Although we have a great setup in our garage, fully equipped with an Olympic weight set, pull-up bar, rower, and adjustable dumbbell weights, the Michigan record temps have been just way too much for me to handle. I love the idea of working out at home, but Friday night’s workout sent me back to the […]
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Since I did a bunch of fun bodyweight squats on my birthday, and threw in some back-squats as part of NROLFW Stage 7 on Tuesday , I figured why not have some more fun with squats today and do some Overhead Squats, where were the Workout of the Day (WOD) on Crossfit.com for today. They didn’t […]
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So after my horrible mini-meltdown after an amazing vacation full of sleeping and eating, and more eating and eating.. I think my boyfriend had some pity on me and decided to give me an advance on my pull-up challenge and buy me a present anyway without me having to torture myself some more 🙂 I […]
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So I wanted to create this post to sum up my vacation as a “How to Eat Healthy/Stay Fit While on Vacation,” but I didn’t make it past two days myself, so thought it would be a bit hypocritical to tell others how to live their lives while I have a big glass of wine […]
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I just finished Stage 6 of my NROLFW program on Monday (yay!). It was by far my favorite stage. While stage 6 was optional, it was recommended for anyone who wanted to be able to achieve a chin-up. And heck yes, it worked! 🙂 It included negative chin-ups, pull-downs, push-ups, and split squats. I made […]
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Crossfit.com publishes its Workout of the Day the night before, so you have plenty of time to mentally prepare for what is in store for the following day. We checked the workout last night and holy heck. As prescribed: For time: Run 1600 meters 150 Double-unders 50 Burpees Run 800 meters 100 Double-unders 35 Burpees […]
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As part of working on my NROLFW program, I have learned a lot about how the fitness industry somewhat has a distinction between what exercises men and women should be doing, and how most of that is just pure nonsense. The book encourages stepping away from the pink “Barbie” weights and becoming familiar with the […]
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Despite Sundays being a typical rest-day for me (and it being about 90 degrees outside at 11:00), I decided that after a day of indulging on the lake yesterday (including a plate or two of angel food cake topped with Cool-Whip..), a good old-fashioned Crossfit workout was acceptable, especially since it was only 20 minutes […]
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The intention was to do a venting write-up on front squats last night, but due to unforeseen circumstances, this post was delayed.. Has there ever been a particular workout move that you torture yourself with and get such mental anguish over that it throws off your whole focus and frustrates the heck out of you? Up until […]
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I’m not sure what is so terrifying about throwing yourself towards a wall feet first, but it took some pure will and determination (and encouragement from the BF) to have the nerve to kick my feet up and hurl myself towards our rickety garage. After about 35 attempts at doing a handstand against the wall, […]
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