WODs & Well-Being

December 31, 2013 I have no idea how many people were steadily reading my postings... if you missed me while I was gone... or if you even noticed that I stopped writing. But, today, December 31st, 7 months after I posted my last post... here I am. You have the right to be upset with me. I mean, who do I think I am being all "never give up" and "keep reading, keep commenting, keep WODing" than disappearing for 7 months? I have no excuse. I just stopped writing. Make no mistake though... the WODing has not stopped! The goal setting has not stopped! The fire will never burn out! A very good friend who knows me better than most, made a comment back when I first started blogging daily. "You will do it until you don't need to do it anymore, than you will stop." Plain and simple. I started this blog when I started CrossFit. In the beginning, every post was about the workout that day, the pains the aches and the struggle. I used it to document how I progre...

May 30, 2013 I was looking for a good image to "sum up" my day today... and there were plenty with the "finish each day and be done with it" quote from Emmerson... however I felt as if they were too "pretty" to sum up how I feel right now. When I came across this one, I laughed. I needed to laugh. So here it is: Today was just one of those days. Not sure where it started or why... but I can not wait until my head can hit the pillow tonight. I slept terrible last night which probably played a massive roll in my "bitch-tastic" mood. I dont get a lot of sleep at night to begin with, so when I am up for 2 hours tossing and turning in the middle of the night it results in a pretty horrible day to follow. Days like today are days that I get frustrated at mundane things. I start to fall back into my old habits. As I said to one of the guys I work with today "Mrs. Optimism is taking a day off." Which is funny by two fold, one, I have N...

May 29, 2013

May 28, 2013 Its only been a little over 30 hours since Murph... but I am certainly feeling those 200 pushups today! It was not so bad while I was at the gym this morning and really not too bad while I was at work... but the few hours since I have been home, dang! This is the feeling I love to feel. I am starting a little extra skill training to help improve some of my lifts. I am also going to be starting to focus on other days on goats like HSPUs, muscle ups, chest to bars and the list goes on. Now is the time to push, improve and do what I need to do to get where I want to be. There is so much more in me! Cant wait to get it out! WARMUP: 3 Rounds - Bear Crawl Gym - 5 Ring Rows - 10 Spiderman - 10 Scorpion - 10 Toy Soldiers WOD: Thing 1 and Thing 2 3 Rounds - 10 Power Cleans (105) - 200m Run *5 min Rest* 3 Rounds - 30 Double Unders - 15 Burpees (5:32 & 5:00 Rx) SKILL: Good Mornings 1 X 10 @ 45 3 X 10 @ 95 .

May 27, 2013 Fallen but Never Forgotten By: Russell Berger   CrossFit’s Hero WODs are challenging tests of fortitude—but they also represent something greater. Russell Berger takes a closer look at workouts created to honor our fallen. On June 28, 2005, four Navy SEALs on a reconnaissance mission in the Kunar province of Afghanistan were ambushed by an overwhelming Taliban force. Team leader Lt. Michael Murphy, unable to call for help from his location, walked into the center of enemy fire, where his satellite phone might work. He punched in the numbers to HQ and calmly requested reinforcements.  Even after being knocked to his knees from a gunshot wound to his back, Murphy calmly sat back up, steadied himself and continued the call, knowing that it was the only way he might save his men. Once the call for reinforcements had been completed, he returned to the fight. Sadly, Murphy and all but one of his men were mortally wounded after...

May 26, 2013 I am not sure which one I am... I guess the elephant...   I will say the statement is 100% true. I will also say that if you told me that someday I would be out voluntarily running on a Saturday/Sunday morning or afternoon just for the "fun" of it, I would call you crazy!  I have come to realize that I can no longer say I am not a runner. I am certainly not the best runner on the planet, but getting together with a friend and enjoying the outdoors just chatting and running an easy pace has become something I really love. I am also lucky enough to have a great friend to make it even better! Funny that a 5 mile run that just over a year and half ago was pretty much torture and today was relaxing, fun and a total stress reliever.  I guess it is what it is... I am a runner. What the?! WORKOUT: 5 Miles (pretty sure it was about 45 minutes)

May 25, 2013 With all this rain I am feeling like I should be on the lookout for Noah... So glad to be back in the swing of things for a Saturday morning! It was great to have the Oly session and workout today. WARMUP: Oly Warmup OLY: 1 RM Snatch (15 Minutes) 85, 105, 115, 125, 135 (F) 1 RM Clean and Jerk 125, 145, 155, 165, 175, 185 (F) WOD: 15 Minute Clock - 10 OH Squat (65) - 50 Double Unders than with remaining time KB Swing (25) (6:20 + 195 Rx) .