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Crossfit Games Open 14.5: I can do hard things

by ~jenniferlynn on April 8, 2014

in CrossFit

I can guarantee that if you surveyed any Crossfitter and ask what his or her most-disliked Crossfit movements are, I can guarantee 99% of them will say burpees or thrusters, and probably nearly just as many will quote them both. While the first four Crossfit Games Open workouts passed, and not one of them contained […]

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Supplements for Crossfit

by ~jenniferlynn on March 28, 2014

in CrossFit, Product Reviews

While I have been having some major gains and eating quite a bit with Eat to Perform, I will admit that there is always something more that I could be doing better. While I will preach all day long that you can acquire all nutrients and vitamins for optimal performance via food, various factors such […]

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Crossfit Games Open 14.4: The Return of the Suck

by ~jenniferlynn on March 26, 2014

in CrossFit

When 14.4 was announced, I was positioned the back of our box, starting my first class of a ten-week Oly-specific training program. Aside from my coach and the four of us other athletes secluded to the back, everyone was else was huddled around the electronic WOD board streaming the live feed. As we were reviewing […]

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Five Things Friday: Single and Sweaty Edition

by ~jenniferlynn on March 21, 2014

in CrossFit, Running

If you do not know already from my posting it in all social media channels multiple times, I am the sexier half of a podcast called Single and Sweaty with Alex of Distance Obsessed. I have been having a blast recording with him, though before Episode 7, we had never  met face to face! This […]

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As with every other Crossfit Games Open announcement, there is a large amount of anxiety that builds up beforehand, anticipating which movements will be thrown into the mix, what sort of rep scheme, and the amount of time that the athletes would need to endure the result of the seemingly random hopper. Since workouts 14.1 […]

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I have always been thin, so it was a bit of a surprise when I started gaining weight with Crossfit. I was born a preemie almost two months early, wore a size 4 in second grade, and didn’t start my period until just before I started high school. In high school I lived on macaroni, […]

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What I love most about blogging is not only to have a way to share my success stories with the internet world, but also hope that someone can relate to what I have to say and maybe take it to heart. I had some great feedback on my last post about my pre-14.2 thoughts, which […]

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When Crossfit Games Open 14.1 was released, I remember hearing so many negative comments from people who were either unable to, or not very comfortable, doing double-unders and how it wasn’t fair that they programmed these in the workout. Ironically, some of those same people ended up not only getting their first DU last week, […]

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Five Things Friday: Crossfit and more Amazon things

by ~jenniferlynn on March 6, 2014

in CrossFit, Me

Geez, it’s a week into March already? It’s hard to tell, since we have been continuing to live in the Polar Vortex in Detroit and the thought of anything above 30′ seems like it would feel like summertime! Another week gone by, and not too much new and exciting has been going on over here […]

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Ah.. the Crossfit Games Open is upon us. For those new to the sport is a prime time to see what the competition atmosphere is all about, to challenge yourself to do new movements and hit weights that you never have before. A big community event full of love and support and a way to […]

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