Meal Prep Crash Course
June 18, 2013 · By · 6 Comments
I used to work at an office in a real office building downtown where I had access to approximately every type of food known to man within 10-minute walking distance. I mostly frequented Illegal Pete's (which is just like Chipotle, only better), and would get a carnitas bowl with no rice or beans, mild and medium salsa, lettuce, and as much guacamole as possible. Or I would go to Choppers, this really fantastic salad place that taught me that it's not that I don't like salads (because I just can't Read more [...]
21DSD: False Start
June 14, 2013 · By · 4 Comments
So... I was supposed to start the 21 Day Sugar Detox this week. In fact, right now I am already supposed to be at Day 5.
Spoiler Alert: I definitely am not at Day 5.
For some reason I just do not feel super motivated about this. I mean, it's summer. Things are growing. Fruity things. And they want me to have them for breakfast and put them into smoothies and eat them when I get home from work because it's hot out and let's be real for a second, what is better than a few chunks of cold watermelon Read more [...]
Operation: Hamstring Mobility
June 12, 2013 · By · 8 Comments
Do you remember my very first day on 90 Days of CrossFit?
It was the day I found out that I have Butt Wink.
And last night, I found out that I very much STILL have Butt Wink.
Butt Wink is an unfortunate mobility issue that pulls your butt way under you at the bottom of a squat, causing flexion in your lower back. It kind of looks like your butt is winking at you, hence the really cute name. And last night when I was squatting, TJ took a video of my butt (pretty sure CrossFit is the Read more [...]
Mom-bility [Guest Post]
June 11, 2013 · By · 3 Comments
Editor's Note: My mom continues to do awesome at Offshore CrossFit in Carlsbad, CA. When she was younger, she was on Broadway (I know, right, how awesome is that?), and all that dancing took a toll on her knees, so when she started CrossFit she knew that she was going to have to find a way to make sure she didn't end up with even more knee problems. Over the past few weeks she has been focusing more and more on mobility, so much so that I asked her to write a guest post about it!
As Claire’s Read more [...]
All Day Every Day
June 6, 2013 · By · 7 Comments
After writing my post yesterday about goals, I sent a little tweet that looked like this:
I hadn't really put a lot of thought into what I was writing, but that little "...daily?" bit sparked a little introspection about goal making. Why shouldn't I be making goals daily? And why I felt like it was a good excuse to say that I hadn't reached my quarterly goals because they were "too far-reaching"? Because once upon a time, I was really awesome at both making and keeping goals.
Four years Read more [...]
June 2013: Some Goals
June 5, 2013 · By · 4 Comments
Something I have learned about myself so far this year is that quarterly goals are just a little too far-reaching for me. Back in April I made a list of goals to be completed by June 15, and I really haven't been able to accomplish many of them. Not necessarily because I'm not trying, but because I don't program my own workouts, and so whether or not I get to really focus on front squats, ring dips, or whatever, is not really up to me. Sure I can do some accessory work, but building on max lifts Read more [...]
