I posted the image below to my Instagram stories. To give some context - this child was brought to the office by our Deputy because he was refusing to cooperate with the other teachers in his Grade, while his own teacher was busy with the Departmental Head. He was purposely upsetting himself with his hysterics …
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Ten weeks ago, I broke my wrist. Since I can remember, I've always been somewhat accident prone (I've had enough sprains and have plenty of scars to bear testimony to this fact) but I thought (hoped, as it turns out) that I was beyond the breaking of any bones. Clearly not the case. On the …
If I were asked to sum up my Crossfit journey so far it would be "doing things I said I never would". I scoffed at my coach (and told him he was crazy) when he said I would join Crossfit, enjoy lifting barbells, and eventually participate in competitions. The first year was incredible - I …
For a long time now, I haven't really been worried hitting a specific weight or size. My build is my build, I have never been nor will I ever be skinny, and because of CrossFit, most of my weight is muscle. This past December though, I had again packed on a few unwanted kilos - …
As amazing as my first experience was, I wasn't sure that I wanted to do competitions again... It was not why I started training, and wasn't even a thought when I transitioned into CrossFit. I was also very put off by how ugly competition could get... Fitness has always been about me being better than …
Something my ex-boss often did was volunteer my services to colleagues without consulting me first. Even though it annoyed me to no end, I rarely said no – my boss was a relative, but also, helping teachers meant I was indirectly helping the kids. One day though, a particularly demanding colleague came to me and …
A couple of days ago, I downloaded an app to compile the 9 best images on my Instagram page. I did it twice and it came up with exactly the same images both times. Eight out of the nine images are tied to what has been the biggest highlight of a very difficult year - …
Crossfit seemed like the natural next step in my fitness journey. Competing was not even a thought, much less a goal. But any time you can combine something I love doing with a good cause, I'm in. I've had my own struggles with mental health, and training is one of the main things that helped …
Today is Coach Amir's birthday, and he told me to write him a story 😂 I couldn't think of a story so I tried to write a poem... Happy Birthday Coach! Long may you have the strength for the wonderful work that you do. On February 15th, during midday at work,Through the chaos in office …
Word of the day: PARTNERPART A - 25 minute time capYou go, I go30 rounds3 deadlifts3 burpees over the bar20 rounds3 squat cleans 3 burpees over the bar10 rounds 3 clean and jerk3 burpees over the barPART BEach partner has 2min30 to establish:~1RM jerk ~1RM front squat I'm a numbers girl. It doesn't matter what …
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