Health & Wellness by Lexa's Journal

My mission in life is to not merely survive, but to thrive: and do so with passion, compassion, humor, and style. – Maya Angelou

Tag: WOD

  • Just when I think I have this balance thing down something else gets added (by me of course) to the mix!  Lol! If you follow Lexa’s Journal, you know that in May I competed in my first, and what I thought would be my “only” figure competition. “One and done,” is what I said.  Whelp!!!…

  • When I woke up this morning, it took me a bit more time than usual to get into the swing of things.  Why? Because yesterday, I was determined to get weight training AND cardio in.  I walked on the gym floor at 9:50 a.m. and did back.  If I remember correctly, I did: Pull up…

  • WEDNESDAY 7.2.14 SWOD: 10 min to work up to 90% clean and jerk 4 min amrap at 75% clean and jerk WOD: 20 min amrap (As many reps as possible) min 1 – calorie row min 2 – burpees Forget the SWOD. This WOD was the longest 20 minutes in my life!!!! Rarely during a…

  • I did the 9:30 morning crossFit class today. After warm ups, we started with five minutes of butterfly pull up practice.  I didn’t think much of it because I’m accustomed to meeting the bar half way only to fail without a band. As usually, I say, what the heck and I give it a try with a…

  •   Daniel 50 Pull-ups 400 meter run 21 Thrusters 95/65 800 meter run 21 Thrusters 95/65 400 meter run 50 Pull-ups Refreshing! Now that I am on my summer break, I get to do the morning WOD’s. With 15 minutes to spare, I dropped B’Dazzle off at camp at 8.15 a.m and made it to the…

  • Friday’s WOD “Wittman” 7 rounds 15 kb swing 53/35 15 power clean 95/65 15 box jump 24/20 Rest 5 min SWOD/buyout Work up to 3rm for front squat then take 50% of that number and do an unbroken amrap (as many reps as Possible) The first thing I do when I walk in the door is…