 27 2012 SO1 Joshua Thomas Harris, 36, drowned during combat operations, August 30th 2008 in Afghanistan. WARMUP: - 20 Walking Lunges - 10 Ring Row - 5 Handstand Kickups - 10 Toy Soldiers - 20 Hollow Rocks Group: Mobility WOD: Mr Joshua 5 Rounds for Time - 400m Run - 30 GHD - 10 Deadlifts (165) (26:40 Rx) .

October 2, 2012 Meet Nicole... again... This is a dual purpose image today. One, because the woman in the image is cleaning. She is clearly showing the 3 stops for the 3 stop clean that we worked today for the Oly session. Two... and even better, the woman in the image is "The" Nicole that the WOD we did today is named for. CrossFits very own Nicole Carroll, one of the original nasty girls. We did Nicole a while back in July and I can clearly remember the day. I remember struggling through the pullups and switching (with M's instruction) from the bar with tape to the bar with no tape. I wad determined today to perform better than before and have a consistent amount of reps unbroken for the pullups. I had it in my head through the whole WOD and would not let go of that bar until I hit 10 reps each round. Next time I just have to run a little faster, or hang on longer and get that number up again! Overall, very happy with my 3rd meeting with Nicole. WARMUP: 2 Mi...

September 5, 2012 As we approach Garage Games this weekend I have been thinking a lot about how I will feel the night before, the ride to Natick, while warming up, right before the 3, 2, 1... GO... and most of all... during and after the WODs are complete. I am at the point right now where I am getting both excited and nervous at the same time. This isnt my first competition, so I am a least beyond the fear of the "unknown" so that takes a little more of the pressure off of the idea of this whole thing, however I would be lying if I said I wasnt a little bit nervous. This morning when I woke up I already knew what the WOD was going to be, I checked last night. Right away I was concerned about my traps which are pretty sore from Mondays DT. I know that this weekend is full of shoulders and legs so the thought of 5 rounds of box jumps and wall balls just scared me. I have never been one to back away from a workout. I just wasnt sure that it was going to be the right thing f...

August 21, 2012 It worked. Last Wednesday I was so frustrated with myself by my mindset going into the WOD simply because of the running. I made a promise to myself that that was going to be the last time that was going to happen. I was going to put my best foot forward (pun intended) and run my heart out the next time I encountered it in a WOD. No more of this "I hate running" crap. I got a chance to put that to the test this morning. When I saw the WOD I was actually pretty excited. Pumped that I had to face running and handstand pushups in the same WOD after the feelings I had post WOD last week with both exercises. Today with a change of attitude I was ready to crush this one! Doing my best to not over think it I couldnt wait for the WOD to begin! Its amazing what your mind can do, what focus and determination can do. Honestly, I dont think that people actually understand how powerful it is. More often than not your body can keep going when your mind sends a signal ...

August 8, 2012 I had absolutely no idea when I completed and logged my very first crosfit WOD into my notebook last year... a year ago today... what I was getting myself into. I mean I knew that I was ready for a change and I knew that I was going to give this whole "crossfit thing" a shot... but never did I think it was going to have the impact on my life that it has. When I completed that WOD I remember being sweaty and tired and thinking to myself how much I really want to make a change in my life physically. How the ball was in my court and that the tools were here, I just had to use them. I was not going to give this up and I was determined to stick with it. What I didnt realize was how much it would change me mentally in the process. In the last year I have changed more than I think I even can comprehend. Inside and outside, mind body and soul... everything has changed. I feel like I look at things with a new light. I know it sounds crazy but something clicked insid...

August 3, 2012 ... another dollar. Today was going to be a vacation day for me. Hubs and I won a pretty kick ass prize back in June at Blogaplaooza when I decided to buy some raffle tickets for an overnight at a bed and breakfast up in North Conway. We were pretty excited for it and I called right away to book one of the only weekends we had available to do anything for the rest of the summer (man they fill up fast). We had decided that it wasnt really worth it to go up for ONE night so since one night was going to be free we would purchase a second night and make a weekend out of it. Thus, I took today off. Things worked out a bit differently than we had planned and I decided to go in for at least a half a day than be home to get things ready for when he got home from work.  Well, I wound up having a meeting I had to drive to that didnt make too much sense to go into the office than drive to, so I was going to just leave from my house. This would hhve allowed me to sleep in ...

