WODs & Well-Being

February 13, 2013 WARMUP: 3 Rounds - 10 Air Squats - 10 Hollow Rocks - 5 Handstand Kick Ups - 10 Around the World - 5 Toes to Bar 1-2 Min Stationary Spiderman WOD: Premium 12 Minute AMRAP - 10 HR Pushups - 10m Walking Lunges - 10 Ring Rows (10 + 20 Rx) .

November 8, 2012 22 Days of Thanks 2012 - Day 8 I am thankful for heat and electricity. We often take for granted things we have... and when we dont have it, we realize how hard life is. In lieu of our recent storm I have been thinking so much of those who were hit hard and are still suffering the aftermath of Sandy. I have friends with no power, still... 10 days after the storm. Slowly watching their FB status updates popping up, so very thankful that their power has been restored and they can take a hot shower... or go back to their house that they had to leave while there was no power. This storm did not his us out where we live to badly, however I was terribly disturbed by the FB posts asking "where the storm was" and saying things such as "is that all you've got mother nature." Seeing these angered me, knowing I have friends and family... and friends who have families... who were slammed with this storm. Some lost more than just heat and electricity,...

**Had to post some of the few dates I missed back in June/July for my archive** June 25, 2012 WARMUP: Row 500m 3 Rounds - 10 Inchworms - 10 Pullups - 10 Spiderman - 10 Pushups Pigeon Stretch 2 Min Ea Leg Group: Toes to Bar WOD: Chipper - 10 Toes to Bar - 20 Air Squats - 30 HR Pushups - 40 Walking Lunges - 50 Box Jumps (5:02 Rx) SKILL/STRENGTH Death by Ring Rows 12 Min w/Becca .

September 19, 2012 In my short 31.75 years of life (not 32 yet!) I have learned many lessons. They started as a baby, when my parents “tried” to teach me “NO,” and continued through my childhood when I was taught right from wrong, good from bad, the difference between tattle tailing and telling what needed to be told and the famous treat others as you want to be treated. Of course there have been many, many more lessons learned (never play leapfrog with a unicorn and don’t eat yellow snow being some more of the “wiser” lessons) through my life, far too many to list or even recall at one time in one sitting. I can say that some lessons I had to learn the hard way, some were drilled into my head so I didn’t ever have to think twice about them and some I just developed on my own. The lessons that I learned the hard way seem to be the ones that have had the most impact on my life. Maybe that’s because whatever it was that I experienced to cause the burn or teach me the lesson is so...

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 ...

April 24, 2012  It may not look like it while I am working my butt off sweating from every spot possible to sweat from on my body... but I love every minute of every WOD... It may not look like it when I am laying on the ground trying to catch my breath after however many minutes of work I just performed... but I cant wait to do it again when it is over... It may not look like it when I drop a bar filled with 5 lbs over my 1RM because I havent been able to complete the rep yet... but I have FUN every single workout... The only way to continue to do what I do daily and get out of bed and push through every workout is because I enjoy what I am doing. I am having fun while I am doing it and I love the people that I do it with. No only do I we have FUN while we WOD, but we have great relationships within the gym. We laugh together, we chat, we hang out and we really enjoy each others company. Its really fantastic to have such a great support system and that fac...

March 14, 2012 Sometimes you just have to "let it go." Let go of all the crap that bothers you. Let go of all the dead weight in your life. When something bothers you... figure out why and if its not worth it, let it go. Relationships that are strenuous and constant battles... let them go or learn to live with them the way they are without having any crazy expectations. Money issues, family issues, work issues whatever it may be... its all about learning how to deal with the issue and not letting it get to you. When something happens that it out of your control sometimes you just have to grin and bear it and sometimes you have to just.. say it with me now... LET IT GO... Yes, this is me... the mother of all "hold it all in and use it as fuel for later." I am trying to teach myself to follow the above advice. I have to... there is no time in life for unhappiness. There is no sense in "settling." There is to much good and to much life left to be...

October 4, 2011 This mornings workout was fantastic and really would have NEVER been able to happen at the garage... let me give you three reasons. One, you need 50' for travel distance. While we would have been  ok down the driveway, if there were more than two people WODing together there would have been a problem, especially if there was a car parked in the driveway. Two, because the people across the street (and even more so P&T who sleep above the garage) would have gone bonkers at 5:30 in the morning with T and I dropping 75lbs and 95lbs a million times while clean and pressing... and most importantly... Three, because it was POURING rain! Ahhh the joy of being indoors, and the new gym is still exciting to walk into every morning. I woke up to the rain last night. Usually... 99.9 percent of the time actually, I am not a fan of the rain. I am terrified (yes, I am almost 31 and I am still terrified) of thunder and lightning. But l...