Feliz Día de Gracias
Posted: November 22, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, diet, exercise, family, Feast, health, hope, life, love, Quit worrying already, Thanksgiving 15 Comments… Children I implore you
get out of the burning house now
three carts wait outside
to save you from a homeless life
relax in the village square
before the sky everything’s empty
no direction is better or worse
east is just as good as west
those who know the meaning of this
are free to go where they want-
For all our readers sitting at the “Children’s Table” today for dinner … Happy Thanksgiving and please be well!!!
After The Moon
Posted: November 21, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, crossfit, exercise, fitness, gluten free, happiness, health, hipster, inspiration, intensity, jogging, kettlebell, life, love, lululemon, marathon, motivation, natural, pilates, running, Thanksgiving, wellness, whole foods, WOD 9 CommentsSick of it whatever it’s called sick of the names
I dedicate every pore to what’s here-
Thanksgiving is already here and taking a page from the retail sector … Let’s skip thinking about Thanksgiving and look forward to a favorite subject of ours: New Year’s resolutions.
“This will finally be the year I lose twenty-five pounds, stop drinking on the weekends (until St Patrick’s Day … ), save some money, finish the basement, spend more quality time with the family.” Do any of these resolutions sound familiar? The arrival of the Holiday Season naturally lends itself to valiant attempts on our part at making a fresh start. The problem is that these resolutions are not so easy to achieve.
What if we told you, today – the day before Thanksgiving can be your New Year?!?
It’s time to sober up peeps, go ahead and take another self pic of yourself on the scale to post and look in the mirror instead of looking at your phone as you take another glamorous duck face pic … Do not avoid your current health in this moment, reflect on your current health. This moment is your second chance.
Our culture is obsessed with instant transformations and makeovers, hello: Turn the TV on one evening and what do you see?. What we just asked you above is not easy and making firm resolutions for genuine change is even harder. In this moment reflect and your past and commit yourself to genuine change.
What were you thinking this time last year … The vicious cycle begins anew.
The Plan-
Link of the Day: Un-Hear-It <— This is a must clicky today peeps!?!
The Workout-
Some Happy Hips and a little Balance Beam work followed by:
Hill Sprint + 15 Hard Style KB Swings (at the top)
20 is a nice harmless number.
**If you are going to beat the hell out of yourself all Holiday Season? Might as well do it in a nurturing fashion then …**
Notes:
Reflect, today is your second chance … ENJOY!!!
Inbetween Your Choice
Posted: November 19, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, crossfit, diet, exercise, fitness, food, happiness, health, hipster, humor, intensity, Internet, kettlebell, life, love, lululemon, marathon, Mistakes, motivation, paleo, passion, perspective, pilates, rest, running, Thanksgiving, trail running, walking, whole foods, WOD, yoga 12 CommentsDrink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future; Live the actual moment. Only this moment is life-
What does it mean to be fully present?
For starters: Stop worrying about Thanksgiving and take care of your Body – Mind – Spirit in this present moment.
A few startling patterns will begin to come into focus for us this week. Chances are you are aware that the Thanksgiving Holiday is this coming Thursday here in good ole ‘Merica! Before we get off topic on another rant (and you can probably guess where this rant will go …) we want to talk about a taboo topic around these parts: DIET.
We quite literally just finished reading the 100th blog-o-post about working out and eating right this coming Thanksgiving. Seriously peeps … Dare we tread into troubled waters?
“Oh how nice, eat less, exercise more!?! Ground breaking stuff right there!“
This type of advice is nauseating and inadequate at best. Take a quick look around at the waistlines of the lovely peeps passing by? Something should become painfully clear: Different body types use calories in different ways. Each one of us are programmed and predisposed to carry more fat, more weight than others. No kidding hot-shot – Diet and exercise help … (<—Key Word). Although when all is said and done, the solution we seek is inevitably more complicated and complex than pushing away the plate and torturing yourself in the days leading up to Thanksgiving.
One day out of one year feasting with close family and friends will not hurt … We promise!!!
**Take a moment to re-read the quote at the top of the post again, we beg of you**
The Plan-
The Workout-
Let’s start with a nice refreshing Happy Hips Warm Up. Followed By:
150 Alternating Goblet Squats (flowing)
150 Hard Style KB Swings (snappy)
150 Perfect Push Ups (even power)
Slice ’em and Dice ’em as you see fit … 15×10 works pretty well?!?
Notes:
Be fully present peeps, it’s all we ask … ENJOY!!!
I’m Movin’ Outside
Posted: November 15, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, Craft, crossfit, exercise, fitness, friendship, gluten free, happiness, health, hipster, kettlebell, life, Lockout, love, lululemon, marathon, motivation, musings, NHL, nutrition, Quebec, running, trail running, walking, whole foods, WOD, writing, yoga 10 CommentsIf a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away-
Feel free to play along at your desk … This visualization is short and sweet, we promise?!?
Hidden “Inside” all of us lies the basic fundamental keys to understanding the world.
If you are unfamiliar with “Russian Nesting Dolls,” or if you were cool before they were cool … Matryuschka Dolls. These are the wooden, eloquently detailed figurines, when opened, reveal another pristine doll, inside the doll … You guys understand how they work or you watched a lot of Sesame Street growing up.
The Plan-
Link of the day: Sleepy Time <—Must Clicky!!!
The Workout-
Rest Day … A gentle Salute to the Sun followed by:
Google Machine – Check!
Search “Crocodile+Breathing” – Got it!!!
Strike a “Dead Man Pose (face down)” – Already there!!!
Breathe.
**This is a fantastic way to wind down the day after work.**
Notes:
Most of the answers we need answered are inside of us, quietly waiting to be discovered. Take care today peeps and ENJOY!!!
Big Trouble Upstairs
Posted: November 9, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, Cocktails, crossfit, exercise, fitness, happiness, health, hipster, humor, intensity, jogging, kettlebell, life, love, lululemon, marathon, motivation, natural, passion, perspective, pilates, Spirituality, whole foods, WOD, yoga 22 CommentsShe’s gone to heaven so I got to be good-
My body sucks. I exercise religiously, diet, binge, read all the mind numbing blogs and magazines. Yet I still feel inferior to others (Gals and Dudes are equally guilty).
“I just wish I could stop beating myself up all the time over petty, little things … That’s it I quit! ”
Like it or not all of us React to adversity and troubling times when we should be Refocusing.
We could not possibly leave you in such a depressed state on a lovely Friday morning could we?!? What follows could be called advice, by some. Others may call our kind words unwarranted and self-righteous, either way we are all adults here and we can form our own decisions …
Are you a quitter? Do you find yourself tossing in the towel daily? Here’s the lowdown peeps: Quitters blame those around them and the world for their disappointments. YOU are not a quitter!
Less time Reacting and more time Refocusing.
The Plan-
The Workout-
Limber up with the program from yesterday … Followed by:
30 Minutes of the following:
10 KB Floor Presses (each arm)
1 Turkish Get Up (each arm)
10 KB Bent Over Rows (each arm)
Notes:
Be sure to go back through this weeks posts and click on the images! Most of them are perfect for your desktop (Hi-Res). Be well this weekend and ENJOY!!!
CultFit 