Five Things Friday: Crossfit and more Amazon things

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 in my world.. but here goes!

Gain ALL the Weight

I was scrolling through my old iPhone photos to look for a “Throwback Thursday” picture to post yesterday. I always love looking at other people’s pictures, especially when you can tell how far they have come along on their fitness journey, or just fun pics from childhood. While doing so, I came across a picture of me jumproping in my backyard about a year and a half ago. I compared it side to side to my experience with my recent Crossfit Games Open workout. Funny how gaining 20lbs can really change perception!

Imma “No-Rep” You

I am officially a certified Crossfit Judge! After paying my $10 fee and taking a pretty tough quiz, I can now officially sign off on workouts for athletes for the Open workouts. I still struggle counting my own reps so not really sure how confident I am in judging anyone that actually is planning on advancing to any sport of level, BUT, now I at least know what standards to look for in each movement!

Amazon Prime.. STOP.

I am going on three weeks now of giving my UPS guy job security, and I really think it’s time to disconnect the one-click ordering. Do I really need a pressure cooker?? I mean, I already make amazing things in the kitchen, how much more awesome can they get? BUT.. this one happened to have an Amazon special (if you click the second model number that ends in AMZ), and it was an additional $15 off (I think the coupon expired?), but still, way cheaper than anywhere else online.

More than Weight Gainz

I have been feeling awesome when it comes to strength-related things in the gym (nevermind anything endurance-focused.. bleh)! This week, I ended up PRing my x5 deadlift at 215# and was able to string 3 strict pull-ups in a row! I credit Eat to Perform for a lot of my recent progress. It’s funny when you shift the focus to fueling for performance, how much better the performance is!

Single and Sweaty

It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve promoted my podcast that I started with Alex of Distance Obsessed, so I’ll plug it yet again! If you haven’t heard about it by now, it’s pretty much an hour of banter back and forth between him and his Canadian accent and me in my apparent midwestern accent, both living very sweaty and very single lives. Alex is a Canadian, vegan, ultra-marathoner, so we are quite opposite, but we have a blast chatting and sharing the real life struggles of being single and sweaty. We are now up to 5 episodes, so go on and catch up on our website or download them from iTunes! Plus, if you will be in the Detroit area on March 15-16, we are doing a meetup the night before the Kona St. Patty’s Day 10k! Oh yeah.. and I’m running a 10k next week. And I have not run.. since November..

Your turn..
What is the biggest physical change you have noticed since you started working out?
Do you have a tasty pressure cooker recipe?
Any recent PRs?
Do you listen to any podcasts? Have you listened to mine?