This 100 Day Challenge sometimes annoys the crap out of me. Like, I’ve already gone to yoga, played 2 hours of sand volleyball, and I have to do 37 burpees? Some days, it’s my saving grace. Like, it’s 10pm, I’ve been working since 9am with no break, and it’s the only thing I could possibly…
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SicFit Basketball?
Or something like that … I immediately loved this WOD from SicFit Austin but knew that it would suck like crazy, so when I needed a pick-me-up today, I tried it out. I made a bunch of mods for my dog park and the fact that I finally found a rock that is heavy but…
“Have Fun With Your Rocks”
As I’m setting up Nature’s Garage Gym for my daily WOD, along comes a man walking his dog. Given that I’m 20 feet below the trail on the riverbank, this is sort of surprising, but then, it’s Aspen, and everyone like mini-adventures. I’m toting a flat, 16″x8″ rock, about 30#, overhead, hopping on different rocks,…
Nothin’ like a little crossfittin’ to de-stress
This week has been an insane one. Like, beyond normal I’m-really-busy-and-have-lots-of-things-to-do insane, and into I’m-walking-the-dog-and-burst-out-into-tears insane. It’s mostly of my own making, but nonetheless I am generally very good at keeping things as low stress as possible over here, but this week I failed. I wasn’t even sure I’d have time to work out today,…
Around the Fitness Horn: Mental Toughness
What is Mental Toughness? That Burgener family has got it going on, they are some smart cookies. The letter Sage posted from her brother really made me think: am I committed to things that I want to be committed to? My fave line from the whole thing: they decided it was what they wanted, and…
Dog-Dodging Sprints & 100 Burpee Challenge
It’s like that YouTube video that came out awhile back, where someone said the best way for a white woman to train is pretend a black man is chasing you. Sub black man for white dog and you have my sprints today at the Playground portion of Nature’s Garage Gym. Sprints: 10 x 40M (across…
SicFit!! Round 2: The Tale of Ripped Hands
I’ve railed against and railed against and railed against ripping your hands just to do pullups. It’s an injury, it’s not worth it, and it puts you out of commission for days. BUT today I ripped. And not just a little. Anywhere I didn’t tape, I ripped. I stopped every time I felt a blister…
SicFit!!
I am proud to say that a) I did not die in my first CrossFit workout back in the Texas heat in the middle of the day in an un-air-conditioned garage. 101 degrees, “feels like 106,” says weather.com. b) our “dynamic warmup” was laying down the horse mats that become the gym floor. This is…
Sometimes the most random things inspire me: 21-15-9
I read some post today talking about how much the author loves 21-15-9 groupings. So I wanted to go for a run, but still CrossFit, and my legs are still sore from those damn pistols despite the fact that I played games of both basketball and soccer yesterday which should have worked out some of…
Aspen: Gym Breakdown
Even though I love CrossFitting in Nature’s Garage Gym and doing HIIT sprints at the dog park , there are times when I want nothing more than to pick up some heavy weights or swing some kettlebells. Potentially around some sweaty, grunting men. While I was in Aspen over the winter, I worked out at…