You know you’ve been away from Austin, Texas for far too long already when an 82-degree day feels sweltering. I need to get back to my hometown for a good dose of triple-digit reality. In the meantime, here’s the WOD I’d call the Hot Legs and Abs WOD, because everything in it engages leg and…
Austin: Top Ten Things Newbies Should Know
I did an Aspen version of this Top Ten Things Newbies Should Know post, and it was so popular that it bears building an Austin one… which, with a few adjustments for climate, is more or less the same. See? There are so many Austin / Aspen similarities! 1. There will be opportunities for free…
Fight (Football/Skiier) Gone Bad
Fight Gone Bad is a legendary CrossFit workout that mimics a fight. It looks like this: In this workout you move from each of five stations after a minute. This is a five-minute round from which a one-minute break is allowed before repeating. There are three rounds. The stations are: Wall-ball: 20 pound ball (14#…
A blister on the bottom of my foot: hiking in Vibrams
3,000 vertical feet, around 3 miles, 1 hour and 45 minutes This is Aspen Mountain, and me hiking that really steep trail you can see. Also rocky. No one told me that the first 2/3 of the hike was basically like a stairmaster: straight vertical, on a road, no interesting scenery. Luckily, the hike got…
Aspen: Hiking Ajax (Aspen Mountain)
It’s one of those things that you really have to do in order to be considered a local, in order to be able to say, “yeah, I’ve hiked Aspen before.” But unless you’re purely out for the fitness, once is enough I think. After a little over 3,000 vertical feet ad right at an hour…
Austin: Why does it feel like the master toilet is heated?
I wish United Inspections, www.UnitedInspectionsTexas.com, had been around when my brother and I bought our house! Started by a very close friend of mine, the company is beyond thorough and highly professional. The inspector did our house as a practice run and was able to explain one of the house’s greatest mysteries: why does it…
Austin: Gulf Coast Fundraisers
South Congress Shrimp Boil – Friday, July 23 from 6 to 10:30pm Liz Lambert (Bunkhouse MGMT), Steve Wertheimer (Continental Club) and Larry McGuire (Perla’s/Lambert’s) are hosting a day of food, music, and education to raise awareness and money for the Gulf Coast via the Greater New Orleans Foundation Oil Spill Fund (www.gnof.org) and the Gulf…
Texas Wines Win!
Being a Texan is an admittedly huge part of my identity. My state pride may or may not be larger than my national pride, so naturally I MUST tell you that Texas wines are winning! I received a press release on Texas wines winning, and I got really excited. Upon further inspection it turns out…
Around the Fitness Horn: the CrossFit Games and more
CrossFit Games on Forbes.com Spealler & Bergeron rep adidas and talk CrossFit Games A One World Recap of the Games An excellent article for all the drinkers: The Truth About Alcohol, Fat Loss, and Muscle Growth (from the perspective of someone who clearly enjoys his alcohol) … takeaway: be smart about WHAT you’re drinking, and…
Austin: Free Cocktails on Patios … what more could you want?
I’m pretty sure the flyer speaks for itself. Free Grey Goose cocktails on the patios at Terrace 59 and Six Lounge, this Thursday and Friday. Be there! TERRACE 59 412-D Congress Ave. speakeasyaustin.com Thursday, JULY 22/7-9pm SIX LOUNGE 117 W. 4th St sixlounge.com Friday, JULY 23/8-10pm