Your application of CrossFit becomes a beauty all your own. You do not need to compete at the games, make regionals, or join the Open to be accepted within our walls. They are but events during a journey we use to enhance ourselves and our community. We share that journey with whomever will listen. Below [...]
As she scampered away from our seemingly random conversation she turned and said, “don’t give up on me”. Frozen, I nodded letting her continue on. Left alone I thought, “I never have…you did”. There is no doubt your support system is critical to success. Like blood filling your body, friends serve to improve, progress and [...]
Aspirations dwell on the heart and soul of every human. Separation exists between those who aspire and achieve, and those who do nothing but aspire. Primitive talent is an award given to each of us. An award we take for granted by keeping it locked up deep down inside. We subdue our screaming subconscious with [...]
As we continue to paint the landscape the color “Paleo” we typically encounter speed bumps, road blocks, and u-turns that make moving forward more difficult than necessary. Unfortunately, Paleo followers are often the ones creating the obstacles. To incorporate items into the Paleo diet that make it appear more ancient usually means the elimination of [...]
Our “Saturday Stolen Post” isn’t really stolen as I wrote it urging the community to continue its impact at events such as the Arnold Classic. Enlisting more and more CrossFit followers along the way. Don’t forget to register yourself, or your kids here for your chance to CrossFit or volunteer at the Arnold Sports Festival [...]
We learn the error in our ways by the reflection of ourselves mirrored by our friends. The example we give others will produces pride in our eyes, or contempt in our hearts. Hopefully we are always watching, adjusting, and learning for others as much as ourselves. Years past found me allowing, even celebrating, the need [...]
An awed hush fills the room. Eyes focus and glaze. Breathing regulates. You stare down the clock ready for it’s birthday. For the first time this day, you are present. Buddhist’s call it mindful. No longer a slave to world duty, but enlightened. The very nature of a WOD makes it result oriented. Rarely, however, [...]
Cindy’s voice below paints a picture of wisdom for little more than the ability to adjust. It’s examples like this that give hope for more to follow the road less taken. The road more discomforting. A few weeks ago I was given an assignment, “don’t write about being a wife, mother, or being a woman…give [...]
It would seem as though we can organize our entire life as one of two things. Situations we choose to remember, and the items we can’t help but regret; I regret when I was short to someone I love because “they know me” while giving a smile to stranger because they don’t. I regret having [...]
“Can’t you just be normal for two seconds”, she said. “Why does it always have to be a struggle, why are you always fighting”, she continued speaking to her child. As I passed this common scene while grocery shopping days ago I flashed-back to the times when I used to be “normal”. When I lived [...]
