Hello Loves! How goes it y'all? Man I swear - I am loving life right now, but it sure feels like I am in warp speed some days haha! This weekend my box ( CrossFit Aspire) hosted the Festivus Games. I aggravated my groin Thursday (thought it was a pull, but had a friend stretch it and seems a TON better) so was limping around Friday, but still made it to the gym to help get set up. I wasn't a ton of help - but I could do the math for the bars quickly and help get the weight on the bars. Picking it up was out of the question though haha. After we got the box ready, I headed over to Sandy's with Holly and we helped make signs for Saturday's event. By we - I really mean them haha. I just colored stuff in and traced letters :) I think they came out awesome! Everyone seemed to like them, and that's all that really matters. Plus I had a lot of fun with Sandy and Holly.
Sandy made her sangria and let me eat her grub. I'm not even sure what I really ate...chicken lettuce wrap things. They were really good. She also sent me home with advil for my groin because at that point I couldn't get up and down haha. Her boys helped out on stuff too.
After we were done we found the littlest one passed out. How cute is he?
Tara KILLING the thruster ladder!
Aspire Crew on the Thurster ladder!
Saturday was AMAZING. Like seriously. Justin and Alycia had that shit running like a well oiled machine. It was AWESOME! Our box crew totally stepped up and were great judges and volunteers. I know I've said it before, but seriously...my box is the BEST!
Nick making Thrusters look EASY!
me & Tricia
I am still amazed at how well it ran. My girl Diva from Diva Richards Fitness was a fabulous MC. She had everyone going and kept things running smoothly!
AC and me!
Jillian and me
Diva & me
It was cool to see how many people came out to compete. Lots of local boxes were well represented! I got to meet one of my twitter buddies - Jillian. She is awesome. She works for HellaLife.
Pat & me
Caitlin & me
After everything was cleaned up we all headed to PJs. It was a great time - lots of fun as always with me crew! Some of the crew came over after PJs to watch some Orange is the New Black, play cards and eat cookies haha!
me & Marvin
Me & Tee Jone
me & my Allie
Seriously - it was a fabulous weekend. I was suppose to go to Ohio for homecoming weekend, but all in all it worked out. I am glad I got to stay and see my friends compete and help my box out.
Michelle and me
Nick and me
CrossFit Aspire has changed my life. I think it's funny that Alycia couldn't believe how many people would stay and offer to give up their Saturday to help. Hello - I can only speak for me, but that place has changed my life. I wouldn't be who I am today without them and their box. Yay CrossFit! I was talking to a random guy this weekend and he said - CrossFit is a FAMILY thing. I couldn't agree more!
Hey y'all! Happy Tuesday! This fall is flying by. I think between school, training and life - I am super busy! I'm loving it! This weekend I competed in my first Olympic Lifting Competition. Liberty Barbell Club (inside CrossFit Center City) held the Hookgrip Classic. It was an amazing experience. I learned a ton - about how I lift, how to get better and build more speed, tips for wrapping my thumbs to help with my hook grip, etc. We started with snatch....
I opened with 39kg....Hit it no problem...
Second attempt was at 43 kg...I missed the first try so tried again...
No problem! I got really frustrated by this only because I should have locked out my shoulder on the second lift and had it. I really wanted to get over 100 that day, but it wasn't in the books. Lots to learn from and move on. The girls in my class were awesome - made my snatches look like nothing. Def not quite as excited for my 100# snatch anymore haha. Time to get bigger and stronger! Next up was the Clean and Jerk. Seriously - I love these two movements so I was happy!
First attempt...I'm not really sure what weight I did haha. Coach took care of that. I think maybe 45kg? Not 100% positive on that one though. First one felt great. No issues and looked decent.
Second attempt...first thing I said to Justin when I got back to the seat was "that felt fast" haha. I thought I flew, but after looking at it - I really didn't haha. The last attempt...
61 kg. Not a PR for me, but felt and looked good. I had JUST PR'ed my C&J two days prior to this, so I am stoked I got this up!!
