America Peals

Zumba Class: Sharks vs Jets

However, the class turned into an 1980's dance off. The class was almost equally divided between Latinas and Blacks. I, completely serious, was the only white girl in class. And, there were two very pregnant women taking the class back to back.

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Barefoot running…so easy a caveman can do it?

I believe that the human body works better when allowed to adapt and adjust to the earth and weight and force on its own terms...

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Strategy & The WOD

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail...

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Life as Rx’d: Week One

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. And many of my steps were forward moving.

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Lift Like A Girl

Application is secondary to knowledge. Wax on. Wax off.

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I am alive. I am in La Jolla. I am at CrossFit Counter Culture.

Inevitably, melancholy will set in when the universe dictates, as it always does, that life is a bitch and nothing worth achieving is a study in quickness or breaking the time space continuum.

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Getting back into the CrossFit saddle

"I guess I could be really pissed off about what happened to me...but it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst...and then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain. And I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life. You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure."

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Would Jersey Shore “Guido” Use The Trainer Mat for Abs?

So I may be the last blogger to not mention the Jersey Shore's Mike (aka The Situation). Mike named his abs "the situation" and I guess when you have abs like that you could name them Gimli from The Lord of the Rings for all I care.

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CrossFit Across The Pond-Oy!

Then at one point in the middle of last year, in between kettlebell, gymnastics and oly lifting certs we had a curry and decided to open a 'proper' box. I'm still not sure exactly how we got to that point...

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A Metaphor for my CrossFit Journey

Watch me wax philosophically about athletic prowess at Smuggler's Notch.

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