yoga+crossfit.

currently, i am loving both crossfit & yoga.

(with a splash of mountain biking & hiking here-and-there)

i find strength gaining, adventure, challenge & fun in crossfit.

in yoga i find lengthening, mindfulness, peace & difficulty.  

i found this great guide in using yoga to benefit

your crossfit workouts, which in return

will definitely help your yoga practice.

lululemon headband.

this pretty much sums up crossfit.

it's surprisingly, embarrassingly accurate!

#amrapmusic

murph.

i spent the morning of memorial day

at my gym doing this ridic workout called murph.

it's a memorial workout for a fallen soldier.

the workout consists of:

(rx is wearing a 20lb weight vest, i did not)

1 mile run

100 pull ups

200 push ups

300 squats

1 mile run

i completed it in just under 53 minutes.

after the 1st 1 mile run 

i broke it up in 20 sets of 

5 pull ups, 10 push up, 15 squats.

it's thursday & i'm just now able to begin to

move my arms without pain.

no pain, no gain right?

205#

my badass baby sister is strong.

she hit a big PR on her deadlift.

here's the baby in beast mode last week

dead-lifting 205 pounds.

this makes me & brother slim aka "70" mighty proud. 

13.5, finally.

the crossfit open has come to an end.

we completed the last workout on saturday & then

celebrated with a bbq party!

the workout was thrusters w/ 65# & chest 2 bar pull-ups,

15 of each, amrap for 4 minutes.

no one at our gym did, but if you got 90 total reps

 you got a bonus 4 minutes to get 90 more, and so on.

i got 15 thrusters & 9 pull-ups.

my goal was 2 pull-ups, so i'm feeling good!

although i forgot to enter my score, so that sucks.

here's me looking at the barbell.... 

contemplating my next thruster?

here i am judging greg, one of our coaches.

 he did awesome!

13.4.

we did the 2nd to last crossfit open wod last saturday,

the morning after tara's wedding...

13.4:

amrap for 7 minutes

3 clean + jerks

3 toes to bar

6 clean + jerks

6 toes to bar

and the ladder continues 9, 12, 15...

with 95lbs for ladies & 135lbs for gents.
i got 25 reps. 
here's a few pics from the workout.

here's our coach mario.

please vote for mario in the muscle madness

hunky trainer contest here.

he's made it all the way to the final 4!

the open show.

the final workout in the open comes out tonight.

i've had a blast doing these workouts, but am

really looking forward to getting back on my regular 

workout schedule. this brought some inspiration: 

13.2

the second open workout consisted of

as many reps/rounds as possible (amrap) in 10 minutes of:

5 shoulder to overhead presses w/ 75lbs

10 deadlifts w/ 75lbs

15 box jumps on a 20" box.

i had to do it during class on thursday and scored
(what i think is) a respectable 205.
looking forward to the 13.3 announcement tonight at 8,
then i'm going in tomorrow at 6am to get it done
because we're heading to chattanooga this weekend for
our 4th rock/creek river gorge trail race!
your good vibes & luck are welcome! 

13.1 recap

i've been a busy bee lately & the cf open wod's

have been intense & have left me in pain.

in the first workout, 13.1 i surprised myself & got a 105,

which means i somehow got the 75# bar over my head in a snatch.

the 1st 40 burpees were ok, but really left me gasping for air.

the first set of 30 snatches with 45# was pretty easy, but after

a few they get tough.

the set up on my second set of snatches, after 30 more burpees.

the struggle.

victory!

the baby beat me by a few reps....

i am so very proud of her!

deadlift a friend.

when we're not stressing out about the open wod's,

sweating like crazy or catching our breaths...

we have lots of fun!

deadlife a friend day!

lea cleaning like coco.

lea & kelvin sitting in a tree...

just kidding, she's just lifting cute kelvin.

13.1

let the games begin!

the first workout of the crossfit open has been announced:
WOD 13.1
17 minutes AMRAP
40 burpees
30 snatches @ m75/f45
30 burpees
30 snatches @ 135/75
20 burpees
30 snatches @ 165/ 100
10 burpees
AMRAP snatches @ 210/120

the open.

workout 1 comes out tonight...

open, take 2.

the crossfit open starts soon!

those of you who were readers last year followed

me on my first & wild crossfit games open journey.

let the games begin!