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So many people ask me questions about CrossFit. I post on social media regularly of events at my gym or weights that I lifted.  I post pics and vids so people on my social media pages ask questions.  I love it.  Because my answers are always surprising.  Here are Five Truths About CrossFit. 1.  CrossFit is infinitely scale-able.  "I can't do a pushup."  "I can barely lift a ______."  "It's too intense."  Here's the truth.  Every move in CrossFit is scale-able.  You can modify the move to fit your abilities.  When I started I did push-ups on the counter tops. And that was hard.  Now I do them on the floor and snake up. In CrossFit, that counts because it's the scaled movement.  So I still don't do "real" pushups and I've been CrossFitting for two+ years. 2.  "I don't run."  The truth is CrossFitters don't like to run either. Greg Glassman, founder of CrossFit, prescribes sprinting.  Short intervals o...

The USA Weightlifting Kansas State Championship is in three weeks.  I'm registered.  I've known about this competition since I went last year. I didn't lift last year.  I'll lift this year.  I had all of these goals I was going to have accomplished by the time September rolled around.  And I really haven't completed any of them.  Normally, I'd sit around and be mean to myself.  And panic that now I only have three weeks and WTF am I going to do and on and on and on and on.  I made it to three workouts last week.  And I felt proud about that.  So instead of being mean to myself, I decided to ride this pride wave.  I'm focused on making it to at least three workouts this week.  Four would be ideal, and is the ultimate goal; however, if I only make three that's still something I need to be proud of because that feeling motivates me to continue.  Negative Nancy brings my whole vibe down.  I just DGAF  She kill...

Anyone heard that song?  It's a good one.  I was reminded of it today while I was out walking the dog. I was in the process of beating myself up for only making it to the gym on Monday of this week.  I had set out to go Mon/Tues/Wed/Fri - so BIG fail on my part.  But I was out walking the dog.  And my lawn is mowed.  If you live in KC you know it's been hotter than hell out so I definitely sweat my ass off.  And I decided in that moment to love myself through the mornings I slept through my workouts.  That I was in fact getting some exercise and that's a good thing.  And I shouldn't discredit it just because I didn't actually make it into the gym.   I think my mentality this week was that my school job is starting up next week and I was secretly protesting.  I'm going to have to get up early starting next week so savor these last few days of "sleeping in."  Whatever.  Regardless, I slept through my workouts, big deal. ...