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

Author: Lexa

  •   I am enjoying Medium practice while I work hard at cooking meals for the week.  The cooking for the week is preparation that I have to do, so that I can attend CrossFit, workout, and continue to eat clean… well, as clean as possible. Practice and Preparation at its best!

  • Warm Up:     Coaches Choice Mobility:       8 Min WOD: TRIO – 500M Row – 40 Air Squats -30 Sit Ups -20 Push-ups -10 Pull-ups 500 Meters didn’t seem like much.  Ha! Ha! I was very wrong!  Only after the first round, my legs felt like rubber bands.  As I moved on…

  • Warm Up:  Each Athlete Takes A Turn To Run 100M While Other Athletes Pass A Med Ball While Sitting In A Circle At Bottom Of Squat Position Mobility:  6 MINS SWOD:          4 MINS:  Every 30 Secs Do 5 Reps @ 75% Of 1RM of Back Squat WOD:    40 – 30 – 20 1…

  •   At 6:15 in this morning, as I’m whizzing around the kitchen, I found myself trying to answer my son’s question: “Mom, how do you ask someone out?” No doubt, his question caught me off guard.   At soon-to-be 11, it still seems kinda early for a dating question. “Someone?”  Oookaaay.    I ask if he has…

  • “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t–you’re right.”           -Henry Ford Warm Up:     Coaches Choice (Which involved 600M of running & more) Mobility:       6 Min WOD:             “Row Gone Really Bad” 7 RDS   1 Min AMRAP of Each: Cal Row + Air Squats 1 Min Rest In Between Each Round Then Do: 50 DU’s or…

  • We eat leftovers in my home.  From September to December, leftovers are a necessity.   A stark contrast to my childhood dinners. Though daddy worked at Wheaton Plastics, a thriving, noisy, dusty, and hot factory that kept the residents of the little town of Mays Landing bustling, his pay wasn’t much.  Some years mom worked,…