Update: 39 days left…so if I hang in there it will be like winning Survivor but without the 1 million at the end. More like $20. Today the scale is up and my measurements are the same this is day 18. I feel like I should see more progress than this. Hopefully it’s internal and […]
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Hypnophobia
September 9th, 2016 
Martha Powerlifting Meet circa 2014 I might be afraid of sleep. Or afraid of losing control of my time I’m awake, or maybe I’m just a whacko and let my mind spin in circles. I didn’t sleep much last night and I committed to being at the gym by 6. So, of course my restless legs […]
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No Comments »Journey Towards Joy: Body
July 7th, 2016 Martha And by tomorrow…I meant in a week. Ooops! So this brings me to how I wanted to start by saying…my work schedule has been very unpredictable. This is ok, but hard to plan things in advance. Sure does keep me on my toes and make me creative about scheduling laundry and working out and such. […]
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March 13th, 2013 Martha 1RM Box Jump – 35″ “Goldilocks” AMR in 5 minutes @ 80% effort: 4 Hand Release Push-ups 8 KBS @ moderate load 12 Abmat Sit-ups 4+12 rest 3 min + AMR in 4 minutes @ 90% effort: 4 Hand Release Push-ups 8 KBS @ moderate load 12 Abmat Sit-ups 4+13 + rest 5 min + […]
Some workout stuff…
March 12th, 2013 Martha Crossfit Games Open Sectional 13.1 Proceed through the sequence below completing as many reps as possible in 17 minutes of: 40 Burpees 45 pound Snatch, 30 reps 30 Burpees 75 pound Snatch, 30 reps 20 Burpees 100 pound Snatch, 30 reps 10 burpees 120 pound Snatch, as many reps as possible RESULT: 123 reps This […]
A little ditty, about me ‘n “Diane”
February 1st, 2013 Martha Last May I did a workout named “Diane”. It is 21-15-9 of Deadlifts at 155# and Handstand push ups. I had barely achieved handstand push ups at that time and the workout took me 19:53. Pretty long, but I finished it. The gym retested it recently but I got sick and couldn’t do it with […]
Truth Revealed: Eating Healthy is not easy.
October 1st, 2012 Martha Ok, I’m going to put it to you straight, eating healthy is hard. Cookies taste good and make my brain think happy thoughts. Broccoli dose not taste good and makes me pretty much sad. I wash it down with water. I wash cookies down with…more cookies! I know someone who would be on my team. […]
Wednesday Workout
September 27th, 2012 Martha I haven’t had a surplus of time to writes posts and with picture editing and stuff, it takes some time to make a post not look cheesy. A couple of weeks ago, I had one more day to workout before going on a trip and I was in between programs. (I have an awesome coach […]
Tuesday Tip
August 7th, 2012 Martha Try Something New I’ve recently decided to do something new. Swim. I actually do know how to swim and took swimming lessons as a child like many American children do. I have never swum laps. I now know why. (Swimsuit by Patagonia)* It’s hard. For the last month-ish I have spent about 30 minutes a […]
Weekend Warrior
May 21st, 2012 Martha Sunday was our “Wonderful Women of WCSC” WOD day! This month’s theme was “The ‘B’ Word” (Blind Buddy). Each person put a movement into a hat and we were matched up to do a 21-15-9 of those two movements. I put Power Snatch because I can always use the practice. I was partnered with Sheila […]