A few weeks ago, I spotted a post on a blog that caught my attention. “CrossFit Girl gets her first pull-up! Watch the video here.” Given my love affair with pull-ups (remember the t-shirt?) I have a special place in my CrossFit heart for women who finally accomplish that goal. To this day, I still [...]

For those of you wanting to join the “Got Pull-Up” club, below are my best tips for achieving your first dead hang. These worked for me – in a matter of two months, I went from being able to move myself an inch on the bar to a legitimate pull-up. GTG (Grease the Groove) is [...]

We all have off days, slow days, even bad days. But I rarely have a Bad Day of Epic Proportion. The BDoEP feels far, far different than just a plain old bad day. It feels like I have one of the Jolie-Pitt kids clinging to a leg (probably Maddox), Andrei Arlovsky trying to pin me [...]

Today I’ll finish writing about my interview with Max Lewin of CrossFit East Bay. Below is an extension of the “Confessions of a CrossFit Hussy” posting from last week – additional thoughts from Max that developed into my new program. Some background, first… for the last six months, I’ve had a hard time balancing a [...]

Today, I took a mental step back from CrossFit and, for the first time in a long time, saw my workout in a totally different light. I often focus on what I couldn’t do during a workout, in an effort to improve those skills. Came in a minute slower than last time, couldn’t move those [...]