Crossfit and Body Image: Embrace who you are becoming

June 17, 2014

Forever ago I started a post as part of a monthly blogging challenge (September, 2012 to be exact). I wrote and re-wrote the post and tried to get my thoughts out how I best wanted to say what I wanted to say, but nothing came out right. So there it sat, collecting dust in my […]

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5 Things to Know in your First Three Months of Crossfit

June 9, 2014

While I have been doing Crossfit for over a year, I see so many new people coming in that takes me back to my first three months of Crossfit, things I have learned, and things I wish I knew. I’ve put together a few things that I think anyone starting Crossfit should keep in mind […]

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Don’t get your toes wet – dive in.

June 2, 2014

There is no doubt that I love Crossfit. I love the feeling of my hands gripped around a barbell or wrapped around a pull-up rig or rings. I love flipping upside down into a handstand, springing onto a 30″ plyo-box, and have a love/hate relationship when my hands are grasped around that leather-bound wall-ball. I love the […]

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Train Yourself Not to Suck: Surround Yourself with Those Who Don’t

May 22, 2014

Once upon a time, February, 2012 to be exact, I began life in the globo gym. Months later, I later moved on to my own garage gym. I had followed New Rules of Lifting for Women and advanced to Stronglifts 5×5, falling deeper in love with the barbell. My support system was great, but was made up of just one […]

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Top 5 Reasons to Attend Crossfit Regional Games

May 20, 2014

For the second year in a row, I had an opportunity to spend my weekend at the Crossfit Games Central East Regionals. We were fortunate to have a team from our sister-box, Plymouth Crossfit, compete, including one of my coaches, Lynn, but I would have attended even if we didn’t have a team to support! Even though […]

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Nancy Rose Performance Gear: Review and Giveaway! (contest closed)

May 12, 2014

Stealing a line from my favorite Crossfit-man-blogger, Chris, “Look good, feel good, do good.” When it comes to Crossfit, I may be a sweaty makeupless mess, but I always like stylish Crossfit workout gear. I know, that’s not the point, but I won’t deny remarks on the flattery of yoga pants on a Crossfit girl’s body […]

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#AMEXOffers: Click Your Way to Savings and a Giveaway! (Contest closed)

May 5, 2014

I have had an issue in the past with being a bit of a shopaholic, which is brought on by the ability to snag a good deal on just about anything I buy. I rarely pay full price for anything, and even though I have made conscious efforts to stop buying things I do not need (darn […]

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Five Things Friday: April Edition

April 25, 2014

I don’t know if this is a cliché old-person saying or what, but seriously, where does the time go?  I think we are finally over the deep freeze in Michigan as after a few nice days, 50′ feels chilly, where it felt like a heat wave just a few weeks ago! Let’s talk about some things […]

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Sorry I’m not sorry, and you shouldn’t be either

April 24, 2014

I once lived in a fantasy world in which what I was doing was the only right way of doing things. My workouts consisted of Crossfit  and my diet was strict paleo. Crossfit + Paleo = Optimal Living, right? For someone who had never had any sort of disordered eating nor body issues, following this […]

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Dream Bigger and Become Better

April 21, 2014

While there are probably hundreds of lessons that I could pull from my Crossfit experiences thus far, I think one main lesson that Crossfit can teach us is that, “Patience is a virtue,” one of the many wise quotes that my dad used to always say, but one that I often to have to remind myself. […]

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