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QUOTE OF THE DAY
CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU HIT THE BOX
CONFESSIONS OF A TRUE CHOCOHOLIC…
“I’d have no problem eating cookies and chocolate for every meal — and that’s not a joke. Dialing in my indulgence with sweets has been hard but extremely do-able. Took some time to not want to pour the entire bag on my face and go to town, but instead grab 4-6 M&M’s and be satisfied…but that’s where I’m at. I’ve been tracking my macros for a while now and have learned If I want something sweet that’s cool and all…just track it. This legit has made me a sane person. I tried to go cold turkey and eliminate sweets and nope…I’d end up face first in a pint of ice cream because I deprived myself. Epic fail. About a month ago I started [with] Working Against Gravity and I made a goal to 100% stick to the plan, numbers and give this a shot — and I have. Having someone hold you accountable will shape you up real quick.”
THINGS TO…
WATCH: Andrea Ager + Annie Thorisdottir
WATCH NOW.
HEAR: The Invictus Mindset with CJ Martin
TUNE IN.
EAT: Coconut Chicken Lentil Soup
SOUNDS TASTY.
BUY: CrossFit Regionals Gear
START SHOPPING.
CHALK UP AFFILIATES
A note to my coaches at CrossFit Jersey City.
“When I joined fundamentals in December, to lift a bar made my knees shake, jumping rope wasn’t an achievable option, my run was a fast paced walk, and jumping on anything other than the floor was terrifying! I hadn’t been in the gym in months because of an exacerbation with my MS. It sucked to put it gently!
“Well…as of yesterday, in three short months, I have participated in class and actually did cleans, push presses and snatches (with light weights), jumped on a box, jogged 400m without stopping, jumped rope with 6 singles in a row…did I mention jumped on a box!
“I’m excited to see what the next three months have in store.”
Seven 4th and 5th graders at Martin Walker Elementary School in Copperas Cove, TX are members of an after-school CrossFit club started by an L1 faculty member.
CHALK UP READS
This morning I woke up with an engagement ring on. I’ve been mostly reflecting on what it means to officially commit to a lifetime with someone. I am…’someone’s fiancé’…the word itself is so delicate and fitting.
The truth is, when I was a junior in high school, we were asked to make a goal and then a 5-year plan of steps to achieve that goal. I joked around with my classmates and made the whole project about getting married and being a wife in 5 years. I even made steps that were kind of silly…but was able to pull it off. Behind it all, I knew I truly valued marriage even at 17, and looked forward to the process of finding “the one.”
A decade and then some later – here I am, overwhelmed and feeling what I ultimately wanted…which was to feel chosen. I feel special, and loved, but can’t help to think of the broken road that lead me to today. When you love as hard as I do, you have to guard your heart; if not, you could be left in a wake of “not the ones.”
I finally started trusting God with the dating process that I resented because it’s not always glamorous. I started praying for my husband (whoever that might be) and had to examine myself and adjust in many areas. As I grew in my faith I was challenged to grow into the kind of woman that would attract the man I was describing as my respectable, caring, God-fearing “dream man.”
The first phase of this year’s worldwide CrossFit Open is complete and my CrossFit Lifesport Toledo team did well.
Yes, at age 62 I am a member of an athletic team. My junior high school gym teacher would be speechless. I was such a sickly, asthmatic kid that after junior high I was no longer forced to take gym classes at Otsego High School.
Even though I consider myself part of the team at my gym, or “box” in CrossFit parlance, I compete against myself three mornings a week. That is until February when my CrossFit coach, Barry Williamson, urged me to join the annual Crossfit Open competition.
A friend told me about the CrossFit box he was going to and urged me to try it out. The first few times were practically near-death experiences. It was like I was back in junior high gym class with these big guys yelling at me. The difference at CrossFit, though, was the big guys were telling me I could do it, to keep doing it, and I did. Over and over, push-up after push-up, squat after squat, sit-up after sit-up.