July 23, 2012 Today was a rough day. A perfect reminder as to why I choose to live the lifestyle that I do 99% of the time. Alas there is that small 1% of the time when I let myself go a little more than usual, yesterday, one of those days!! Hubs and I had an excellent day up at Salisbury Beach with our friend KP, T, H and their families (we missed you J).  When we arrived I was a little stressed, had an emotional morning and KP said the magic words "would you like a margarita?" After a FABULOUS day, lots of well needed laughs and smiles, quite a few drinks, some delicious ribs an antipasto salad and sun, sand and sparklers Hubs and I needed to head home because we had to work today. Let me tell you something... I had to be in work at 6:30am to leave with my big boss and another co worker for a meeting... and wow... I was feeling those beverages, thats for sure!! After only a few hours of sleep (more like passing out) and not enough water I was a hurtin unit. The car ride...

May 7, 2012 First off, I have had strict instructions that I need to keep up with my blogging! So for those who read daily I am sorry for the massive bulk publishing yesterday! I hope you enjoy catching up with the new posts (grab a cup of coffee and catch up!). I know (judging by my FB page) that there quite a few readers out there, and lots of new ones, so I just want to say thank you for your support! I started this blog to be a place where I can literally dump my thoughts about my new adventure with CrossFit. Soon after, it turned into something that really means a lot to me, where I try to be as open and honest as I can, so if I can be even a small amount of inspiration to anyone out there just by doing what I love... well thats just perfect! Please feel free to comment either here or on FB and if you have any inspirational material I would love to hear from you! I have also been contacted by a few different places for product reviews and give a ways... so stay tuned!! I have ...

April 28, 2012 WARMUP: 3 Rounds - Row 250m - 10 Hollow Rocks - 10 Leg Swings 2 Min Squat Sit 2 X 9 Fundamentals WOD: "Chop" 400m Run 21-15-9 - Front Squat (95) - Ring Dips (small blue band) 400m Run (My Time 10:10) .

April 16, 2012 Well well well... I am such a liar. I was around for a week and than it was mass chaos again! I have been busy at work so the blog fell to the wayside unfortunately. I just didnt have it in me to come home and write... but I did think about it every day, honestly. I really said "oh I want to write about xyz" to myself every day, but I was so tired and since aside form work, going to crossfit is super important to get through my days I needed my sleep! So that came first. Than I had a fun fulled weekend jam packed with so many fun things that until tonight I didnt get a chance to sit down, unwind and focus on the blog. Alas, here I am, writing and in a great mood ready for the rest of the week! Today was a milestone that I will not forget. I had quite the breakthrough... I went shopping. You can ask my mom, you can ask Hubs and you could even ask a few of my girlfriends... pant shopping with me... NEVER a good time. You see, I have a huge problem buying pant...

February 22, 2012 I heard K say yesterday as she was talking to someone "oh, its going to be warm on Wednesday, I'm thinking an outside WOD." Right away I knew we would be running. Yes, I "ran" track in high school... and yes, I have done WOD's with running before, and yes, I did the Turkey Trot... but none of these things has changed my mind about running. I still do not enjoy it. I think the only thing that I "liked" is that it changes things up a bit, its nice to get outside, and its nice to do something other than rowing... but uggg, running. What I have to remember is how far I have come. The first few weeks of CF when I had to run a 400 it was horrible! Now I just do it without thinking about it. Like I said, I dont "like" it, but I dont dread it and I dont question it, it will make me better. I know in the long run, (hehehe, no pun intended) its "me against myself." Crossfit has made me learn to be patient (ok, so ...