I've learned a lot from that experience. I can't WAIT to do more OLY competitions - I loved it. Major things I took from this: 1. I NEED OLY shoes. Like majorly need them. They are on my Christmas list, but I may have to splurge and get some earlier if I can swing it. 2. I need to pick up my training. I need to get more serious and step it up. 3. I HAVE to clean up my nutrition. I think to myself, what could I really do if I just cleaned it up a little bit more. I have been doing good - primal Sunday - Friday night....no drinks during the week and so forth. I did have two drinks this week on Wednesday. But it was birthdays of two of my closest so that was needed. After the OLY comp, Caitlin got Nilda and I flowers! She's awesome. She was my first CrossFit Aspire friend and is my main lifting partner outside of Nilda. Without those two ladies, I'd be lost in the gym. I also treated myself to a Philadelphia Cupcake after the comp...and I don't regret it. It was AMAZING! I also had drinks with both my Coaches, Shamus and Nilda in the city...I loved it! I need to do that more!
That night - Teralyn (who is typically more proud of what I do then I am of myself haha) wanted to get drinks to celebrate. We headed out for some drinks and the Ohio State game! Rachel and Holly came up too! It was a great night and a perfect end to a fabulous day!
Hello Loves! Happy Saturday! I'm finally getting into the groove of school, training, studying, and life, so hopefully back to semi-regular scheduled blogging!! The weekend after Labor Day aka the awesome California trip for Dumbo Double Dare (which you can read about a short thoughts here) was BUSY! I had made plans to keep the Peanut all weekend + had a school BBQ and CrossFit BBQ Saturday and run club fun Sunday. I took the Peanut with me to everything - she's good like that. She spent about 6 hours in the pool on Saturday and two hours on Sunday. I LOVE that little girl - she's such a joy to have around and take care of! The school BBQ was fun - at my work BFF Nicolella's house. Her dogs are AWESOME - seriously, they dive into the pool and swim to the bottom to get the ball - how cool is that? Peanut and I thought it was super cool - wonder if Scarlet would jump in?!?
Got to the Aspire BBQ late, but my bestie Jilly was there! I got to see her and her hubs, Tommy. I LOVE love LOVE them! Seriously, would be lost without them. As always, I had a good time with my Aspire crew. Didn't really talk to a lot of people. Peanut and I didn't get there till late, so most people were in conversation. I got to talk with TLyn and Kelly a lot, so that was good! Relaxed by Sandy's fire pit. I love her backyard/house - so relaxing and makes me feel like I'm home. It was a LONG day for both Peanut and myself.
Sunday started with Aspire Run Club........
I love my Sunday runs with the crew. Our turnouts have been growing steadily and I love it. Jess has even started coming. She is brand new to running, and we all know how much I love working with new runners. Ev comes too now! Such a good group. The boy I have been hanging out with is in the picture too...but no disclosure on that...yet ;) After Run Club I also stayed and did some clean work with Caitlyn.
Got a new Clean and Jerk PR at 130#!
Kelly, Me, Coach Alycia
September 11th brought about the 9/11 Hero WOD - that thing was something different. I really had to push myself. I've been having some issues on my right shoulder, so it was a lot on my shoulder, but I did it. We, as CrossFitters, do this to pay our respect and show we remember and value the lives lost. There was NO way I was giving up! Took about 42 minutes, but it was done. I did 95# for the lifts and 24" for the box jumps!
I LOVE the thought of Steve's Club and really want to get involved - such a good thing and...some of my students are even in it...
Jake & Nilda - teammates
TLyn, Me, Nilda
I had a great time, as always. I love doing CrossFit stuff, especially with my CrossFit crew. It was good to see JC - one of my students from last year, and glad he has found Steve's Club. Was good to hear how hard he has to work to get to the box to train and to keep his grades up. Will have to check in on him! Had fun with my girls...and cheering on the other teams, from our box and others.
Team Snatchtastic - Jamie & me
I was lucky enough to pair with Jamie. She's the best. This lady is seriously AMAZING! When everything went down with my ankle, she was there when it happened and held my hand, she helped me with the girls before I took them to TN, she took me to and from the gym. Not to mention she is a BEAST! She got 1st in her last competition because she completed like 21 deadlifts in a min - I wanna say at like 175 or something too - amazing!
