Attempted warm up: lunges, wall squats, pvc good mornings, air squats – pop! pain in the SI again 🙁 5×3 strict pull ups + 4-6 second negatives stretching & rolling icing sad panda
Gold Shoes
Spoiler: You should get some. I have a pair of rose gold Sperrys, pictured, that I wear all the time (they are one of three pair of Sperrys in regular rotation, but I digress). I consider them beat up at this point and even occasionally call them my old man shoes because they have custom orthotics…
At Some Point, The Question Stops Being “Can I Make It Here?”
And starts being: how. How big? How long? How do I want to live here? Because I can make it here. I have friends and things to do and sports I love and even though certain things have changed—car, CrossFit, co-workers—I am doing it. I am living here in Southern California. The temporary culture shock…
Get Real Filter
Hey, it’s The Year of Is and this is me being raw, upfront, and honest. Inspired by themiddlefingerproject.org’s 9 Things Everyone Needs to Know About Success, Reality & Being Human, here are mine: 1. I sometimes feel like DailyHap isn’t good enough, and I’m scared that other people are out there reading it thinking it’s bad. 2.…
020914
5 miles biked 2 football games – lots of pain in SI joint 3 miles walked
020714
Rehab exercises + rolling out … 3×5 banded walks 150 walking lunges 3×5 negative pullups 3×10 dumbbell oh press 35/40/35 3×60 sec plank holds 3×10 supine ring rows
Feel Good Friday 020714
Feel Good Friday is a gratitude list I write each week to express my appreciation for all of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! Super Bowl shenanigans with my flag football team. Despite the terrible game, it…
Frost Yourself
In the immortal words of Matthew McConaughey in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days*: ladies, frost yourself. Saks Fifth Avenue South Coast Plaza recently played host to a Graff Diamonds showcase. It’s the first time some of the pieces have been shown at all, and definitely the first time in Orange County. These…
020414
Waaaaaaaah. Noon: 5 by :45 on :45 off power clean to OH = 31 9 @ 105# 6 @ 115# 4 @ 115#* 6 @ 115# 6 @ 115# *eccentric control on the way down, felt a pull/pop/sharp pain in my SI joint … finished this part of the workout but didn’t do the metcon,…
020314
6am: Back Squat (all light green banded except *) 10@50% = 60kg (132#) 8@60% = 70kg /(154#) 6@70% = 81kg (178#) 4@80% = 93kg (205#) 2@90% = 105kg (231#)* 4@85% = 98kg (216#)* 6@75% = 87kg (191#) 5x 2 minute AMRAP 1 minute Rest between rounds = 101 reps Complete 200 m row then max reps of……