I use vision boards and MindMovies to create the future that I want in my fitness life. Doing these things is really fun and easy! For a vision board buy a few magazines and cut out pictures of people that you want to look like and post them on a cork board. You can also […]
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CrossFit Games Workout #2 Deadlifts, Pushups & Box Jumps
This is a video of me doing the CrossFit games open workout at my local La Fitness! Workout: 15 minutes as many rounds as possible of: 9 Deadlifts at 155 12 Pushups with hands off the ground at the bottom 15 Box jumps at 24in. My score: 11 rounds plus 9 deadlifts and 12 pushups.
Mental Conditioning & Why It’s Necessary to be in Great Shape!
The mental conditioning side of working out and consistently being is great shape is something that I’ve wanted to write about for quite a while. I’ve even thought a lot about writing a book on the mental side of fitness. I believe that getting yourself into great shape is all about your mental approach and […]
Eating on the ski slopes
When you decide to go skiing you have to pack all of your ski or snowboard gear which can involve some planning and awareness. Why then do so many people completely forget to pack food with them and end up eating crap on the ski slopes? I’m looking around at the people eating food in […]
Training for The North Face Endurance Challenge at Bear Mountain NY
As the days get longer and we get closer to May I’m adjusting my training to prepare myself for The North Face Endurance Challenge 50 mile ultra marathon at Bear Mountain NY. My training and workouts up until this point have included 2 runs, 2 bikes, and 2 swims per week (plus Crossfit main site […]
CrossFit Endurance & Trusting the Workouts
As I’m looking at my workout for the day on the CrossFit Endurance website I’m feeling a little uncertain about my readiness for my upcoming 50 mile ultra marathon. When you’ve trained the conventional way for a long distance races you constantly feel like you’re body is getting pushed to new levels of readiness. With […]
