Handstands, you shall be mine
We’ve been doing a lot of handstand push-up work at the shop lately and I had a minor breakthrough the other day. After kicking up to the wall into a handstand, I was able to lower my head and then…
Training
Reason #22 I love Crossfit Roots
Constantly varied. These are the two words that keep me enamored of Crossfit after three years. I need change, I love variety and the thought of doing the same thing for every workout bores me. Gag me with a treadmill…
Reason #29 I love Crossfit Roots
When I got pregnant, I didn’t have many mommy friends. Or any mommy friends really. At least none that lived close. So when a few other lady athletes got preggers at the Crossfit shop, just a few months after me,…
(Fantasy) fitness resolutions
Of course, I’ve made some real fitness goals for the year. (Handstand! Pull-up! No-knee push-up!) But after flipping through one of the many athletically-minded catalogs (read: very expensive yoga pants & sports bras) that get delivered to my mailbox, I…
Reason #18 I love Crossfit Roots
It’s not like I need any new excuses to take silly pics…but I’ll definitely take one. Ever since seeing a picture of one of our coaches, Zac, squatting a fallen log, I’ve been inspired. I mean, how can I not…
Reason #37 I love Crossfit Roots
Last week was my three-year anniversary doing Crossfit. (Okay, minus the seven months I was out giving birth and recovering…but whatever.) In addition to the rad people I’ve met and the regularly scheduled ass kickings, I really love all the…
Reason #43 I love CrossFit Roots
Oh kettlebells. They look cute and simple, sitting there. But then you pick one up and start swinging it over your head. Or you lay down on the ground and put one in your hand and try to stand up while…
The return of my running mojo
Not sure if it’s all the Eli-chasing I’m doing these days or the 30+ miles of commuter cycling, but I just haven’t felt much like running. It’s pretty normal for me to have an on-again, off-again relationship with my running…
Reason #56 I love CrossFit Roots
In addition to the awesome workouts and knowledgeable coaches, I really love the people I work out with early in the mornings. Especially this lovely lady. She goes by Dr. Dre around the shop and she does a great job…
Three instruments of torture that I use on a weekly basis. And my first video.
{Because I’m tired of cervix being my top search term, I’ve decided that torture devices could be a good one to add to the mix. Also? They’re not really torture devices. Unless you’re a fitness terrorist.} Most people think of…