I have been lifting weights for at least ten years. I’ve been CrossFitting for five. I’m no stranger to being the only girl in a gym doing olympic lifts, heavy weight, or handstand pushups. I have never once been asked to spot anyone. I have also never once worn a workout skirt in the gym. [...]
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Gym Gem: Workout Skirt
Posted by Lyssa on August 27, 2012
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Body Image (at the CrossFit Games)
#1 in this post is so essential: 3 Body Image Myths We Keep on Believing … having a great body image isn’t about thinking you look hot every single day. It’s about thinking you are powerful, capable, and hot most days As the CrossFit Games are this weekend (how jealous am I of all the [...]
Posted by Lyssa on July 27, 2011
http://www.youaremycelebrity.com/body-image-at-the-crossfit-games/
Boxing
I have now gone three times with a friend to boxing class. It’s not class, exactly, it’s usually two or three of us being coached by a former title-winning boxer. I didn’t know what to expect when I first went, it’s not like I’m a huge boxing fan. Sure, I watch the occasional fight when [...]
Posted by Lyssa on May 25, 2011
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Ankle Sprain
I made it through 16 years of competitive basketball with just one ankle sprain–quite the feat for a female basketball player. And then. Last night I was playing some more basketball, and I jumped up and came down on the foot of the guy I was defending. My ankle rolled out and then in, I [...]
Posted by Lyssa on November 19, 2010
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Body Image and Beauty Within
We talk a lot around the CrossFit gyms about changing the definition of beauty. “Strong Not Skinny” or “Strong is the New Skinny” are mantras and t-shirt slogans in this culture. But sometimes even that more positive spin on the ideal body is missing the point: there isn’t an ideal body. Beauty isn’t one way [...]
Posted by Lyssa on September 14, 2010
http://www.youaremycelebrity.com/body-image-and-beauty-within/
All the Single Ladies, All the Single Ladies … or Sirens N’ Boots Wednesday Night
Pardon the Beyonce reference, as Sirens N’Boots just sounds smokin’ hot, right, like a burlesque show in cowboy boots, like Southern songstresses ready to kick ass while lookin’ good? I mean, that’s what I’m like every night. Anyway, tomorrow night a three-piece all-girl group of singer-songwriters is eschewing their individual reps to form an act [...]
Posted by Lyssa on July 7, 2009
http://www.youaremycelebrity.com/all-the-single-ladies-all-the-single-ladies-or-sirens-n-boots-wednesday-night/
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