WODs & Well-Being

September 12, 2012 One of the most amazing things I witnessed (and was a part of) at the Garage Games is the positive energy and determination that oozes out of every crossfit athlete. It is pretty well known amongst the crossfit community that the "last one to finish gets the most applause" and yes, that is the case... but until you are there in that environment and you can actually see and feel the emotion surrounding that person that is being cheered on, or are in fact THAT person... you have no idea. If you have ever played a sport, danced in a recital, made a presentation in school, spoke in front of a crowd you can understand the butterfly feeling that you get right before the "performance." If you can remember the first time you did any of those things... it heightens that feeling by 1000 %.  I can remember my first competition, which was the Garage Games Team Throwdown in CT last year with Hubs, KP and T. This past weekend I was thrilled for all of my CF...

February 17, 2012  Isnt that the truth!! That saying can be applied to so many stages of life... for so many reasons. When I think about my life and the way I choose to lead it, I am constantly striving for the best. I guess some people could consider this a fault, depends on the way you look at it. Its not like I am constantly downplaying my strengths or thinking I am not good enough, its more about goal setting and motivation that pushes me in that direction. Pretty sure it was Tom Hanks in League of the Their Own that said "Anything worth doing is worth doing it right." In a CrossFit box this simple statement "I may not be there yet, but I am closer than I was yesterday" should be plastered all over the walls. The first step is making he change and getting in there for the intro workouts. If you make that step you are already ahead of the game. That's where it all starts, but than it gets in your head in your blood and in your dreams. As a competitor,...

October 3, 2011 I am going to start by saying that ther is nothing in the world like sleeping in your own bed. No matter how long you go away or where you sleep, there is something about coming home and crawling into your own bed for that first night back. Now, I dont sleep much as it is. On a good night I head to bed at 9:00pm, which means I dont really get in bed and asleep till 9:30 at the earliest... and my alarm goes off at 4:45am, so thats a little over 7 hours of sleep. There are nights I make it a point to get to bed so I can sleep at 9, but there are also nights I dont get upstairs till after 10:00, those are the harder mornings. Last night after blogging I said to Hubs, I am off to bed... it was 9:00. It had been a long and emotional day and I was out like a light within 15 minutes of hitting the pillow (around 9:45). After our "interesting" hotel stay my bed felt like a cloud. I slept straight through the night and woke up with no problem when the a...