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Team Ra Ra Kicks Breast Cancer

Hi Everyone, 136 former cheerleaders got together to do a dance routine to benefit “Susan G. Komen for the Cure”. Each time someone views the video, United Healthcare will make a $0.10 donation to the Komen organization. Their goal is to get a million hits, which will lead to $100K raised. Please consider taking a…


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We have good news and less to be concerned with, thanks for waiting and hanging in there with us! Stay tuned for a few special entries as we wind down.


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Frustrating:  I received a denial from the insurance company for the several thousand dollar genetic test. Relieving: It was because of a coding error. Frustrating: I called the social worker and told her this and that I have not heard back about results, leaving a voice message. Relieving and Frustrating: She left me a message…


June 9, 2009

“W” and I decided to do the CrossFit WOD 5 rounds body weight bench press, reps to failurepull ups, reps to failure I didn’t go down with a plan and so nothing really worked… oh well. I messed around with Box Jump Burpee ups, which are a lot cooler when somebody else does them. I…


March 5, 2009

Workout group 8 people or so. Warm Up Same stuff, skips, and lunges and so on. Pre-work 16 burpees lunge walk the length of the tennis court, 16 burpees lunge walk back Work 3 rounds 2 broad jumps, sprint to mid court and jog out to baseline 4xduck walk to service line and back, backwards,…


Zone Eating

Well, we’ve been trying to follow the Zone “diet”. I say “diet” because it is really more of a way of eating rather than a way of not eating. I’ve summarized it in this way: it is more about the ratio of food types to each other, and to a daily total. So, yes it…


March 4, 2009

15 Minutes, each Elliptical MachineRowerStair Climber 10 minutes of stretching We will call it a rest day.


March 3, 2009

Warm Up15 Minutes on an Elliptical, blah, blah, blah Tabata CyclePushups/Supine RowsSquats/LungesRocket Girls/Speed SkatersSitups/Supermen Work as written: Thrusters, 21,14, 7, 135#Bent over Rows, 21, 14, 7, 135# as done: Thrusters, 3×7, 1×7/1×6, 1×5BOR, 3×7, 2×7, 1×5 More breathing than I expected to need, whatever, it is a big bite. Kind of a hybrid of Cross…


March 2, 2009

Workout group Dozen people showed up. Warm upGeneral MobilitySkipsshuffles, sideways, backways and frontwayscariocapuddle hopsbackward push and so on Dynamic FlexiblityStandard Fair. Weight Room3 rounds 8 repsPull ups isometric hold at top(decreasing pyramid 8 seconds first rep, 7 seconds second rep) with a negative downDeadliftBardipsWaiter lunges 6 rounds 5 repsweighted push upsdumbell swing with a jump…


February 27, 2009

Warm up, Tabata cycle Pushups/supine rowssquats/lungesdumbbell swings/speedskaterssitups/supermen Workout written as:bodyweight deadlift, 21,14, 7jump tucks, 7, 14,21push press, 21, 14, 7 as done: deadlift, 1×11/1×10, 2×7, 1×7, 205#jump tucks, 7, 3×5, 4×5push press, 3×7, 3×5, 1×4/1×3, 135# Core, 3 rounds 4 way neck machine, 28×150#standing cable crunches, 30×150#cable push pull, 20×80# “S” joined me for the…