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Author: Lyssa

I’m in the X Games!

OK, maybe not. BUT I am AT the X Games, last week, before they were the X Games officially, and I am trying out this new workout system called RipCoreFX, which X Gamers Gretchen Bleiler, Jen Hudak, Chris Klug, and Peter Olenik all use too. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=emVYTWFJc0Y] … not that I will ever, ever do anything…

Do RipCoreFX, Win a Gold Medal at the X Games

X Games is in full swing, and so am I! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=emVYTWFJc0Y] … ok, so maybe you won’t win a gold medal. But Gretchen Bleiler (I have your snowboard pants, Gretchen!), Chris Klug, and Peter Olenik train with RipCore and win gold medals, so … For more X Games info, click here!

Aspen: Honeybee Juice Bar

Just what Aspen needs! Honeybee Organic Juice Bar is a (duh) juice bar that also serves raw treats. This is Chartreuse Juice. It has cucumber, apples, kale, celery, wheatgrass, and lemon. It is awesome!! ($8 for 16 ounce, $6 for 12 ounce) Even more awesome, I went in to Honeybee Organic Juice Bar [which is…

Austin: Manuary Party for the Men

I have never heard of this Manuary idea, but as men are occasionally left out here at this blog (you may like my fashion posts a smidge less than the other fabulous things I write), I feel obligated to post. Plus I really like Dulce Vida tequila. Sabia, Criquet Apparel, and Dulce Vida Tequila would…

Recipe: Cabbage Soup

This is the best cabbage soup ever. Not that I’ve had a lot of cabbage soup. But it is LEGIT!! It has lots of dairy, so if you are a non-dairy Paleo, you can stop reading. As usual, I started somewhere with someone else’s recipe and modified it like crazy for what I have in…

Austin: Wednesday Steak + Frites

Beginning January 26, and offered each Wednesday evening, fabulous restaurant The Carillon will feature a special Steak and Frites menu at $18 per plate. The steaks and frites will vary throughout the season. The first Steak and Frites Night, will feature  7- to 8-ounce Peppercorn-Crusted Beef Shoulder Tender with Twice-Fried Yukon Gold Potatoes and a variety of Argentinean “ketchups.” Other flavorful…

95#

My new strict press PR. Set it quite unexpectedly yesterday. Was doing the Lyssa combo, my fallback combo of exercises I need to work on: 5 reps strict press to 5 reps OH squat, 3-5 sets Last time I was in the gym, I bumped it up to 80# for 3 sets, so I did this…

Buy This Shirt

$29. http://thisshirt.com/ “this shirt exists to make fashion truly functional.  profits from every shirt we sell will go directly to support a specific project. you can literally wear what you care about and excite other people with the possibilities. our first shirt will raise enough money to build a new schoolhouse in africa.    profits will be donated…

Austin: Go Gorilla Run!

The Gorilla Run was a HUGE success! 750 people RAN 3.1 miles in downtown Austin with temps under 32 degrees! CONGRATS to my lil bro, frontman of Achachay!, for organizing the run AND rocking the post-race show! Thanks for the photo, Dad! Photo from the Statesman.