OMG LOL CUTE OVERLOAD. Um, I love my pup. And I REALLY love her adventuring out in the snow for the first time! We’re in Aspen with the Vermonster, so we’re both adjusting to frolicking about in snow and cooooold weather. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Z6mqc8Knc] Hunter boots. Fashionable, but not warm in the snow, even with hot pink…
Month: February 2010
You can stop hearing about CrossFit now …
Well, that’s probably a lie. But I’ve started an entirely separate blog just about my training for CrossFit, so I’ll at least be mentioning CrossFit LESS on this blog … Check me out: www.xlyssa.com You can now return to your regularly scheduled life in Austin updates.
B.S.
= Back Squats. And my form, for that matter. One of the things I was so thrilled about at the Cert was learning just how low to go to get below parallel (extra long femur, thanks for the extra work). So when a 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 back squat with exactly 60 seconds rest workout came up on…
Training your weaknesses – myth?
I’ve been thinking a lot about training my weaknesses. But then Keith Norris at Theory to Practice, a great blog, posted on the very same topic some very poignant insights: that while you address your weaknesses, don’t train away from your strengths–he sums it up best by saying “work whatchur mama give ya.” Check out…
Obligatory Valentine’s Day Post
Only because my google stats are telling me that everyone is getting to the blog via last year’s post, so I figured I needed to update it. Go here for a hilarious article on alternative Valentine’s Day ideas. Bonus points if you can figure out which suggestion was mine … As for me? I’ve got…
Group Motivation: Me in the Gym
Today’s .com workout: Most of the comments went something like this: “wow that’s gonna suck” I, on the other hand, was excited. I love the olympic lifts and I need to work on rowing–a perfect combo of loves and not. I did decide before the workout even began that I’d scale to 3 Rounds. Breathing…
What do you do when the gym is closed?
So I’ve been looking forward to working out all day and have planned to hit the gym at 8:30pm when I find out it closes at 9pm. Now, CrossFit is quick and all, but it’s just not worth bundling up and trekking to the gym for less than 30 minutes. I briefly contemplate taking another…
What the X?
x lyssa is a CrossFit blog … yep, another one of those! One of those where I talk about what my workout was, how I felt, what I ate before, or after, how much I slept, how much I hate burpees, how sore I am, how awesome I feel… yep, it’s a CrossFit blog. However,…
Blazers! Blazers that don’t suck, that is.
Blazers are SO EASY. You just throw one on with a basic white tee and some jeans and you instantly look awesome. Well. You instantly look awesome if your blazer is good. If your blazer sucks or is boring, you look like you threw one on with a basic tee and jeans and thought you’d…
Skin by Ann Webb
I love Trisha. She pads out of a back room in cute sweatpants and a vintage tee and says, “Ready?” It’s time for my first facial (this one wasn’t that good) at Skin by Ann Webb, a place I’ve grown to love as I’ve gone for some laser hair removal on the recommendation of not…