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Eleventh Week of Fitmas – Eleven Deads Lifting

December 12, 2011 by 4 Comments

Deadlifting makes me feel like I could heft a car off someone if it ever came to that. Its Superwoman training at its finest. The first time I ever did a deadlift in the gym was about 4 years ago. Standing with the cold iron next to my shins and wondering how I was going […]

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Tenth Week of Fitmas – 10 Kilometers Running

December 5, 2011 by 6 Comments

I started my journey of weight loss with running. When I started running I was able to run  for 60 seconds and then I needed to walk for about 10 minutes to catch my breath and start running again. I was doing the 10:1 run to rest ratio that the Running Room teaches completely backwards. […]

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Ninth Week of Fitmas – Nine Planks a Planking

November 28, 2011 by 6 Comments

Yarr Matey! Its the week of ‘planks‘ and for some reason whenever people talk about doing planks, all I can think of is pirates. Don’t let the muscles fool you, I am a total geek some days. This week we are ‘walking the plank‘, but at the end of the plank will be some rock […]

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Eighth Week of Fitmas, Eight Squats a Squatting

November 21, 2011 by 11 Comments
Donloree crumpled heap

I think almost all competitors are recovering control freaks and suffer from some level of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. We take what was intended for evil and turn it into good…or something. At least that is what I tell myself. I have fully admitted that I am a recovering control freak that keeps track of everything. […]

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Seventh Week of Fitmas – Seven Yogis Yoga-ing

November 14, 2011 by 9 Comments

Its never good to ‘should‘ on yourself or others, but I constantly ‘should‘ on myself when it comes to yoga. Seriously, I should do yoga. When you spend 6 hours a week doing heavy weight training you need to offset it with stretching and foam rolling. This past month I started foam rolling on an almost […]

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Sixth Week of Fitmas – 6 Push Ups Pushing

November 7, 2011 by 9 Comments
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There is nothing quite like watching someone banging out a bunch of military style pushups without batting an eye. Images of GI Jane come rushing into my mind whenever I think about a hardcore woman doing push ups. I am embracing the GI Jane-esque qualities into my life that I appreciate. Discipline Focus Competitive Spirit […]

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Fifth Week of Christmas – Five by Fives

October 31, 2011 by 5 Comments
Maria Ellis

You have found muscles you didn’t know you have, nearly died while doing tabata sprints, and embraced Crossfit during the last month of Fitmas. If you are anything like me, you have kept the DOMS to yourself. Its time to invite a friend to join in with you. Oftentimes, we fall into the trap of […]

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Fourth Week of Fitmas – Four Crossfits

October 24, 2011 by 15 Comments
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I am a Crossfit newbie, but there is nothing quite like Fitmas to push you past what you thought possible! I have been interested in Crossfit for a long time, but had no idea where to start. After reading up on it this week, it seems to be a cross between kettlebells, tabata, weight training, […]

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