I have had this ongoing conversation with several other women and there are two opinions out there regarding strength. Everyone wants to be strong
Journey
100,000 Meter Rowing Challenge
“Because strength doesn’t come from what you can do. Strength comes from overcoming the things you thought you couldn’t. ”
– Coach Marina
Training Day: 1
The Battle of Baltimore is coming up in January 30, 2016. It’s time to start training.
Finish Strong – 12 Days of WOD
I did the WOD at 5:30pm and as I was finishing up round 12 and the 6:30pm class was arriving. I was thinking that I had nothing left to give and then a bunch of 6:30 folks rallied around me to encourage me to keep going. It was the best. It was the epitome of Crossfit. 5:30pm with Coaches Brittany and Brian. This WOD was no joke.
Toes to Bar
We recently completed the Crossfit Open 15.1 workout and it was a humbling experience. I went into the workout with one impression of how I would do. But my performance was nothing like what I had imagined.
Virtuous Form
When is the best time to work on virtuous form? The obvious answer is “all of the time”. You never want to move unsafely just to get through a workout. Beyond the obvious answer, “all of the time”, when is virtuous form most important?
Take a knee
Sometimes it feels like things are done to you, when really those things are done for you. #onthebench
Test and Retest
CrossFit itself is defined as that which optimizes fitness (constantly varied functional movements performed at relatively high intensity).
Back to Basics
After 7 months, I can do 12 pull-ups without a band, but not unbroken. So my friend, Katie and I made a pact to do 10 strict pull-ups everyday to help us get stronger.
Pull-Ups
Pull-ups are my nemesis. Today I did 12 out of 45 without a band. That’s two more than I’ve done before. Baby Steps.