CALIFORNIA LIVING, CANADIAN MADE
Apparently my candy addiction started young. I have no idea how old I was when I wrote this(I may have been still young enough to be in one of those naturepedic classic crib mattresses, who knows). But it’s pretty ridiculous.
I know Janae from Hungry Runner Girl will appreciate this. She’s a candy girl after my own heart. Wait, that doesn’t make sense. She loves candy. I love candy. We’d be BFF’s.
P.s: I still have a secret stash of troll dolls stored in my watch collection box.
These are MY sports. I enjoy what I do, and luckily it doesn’t ever feel like a chore. This is #MyBetter
Speaking of soccer. I’m officially coming out of soccer retirement tonight. I was invited by my CrossFit coaches to play on their new co-ed indoor soccer league this winter. Soccer is the only sport that makes me sick to my stomach nervous (besides signing up for running races), until I get on the field.
I think I’m going to hurl. We got our schedule on Monday and it’s pretty jam-packed from September-March. The reason why I get nervous with soccer, is because I know what I’m capable of, and if I don’t play to my full potential I get annoyed with myself. I know, it sounds so ridiculous and you’d think I’d get over it with time, and sometimes I do. But I haven’t played in about a year and I hope I can show my team mates how I can do, tonight.
How do you stay active?
I know when my body needs a break from working out. I always listen to it.
This past Saturday I did an incredibly difficult challenge at CrossFit, called Murphy. It consisted of:
You can see my re-cap just a few posts back. I’m taking a break from CrossFit this week because my upper body is sore.
A lot of times, CrossFit creates a ton of controversy. Whether it’s safe. Whether it’s good for you. You can call yourself “hardcore” and push through the pain, but in reality— you may be doing more damage than good. Please have a read at this article. Here are a few quotes.
The real danger is to new athletes, like those who flock to the thousands of CrossFit facilities looking for a great workout. Word of mouth is powerful in the CrossFit community, and maybe the most dangerous element. While the workouts can be performed by beginners, their immature muscles can’t tell the difference between training to failure and simply getting a good workout. In fact, most beginners don’t know when “too much is too much†and don’t understand the unique demand of an exercise session, says Eric Cressey, C.S.C.S., a shoulder and injury prevention expert and owner of Cressey Performance in Hudson, Mass.
This much is certain: When done correctly, CrossFit is not inherently bad or ineffective. Like other training methodologies before it, CrossFit is a form of high intensity exercise, an efficient model of exercise that has helped many people lose weight while improving strength and endurance.
I will repeat myself, and say listen to your body. Let it take a break.
