I’ve officially joined the Peloton craze. My husband and I bought a bike at the end of last year. We had spoken about it off and on for at least a year before we finally bought it. We finally pulled the trigger in October 2020, and by December, we were pedaling away! Because I love talking about fitness, I thought…
Category: Fitness
Street Parking Review
This past April, I joined Street Parking. It’s a virtual fitness community created by Miranda and Julian Alcaraz, two former CrossFit Games athletes, in their mission to make fitness accessible to everyone. They make it easy for people with busy schedules to work out from home with limited time and equipment. Street Parking was created over three years ago, and…
The (Crossfit) Plot Thickens…
There’s still a LOT going on in the Crossfit world these days. I’m a bit behind on some of this stuff. (I would make an excellent journalist, obviously). However, I wanted to provide some of my own thoughts about the most recent events. So, what exactly happened? Things have been a little wild, and what I really want to talk…
The Demise of Crossfit?
I never said anything on here or on social media about #blacklivesmatter and George Floyd. I don’t have a large following on either, so I figured anything I would have said would have just gotten buried amongst everything else, and my voice isn’t large enough to truly make a difference. But that’s a terrible excuse, and I apologize for not…
Hatch Squat Program and My Quarantine PR
We’re in week 10? 11? of quarantine. I don’t really even know anymore. It feels like it’s been years. The other day, I was searching for an old email at work that was dated March 3 (about a week and a half before quarantine began here in NJ), and all I could think about was how that seemed like a…
Tips for Early Morning Workouts
I’ve always been a morning person. I’m sure I received that trait from my parents. Ever since I can remember, they were always awake before the sun rose, even on the weekends. They preferred getting all of their errands done earlier in the day, rather than sleeping in (which I hear is impossible to do when you have children, anyway).…
To All of the Slow Runners of the World
Raise your hand if you love running even though you’re slower than a sloth crawling through a huge pile of quicksand. You can’t see me right now (at least I hope not, because that would be really creepy), but I’m raising my hand proudly with the rest of you. I’ve been a slow runner ever since I started running and…
Pushing Yourself Outside of Your Comfort Zone
I recently discovered a unique way to learn how to trust myself when I push myself out of my comfort zone: by filming my lifts. Although logging onto social media would have you believe otherwise, a major reason people film their lifts is so they can identify areas of their technique that need improvement. Of course, some people do it…