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My journey to an active, healthy lifestyle has been awesome!  But let's be honest.... it doesn't just happen.  There's a lot of ups and downs along the way....

UP: Day to day, I feel better. 
DOWN: I'm sore. 

UP: My energy level is through the roof.
DOWN: Getting up early.

UP: Getting to know people, and hearing their stories.

DOWN: Going for a run with Dexter (my dog) and carrying his poop for blocks because I can't find a trash can.  
UP: Getting Dexter some exercise!

DOWN: Organizing food/grocery.
UP: Always having good healthy snacks

DOWN: There's so much I don't know.
UP: Learning new things I didn't know.

DOWN: There's so much I can't do (hand stand challenges? don't think so!)
UP: Learning to do things I thought I couldn't do (chin ups!)

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UP: Helping others find the "up" side of things.

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UP: Being excited to try on new clothes.

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UP: The way you feel after a good work out

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UP: Not being restricted to do the "easy hike" on the mountain because you're out of shape

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UP:  Get the picture??

I have realized that the work outs I end up skipping, are the ones that I do alone.  One Saturday, I went for a run then laid on the couch the rest of the day (don't tell). I dread getting out of bed for an early work out, but then I'm always glad that I did.
 It's about the journey and who you have to share it with!  I have loved getting to hear from y'all. Thank you to everyone who's shared with me and joined me in this!! KEEP GOING!!!

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Jock Jams

This weekend I had the opportunity to learn a different kind of workout from some friends.  I don't know a lot about Crossfit (if anyone has more information on it, please let me know!!) but we got to do one of their workouts with some friends!
Strength is my weakness.  Yes, I just said that. I might be able to take a yoga class, go for a little jog, do the occasional sit-up.  But CHIN UPS???  PULL UPS???  PUSH-UPS???  Nope. Not on my list of talents.  Come to think of it, there's really not a whole lot on my 'list of talents'.  I'll have to work on that too.
Carolyn and B are good friends of ours. Their daughter, Abigail, just celebrated her first birthday this weekend!  When Crossfit wouldn't let them bring Abigail to the gym anymore, they decided to set up a gym in their garage and follow the workouts from home! They do their work outs in the afternoons together, while Abigail watches :-)

Just looking at this gym made me nervous.  I mean, what are you supposed to do with those bars?  Who lifts those big weights?  And what are they even called?!

B starts every workout with a good warm-up.  Abigail loves to watch her daddy work out.  She laughs the whole time!

 Carolyn and Abigail have started "Mommy Gymnastics" together.  I have never even heard of this.  Carolyn says that they have so much fun!  She wants her kids to grow up learning that exercise is part of your daily routine, like brushing your teeth.  Abigail is abnormally strong for her age! Love it!

Cross fit has a different work out everyday (WOD).  Since we were beginners, they picked an easier one for us. The work out was:

 21 pull ups

21 elbows to knee

30 sit-ups

30 push-ups

Oh, and then repeat it 4x....as fast as you can!

 

I knew I would need a little modification, since I didn't think I could even do a pull-up.  I ended up struggling through 7 pull-ups, 7 knee to elbows, 15 sit-ups, 10 push-ups, repeat x3.  I was dying!!  It was definitely a challenging work out for me and way out of my league.  But Carolyn walked me through it - - and sometimes my chin didn't exactly make it over the bar.  But I figured, you have to start somewhere!

 Can you believe this????

 

Carolyn during her Cross Fit work out!  Check out that strength!

 

The work outs for Cross Fit are a competition, who can finish first?!

 

Happy 1st Birthday Abigail!

 

I really enjoyed Cross Fit.  It was very different for me to do that kind of workout.  I've seen so many people have incredible results from Cross Fit. Congrats to the Hampton family for getting into amazing shape and setting an incredible example for your daughter, and the generation to come.  Y'all are such an inspiration!

 

 

Questions? Comments? Interested in achieving your health goals?

Email me! lindseym.lee2012@gmail.com