The body image lies we tell ourselves

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“The only person who beats me, is me.” — Unknown

50K BURPEES COMING IN HOT.

Um what?

SUBU CrossFit is back with their annual fundraiser “Burpees for Bucks,” to raise money for homeless and at-risk kids in Orlando, FL. Last year, 90 athletes at SUBU hammered out 34,000 burpees — that’s one for every dollar raised. 

That’s ridiculous. 

Sure is. Rediculously awesome. And this year, they’ve raised more than $50,000, which for most of us spells “aint nobody got time for that” when it comes to the burpees part.

With 90 athletes signed up again, SUBU CrossFit is capping it at 1,000 burpees max per person, which is still ludicrous. But to lighten the load, they’ve actually started counting and were at around 14,000 as of last night. 

When’s this burpee-thon going down?

Tomorrow, from 1PM to 8PM Pacific, and we really wish they’d broadcast it live on Facebook. 

And if you’re feeling particularly salty, and generous, you can pile on a few more burpees for good measure by donating. Just imagine if all of you gave $1! 

CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES

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pound clean and jerk PR. 

Transformation Thursday…Chyna Cho, like woah. 

With your second cup of coffee…Literally, this doughnut smores sandwich. 

Fun Fact to Close Out 2017 — The Ultimate Hawaiian Trail Run raised $403,561, which supported 256 kids to receive free afternoon programs and fed them more than 7,500 lunches.

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“Congratulations to the love of my life Melanie Prew, garage CrossFitter and my training partner.” That’s what her BF Skee shared with us last night. Melanie set a goal of rowing 1 million meters by the end of the year AND doing every mainsite CrossFit WOD. She wrapped up the rowing last week and is on track to finish the WODs come New Years Eve. The couple crossfit out of their garage in Prairie du Chien, WI, where it’s a lovely 26 degrees and snowing this morning. 

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In case you didn’t know, McKernan is an Irish name, and Ro even has some relatives still living in Ireland. In fact, the name McKernan (and it’s various spellings) comes from old Gaelic and means “The Son of the Lord.” Pretty nifty. Well now that you know that, watch as Rory explores his family histrory and meets up with his extended family. 

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HEAR: Perseverance with Carleen Mathews 

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“The Body Image Lies We Tell Ourselves” by Solveig Sigurdardottir

This year, I went from 67kg/147 pounds to 62.5 kg to my highest at 72kg/158 pounds. Ever since I started keeping track of/worrying about my weight, I started to develop body image issues. I don’t think people who train with me or see me train notice it, but it’s in the back of my head all day long.

In September 2016, I decided to start counting my macros and eating at certain times of the day. I had never done anything like it and I quickly went from my starting weight of 67kg to below 63kg/138 pounds in approximately four months. This was just before the 2017 open. I qualified as an individual to the Meridian Region for the first time and I was really happy with my progress. Then, I stopped tracking my food as strictly as I had and I started gaining weight again. I was competing at the Regionals and at the Games during that time. I didn’t feel good about myself and I was disappointed in that I hadn’t held on to those 63kg’s.

There was a constant voice telling me that if I had just kept myself at that weight I would be so much better. I started beating myself down, little by little each day.

Each day started with me stepping on the scale and seeing the number slowly go up. That number on the scale would then determine what kind of a training day I would be having. If we had a lot of gymnastics or just plain burpees my first thought was always: “this is going to be so hard for you because you’ve gained so much weight.” Every time I stepped on the scale and saw a “high number,” instantly all body weight movements felt heavy.

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