Weekend Recap and Enchilada Recipe!

This weekend we did a community WOD at Crossfit St. Paul, and all the Minneapolis metro area affiliates sent great people over! It was awesome to see how the Crossfit community is blossoming up north.

Getting back on track

I feel like I haven't kept up with this blog in the past few weeks, and for that, I apologize. You're in luck, though, because in an effort to procrastinate even more from schoolwork (that I probably should have gotten done in my 8 hours of free time today), I'm writing a recap of the pretty laid back workout we did tonight.

Where in the world...?

Yes, I know, I haven't updated in a while. It's been a crazy week at school lately, and to top it off, I've been kind of blue lately. Nothing major, so no worries, just haven't felt up to writing about my experiences the past couple days. I can't remember, but I actually think I missed a few days of Crossfit... BUT, as it is Sunday and I DID work out yesterday, I'll start up again.

Sectionals WOD #2

Today we continued with our post-sectionals workouts by completing the second workout of day one: clean and jerks for five minutes. A great day at CF MPLS overall!

Start of something new...

So, no posting has been going on for a week now because last week was so crazy busy and then I went to the Midwestern Sectionals to volunteer. Yeah, that's right, the good ole Midwest kicked off the 2010 Crossfit Games season in St. Charles, MO.

Another year, another WOD...and another kipping pull-up!

Today is my birthday! You might recall that back in October, Tyler made us do some "homework" and write down our five goals for the year. Naturally, my first goal was to do a kipping pull-up by my birthday, and while I may have sort of accomplished that goal back in December, no one really saw it and I couldn't repeat the event. Well, I woke up this morning thinking "Oh crap! I have to do a kipping pull-up today or else!" Nothing like turning another year older to motivate you!

Baseline Measurements

I may get paid very little as a graduate student, but being a student has its perks. For starters, I get to use the recreational gym center for free, which really makes no difference because I go to Crossfit anyway, but I also get to use all their fitness assessment services! I thought I'd take advantage of these services (and this blog) to get some baseline measurements and see where I'm at fitness-wise. I started Crossfit in July 2009, and unfortunately don't have measurements from that point, but I'm anxious to see how the numbers I received this go around will improve by April or May. So, without further ado, here are the numbers!

Constantly Varied

Today I took the meaning "constantly varied" to a whole new level. I didn't just work out different muscles in a different way - I worked out at a different TIME in a different PLACE! Yeah - how's about some Crossfit St. Paul at 6:00 AM?

Double Duty

This is going to have to be a sweet and short post, even though I have so many great things to talk about Crossfit tonight! Alas, my commitments at the gym have put me behind in my school work, and I'm going to have to get up bright and early tomorrow to finish a few things...blech!

Row row row your boat

I always like the first of the month because it signals new beginnings. I think this "first of the month" is particularly wonderful because 1) it's the start of my birthday month (hooray!) and 2) I'm finally fully over that stomach bug and am getting serious about sticking to my paleo diet once again.