LOVE this new ad campaign. Click here for the other 20 ads from #StoptheBeautyMadness. The goal of the campaign: “Women can no longer sit back and hope someone else stops the beauty madness. It’s an inside job first, of course. But then it becomes a real-world community job. We are the choir on this, so…
Tag: strength
SWORDS
CrossFit Central coach and all-around awesome dude Travis Holley has embarked on a year-long project called 365 Days of Strength. Travis shares his infinite knowledge and legit strength WODs on his blog (click here). His words: The purpose of this project is to provide you all with a unique perspective into all things STRENGTH! I…
Wendler 531
I’m doing it! Just finished week 1. Pretty excited about it. Still yoga-ing a lot too. I think they work well together. Hit it hard, stretch it hard? Also funny: how this article: i-heart-powerlifting-and-im-not-bulky-or-masculine went totally viral in a day. CrossFitting women all love powerlifting. I love powerlifting too. What was it about this particular article or…
Off-Balance Snatch Balance
So apparently I’ve never snatch-balanced before. Yesterday’s .com workout was 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 snatch balance and I thought, oh yay! a skill we hardly ever work on! Um. Make the “never” not “ever” for me. After a light warmup, I loaded up 105#, thinking it was a great starting place before my “work” reps. Ha. Good one,…
Around the Fitness Horn: Vanessa Hudgens CrossFits!
Vanessa Hudgens does a pretty sweet kettlebell workout AND works out CrossFit style. If that ain’t mainstream (hello High School Musical), I don’t know what is. Are You Elite? Elite: On the floor after a workout flopping around like he is having a seizure. Not Elite: Still wearing a shirt. Elite: Training at a gym…
95#
My new strict press PR. Set it quite unexpectedly yesterday. Was doing the Lyssa combo, my fallback combo of exercises I need to work on: 5 reps strict press to 5 reps OH squat, 3-5 sets Last time I was in the gym, I bumped it up to 80# for 3 sets, so I did this…
Hangover for Halloween (Workout or Booze?)
They just announced the workouts for CrossFit Central’s The Butcher Challenge I’m competing in on Saturday morning. Looks like Nature’s Garage Gem/Gym is good prep for most things, but a 1-rep max snatch? Sticks do not compare. Here are the workouts: WOD 1: Butcher push, pullups and bouldering: AMRAP 12 minutes. -Each team will be…
Austin: Ultimate Athlete Challenge [UPDATED]
[UPDATE] I got this very vague press release: Competitive Training Center (CTC) of Austin has canceled the Ultimate Athlete Challenge that was originally scheduled for Saturday, November 6 due to unforeseen circumstances. About Competitive Training Center (CTC) CTC is an advanced training facility for performance training & physical therapy. The facility features two outdoor practice…
Raaaaar Strength in THE GYM!!
I lifted heavy weights today! Still don’t have a gym membership, but scoped out one of the gyms in town and got in an all strength workout today. LOVE. Agilities 3 x 5 Snatch 45 / 65 / 85 3 x 5 Power clean 85 / 105 / 125 3 x 5 Back Squat 135…
How to Do a Pullup if You Aren’t Strong Enough
Apparently there are a lot of people out there googling, “how do I do a pullup if I am not strong enough?” They get sent to my blog because of my many posts about how I’m “not strong enough.” True story, somewhat. I mean, I’m strong enough to carry a giant tub of dishes from…