We had fun! At least I did. I was the second to last heat, so I got to watch everything go down. Lots of handsome CrossFit guys to check out ;)
As always, this past Sunday started with Aspire Run Club. It's just becoming a normality at this point haha!
This week has been good - Back To School Night at school and we got treated to sweet new cups from our administration! Love them! I am so blessed to have a job I love so much. I've taken a lot of time off this week, but yesterday I went and played with my snatch to see how my shoulder was feeling. I do have my FIRST EVER Olympic Lifting Competition coming up...and....
I hit my FIRST EVER TRIPLE DIGIT SNATCH!! 100#!! Can you tell be the end of the video how excited I was?!? Even with my broken ankle this year, I've made most of my goals already - and just keep updating them!! CrossFit has changed my life! Can't wait to get my L1 here soon and start changing other people's lives!
Oh loves, how are y'all? What a crazy, busy but amazing weekend. Once again this weekend I was reminded of how blessed I am with such awesome people in my life. Let's recap -
Friday - Katie ended up letting me go early since we were super light on kids and I had a ton to do to get ready for my move. My cousin Ashley and my Peanut (her daughter) came over and helped me finish up most of the apartment. We tried to get everything but the big stuff done. It was a LONG and HOT day. In between trips from the old to the new, I did stop and get a slice of pizza with them...
Peanut was a fabulous help and we got it all done. Had a little bit of an issue with my living room furniture and the most I will say is I am SO thankful to be out of that dump!!
Anyways - I was suppose to go to Philly for Usher's birthday but was exhausted. Some of the box crew was down the street at PJs so I popped out. Thought I'd have a drink then crash. Oh no. Apparently I had a couple drinks and got smashed. Like couldn't function next day smashed. Bad news bears. Thankfully Chris loves me and drove me home. Begin my rough Saturday - Teralyn came to get me to go get my car and I got sick, so instead she took me to go meet the folks helping me move. Everyone helped me as I laid on the floor/grass and back into the car. It was bad. Huge about outs to my crew - Bobby, Ash+TB, Cuzzo+Dollface, Dawn+Allen, Lutfi, Nick, Jamie, Sandy and Teralyn. I think that's everyone. I would have been LOST without y'all, especially since I wasn't really functioning. Teralyn managed my phone and texts haha - best personal assistant ever! It seemed to go fast from what I hear. I spent most of the rest of my day sleeping. Allie came over and made me eat, go get my car and back to bed I went.
Sunday - today - was a team competition out in Allentown, PA called Test Your Metal. It was a GREAT day!! My team was me, Tara, Erik and our coach, Justin. We scaled and had a ball!!
My babe Allie...
Was on a team with Kelly, Nick F., and Brad and smashed it!! They took home first!!
Our box had 10 teams there! It was a great day! Some photos--
It was a great weekend. I'm moved in but not settled yet. Best news is I can get back to WODing this week AND running!!
Hello Loves! How goes it y'all? Man I swear - I am loving life right now, but it sure feels like I am in warp speed some days haha! This weekend my box ( CrossFit Aspire) hosted the Festivus Games. I aggravated my groin Thursday (thought it was a pull, but had a friend stretch it and seems a TON better) so was limping around Friday, but still made it to the gym to help get set up. I wasn't a ton of help - but I could do the math for the bars quickly and help get the weight on the bars. 
Picking it up was out of the question though haha. After we got the box ready, I headed over to Sandy's with Holly and we helped make signs for Saturday's event. 
By we - I really mean them haha. I just colored stuff in and traced letters :) I think they came out awesome! Everyone seemed to like them, and that's all that really matters. Plus I had a lot of fun with Sandy and Holly. 
Sandy made her sangria and let me eat her grub. I'm not even sure what I really ate...chicken lettuce wrap things. They were really good. She also sent me home with advil for my groin because at that point I couldn't get up and down haha. Her boys helped out on stuff too.
After we were done we found the littlest one passed out. How cute is he?
