The moment you’ve all been waiting for … Amy wins 2 tickets to the Catalyst 8 Mad Hatter Party! If you didn’t win, you can still buy tickets for $25/each here. OR, you can enter the newest contest, for a pair of tix to the Bad to the Bone Chef Throwdown! Post a comment by…
Month: February 2010
Pullups and Deadlifts
After a weekend off of CrossFit in which I did some 1-ton truck pushing, downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, and ate and drank copious amounts (thanks to Soon-to-Be-CrossFit-Guy‘s appearance), I was stoked to get back into the gym. The workout: Warmup: 500 M row, 30 squats, 30 pushups, 30 abmat situps, 30 good morning stretches, 15…
Bad to the Bone … Bbbbbad …
Quite literally, the three chefs involved in this Bad to the Bone Throwdown are about three of the biggest stars the entire state of Texas has … so the chance to taste their food in a competition means one happy belly. Each chef will choose a preferred ingredient, then will create a dish that includes…
Recharge Compression Tee Makes You Better?
Under Armour just released a $99.99 t-shirt that promises to act like an ice bath, but in a shirt: UA Compression that gets your muscles back to full strength faster. Strategic compression promotes muscle tissue repair. Decreases the amount of time muscles are sore. Reduces swelling caused by exertion or impact. Now, everyone knows that…
30 Rounds 1-Ton Truck Pushing for Time
… where Time = when you get the truck unstuck from the snowbank it has lodged itself into Once again, That Ripped Guy of Mine(TM) has unintentionally CrossFitted. In the picture above you can see the massive snowbank That Ripped Guy of Mine(TM) backed his lovely red Toyota Tacoma into, forcing me and Soon-To-Be-CrossFitter-Guy to…
Road Trip Time: San Antonio
Fabulous Liz Lambert has bought the historic Havana Riverwalk Inn on–where else?–San Antonio’s River Walk. Lambert is the creative force behind our iconic Hotel San José and our new, chichi Hotel Saint Cecilia. The woman will work her magic fast: the 22,000- square-foot hotel will have 27 rooms and is due to reopen in April…
More fame (no fortune)
My star is rising, people. The amazing, uber-talented Mel Joulwan (whose blog, I might add, is worth checking out for top-notch Paleo recipes, creative workouts, and Mel’s great sense of humor) blogged about me–what a sweetheart! She says you gotta meet me 🙂 Thanks, Mel! Also, this pic of me doing ring dips was on…
Austin Music Volume 9 Released!
Last night a release party went down for the 9th iteration of the Austin Music Office’s Austin Music CD. The only compilation of its scale, the disc is designed to increase awareness of and promote the city’s local music scene nationally. It also includes a bonus mini-guide to Austin with maps, club listings, a calendar…
And then I knocked my tooth loose
I did the warmup (200 jumprope jumps, 500 M row, 20 back extensions, 20 GHD situps, 20 squats) and the pre-WOD workout (5 x 5 Renegade Rows, 2 rounds at 15# dumbells, 3 at 20# dumbells). I was going to take on the WOD with the rest of the class when I realized the two…
Hit it on an empty stomach
“Drink early, hit it on an empty stomach, finish off with protein and fat.” Thanks for the drinking advice, Robb Wolf! Robb records a great Podcast addressing tons of Paleo questions. This particular gem of a quote is from Episode 15. Where he also notes that to get the greatest hit from caffeine, mix it…