SARAH GETS STRONG: A CROSSFIT/PALEO LOVE AFFAIR *

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My name is Sarah and I'm a once-skinny-kid macaroni-eating-swimmer now dangerously turned on to CrossFit, Paleo nutrition and overall badass-ness.

I am training as a first time participant for CrossFit's 2011 Sectional Qualifier and, through this, hope to increase my physical strength and (otherwise absent) mental fortitude. No more frustration during WODs. No more "I can't". I will stop being good at one thing, and become great at everything.

Join me on my journey to greatness!




crossfit homies

MANNY @ INVICTUS

RACHEL @ ALBANY

DREW @ ROCKLAND

AUSTIN @ ALBANY



Themed by Monique Tendencia.
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I know I always push this, but…

We have to remember look at both the pro’s AND con’s of our athletic performance. Only looking at the negative will NOT get us to a better, con-free place (because this con-free place does not actually exist).

Example:

Wednesday’s WOD required heavy thrusters and pullups, with the RX’d sequence as follows:

  • 15 95lb thruster
  • 15 weighted kipping pullup (20lb)
  • 21 65lb thruster
  • 21 weighted kipping pullup (10lb)
  • 36 45lb thruster
  • 36 weightless kipping pullups

    15min time cap

As an individual not “good” at thrusters, I had to scale the first weight, 95lb, to 80lbs. In retrospect, I may have been able to do 85lb.. maybe. But let’s not think about what “could have been” and focus on what actually happened.

  • CON:
    I had to scale the first thruster weight. Ugh. Definitely a time to toss the ego aside and just accept what I’m physically capable of. And, so.. I did.




  • PRO:
    I was able to do the weighted pullups as RX’d— holler! OK, and maybe that I finished a thruster WOD in 15min. This is a big deal because thrusters are almost always the dark cloud that rains on my parade and/or the wet blanket that envelopes me in hell. Time to feel good about myself!

                          

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