“Our workouts are competitive events. The strength and value of CrossFit lies entirely within our domination of other athletes. This is a truth derived through competition, not debate.” I’m having a hard time deciding where to begin on my amazing weekend. Here is Part 1: Crossfit Games We arrived at the site on Thursday night [...]
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July 8th, 2009 
mrs.b So FREAKING excited to go! Stadium Workout 30 Wallballs (20lbs/14lbs) Row 300m 30 Box jumps (24″) 30 KB swings (24kg/16kg) 30 DB Push press / Push jerk (40lbs/25lb) 30 Deadlifts (225lbs/135lbs) Rules: 1. The wallballs are performed one athlete at a time, starting with the women. When all four athletes have completed the wallballs, they [...]
NPR: Top Ten Reasons Why the BMI is Bogus!
July 8th, 2009 mrs.b Check out this article. Thanks to Feed Me I’m Cranky.
Free Stuff? Yeah, Free Stuff!
July 8th, 2009 mrs.b Head on over to Feed Me, I’m Cranky for a chance to win a gift certificate to Whole Foods. Yum! While you’re there…stroll around a bit. There are some interesting things to see and read! What do I get? Hopefully a Whole Foods gift certificate.
Team CFV
July 7th, 2009 mrs.b Had a great team workout this morning. All the equipment is the wreckage of things we had to carry 200m, then do 10 pull ups. There were 14 items, dumbbells had to be held in the hands and medicine balls overhead. Anytime we dropped we had to do 2 burpees. I only did 4 burpees. [...]
4th of July, 2009
July 6th, 2009 mrs.b A pictorial of 4th of July with my family and friends. I took a ton more but thought I’d spare you the endless watermelon pictures and babies dressed in red, white and blue. Emma, Lianna, Martha, Jacquie, Gramma Dianne (my mom) My honey, the Grillmaster for the day. Riley…funny face or freezing pool? Both! A [...]
Back Squat / Row / Burpee
July 6th, 2009 mrs.b Back Squat 3-3-3 133-143(PR)-143 (for form) This was a huge PR. My last 1 rep was less. Can’t wait to do 1 rep again. 3 Rounds: 500m Row 15 Burpees 10:54 ? I was nervous about rowing that much but surprised at how I did. I am happy with my time. My last row was [...]
Anatomy of a Crossfit Workout, or What are you looking for?
July 1st, 2009 mrs.b My workout today was hard. Really hard. I can’t say it was the hardest on ever, but it stretched me. It was 5 rounds. I pretty much hate 5 round workouts as a rule. Round 1: My head is in the game. I blast through the first set, on to set 2. It’s heavy, but [...]
