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: Fitness
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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…
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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…
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If you follow Lexa’s Journal, you have read many posts about my workouts of the day (WOD) in crossFit. I love the intensity and the rush of CF! In an hour’s time, you get a total body workout with lots of calories, fat and, if you’re not careful, muscle mass burned. CF also takes the guessing…
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Fitness should not be boring and mundane. Staying in shape is about having fun and finding creative ways to workout. By now, everyone should know to take the stairs instead of elevators or escalators, but it goes further than that. Hubby worked today so it was only me and B’Dazzle. After an hour of football…
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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…
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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…