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YES! #GivingTuesday
smile.amazon.com … It’s easy! Just select “Youth Employment Service of the Harbor Area” as your nonprofit choice on AmazonSmile and continue with your holiday gift purchases! YES! is an awesome organization that I personally support and volunteer for, and believe in wholeheartedly.
My Three Favorite Yoga Teachers in O.C.
If you can’t Thug Yoga in Aspen, then you gotta do other yoga in O.C. As Jessica Biel once said in response to how she maintained her banging bod, “I do a lot of yoga.” So like any good faux-celeb… I do a lot of yoga. Remember when I finally found Ekam Yoga? There, I…
Thankful Thanksgiving
I try to practice gratitude every day, and at least every week with Feel Good Fridays (did you know I’ve been doing them for over a year?!), but those are usually more timely. It’s fun to take a once-a-year look at my life and blessings, and sometimes find things even I forget to be thankful…
Shiner Holiday Cheer
Someone send me some! Shiner Holiday Cheer is rivaled by no other beer for the holidays … and only by Shiner Ruby Redbird for life! … also funny: food blogging.
SWORDS
CrossFit Central coach and all-around awesome dude Travis Holley has embarked on a year-long project called 365 Days of Strength. Travis shares his infinite knowledge and legit strength WODs on his blog (click here). His words: The purpose of this project is to provide you all with a unique perspective into all things STRENGTH! I…
I am Awesome. And Extreme.
Yes, these glasses are my mom’s mirrored aviators from her skiing days. In the ’70s. In Aspen, there are four mountains to ski. One of them, Aspen Highlands, is the locals mountain. It has a place called Highlands Bowl. You have to hike 1,000+ vertical feet to get to it. In ski boots. With your…
CrossFitters everywhere … including MooJesus!
I can’t remember if I’ve spoken on xlyssa before about MooJesus! … I know I have written about it here and here and here on thisislifeinaustin. Anyway, MooJesus! is the raw milk dairy we go to in Seguin, Texas, about an hour-ish away from Austin. It’s a little slice of heaven, and the next time…
Dog-Dodging Sprints & 100 Burpee Challenge
It’s like that YouTube video that came out awhile back, where someone said the best way for a white woman to train is pretend a black man is chasing you. Sub black man for white dog and you have my sprints today at the Playground portion of Nature’s Garage Gym. Sprints: 10 x 40M (across…
Around the Fitness Horn: Sex, Drugs, and CrossFit
In the sexiest edition of Around the Horn yet, I present sex, drugs, booze, and food. What other vices do you need? … Fuck Supplements CrossFit the Gateway Drug Hangover Cures!! What Miss USA Eats (it’s mostly Paleo except some whole wheat items!)