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 - …
West Coast Series
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 …
A weak imitation of strength
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 …
2021… Looking back
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 - …
Challenges Part 7: Competition
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 …
Happy birthday Coach Amir
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 …
Teamwork makes the dream work
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 …
Sweat 1000 – the R8d version
How do you cause pandemonium in the gym without actually being in the gym? You send weird, cryptic clues in the group chat, ask people to guess the workout and watch the cray cray unfold. That was how today started, before I even got out of bed. The one thing that was established was that …
Challenges Part 6: Crossfit
It's been a month since I officially joined R8dfit and what a ride it's been already. This past month has been a rollercoaster. Some weeks I felt so great and some weeks (like this week) just got me down in a big way. I'm realizing that the rollercoaster is more because of the way I've …
Thick Skin
I entered work very cautiously this year. There were so many changes that happened in rapid succession...all of which had the potential to stir trouble. Things started to stabilize, and I felt myself growing more and more relieved that the collective objective was winning over any individual agenda. Over the past two weeks though, individual …
Inky Impressions 