Crossfit and the advantages of being Crossfit

We have a big race coming up this weekend. Therefore, we will need to do our own bit of high-intensity exercise, that are constantly varied high-intensity functional movement. There seems to be some misconceptions about what crossFit is and what it isn't. CrossFit is incorporating everyday movements and making the ability to do them easier better stronger and faster. For instance snatch, picking up a 50 pound bag of dog food CrossFit gives you the ability to look it over your head not that you would but you could if you needed to put it on an overhead shelf. Each one of these exercises concentrate on functional movement and keeping your movements with an alignment of your natural body. Unlike runners or bicyclists or weight lifters we don't train to be good at one certain thing(please do not get me wrong, I believe all of these exercises aregreat in their own respect ans takes training to do all of them! :)). We trying to be good at all of them, and fit. I have been going for 3 weeks and I can tell a difference in my core, my legs, and my upper body strength. When doing CrossFit as with any exercise regimen it's important to eat right and have a close to nature diet as possible. I will start including some pictures of food that I prepare and some pictures from the CrossFit gym that we go to just for fun. C.

Racing season is cranking up again!

It has been a long time since I have tasted. But for good reason, holidays change in semesters New Year's resolutions blah blah blah...
We have a leak in our r_v that we cannot find. We have taken it to an r_v services place had it pressurized and it is still leaking we don't know where this leak is.
Its leaking somewhere from the front of the RV to the front window it's weird because my husband has gone over it with a fine tooth comb has sealed everything that we could find on the top of the RV and the RV services place sealed everywhere if they found a leak but they said they didn't.
When going back to the racetrack on the weekends we will not have such a stringent schedule this year as we did last year it was just too much with school and our schedule. I am now in clinicals and at the hospital twice a week for my school I also quit my job December the 27th to be able to attend school full time. Money will be tight but we will make do with what we have and enjoy life in the process.
Right now in Virginia it is a balmy 11 degrees outside. We have snow on the ground and it is beginning of March. We are supposed to have a big race in 2 weeks. If this snow and ice and rain does not clear between now and then I don't see how that's going to happen.
We'll see. I will keep this is updated as much as I can and post some pictures. As for now the husband and I have started to do CrossFit and we get our butts handed to us about 3 times a week. That will be something that we can incorporate in the mornings at the track instead of my leisurely Run and running up and down the bleachers we are now trained to do some kick butt exercises. That will definitely get the day started. I'll post pictures of that as well. C.

Headed out in the RV this evening to a three day race at VMP.
I want to wish everyone and their families a Happy Thanksgiving.

Hold your loved ones close and be nice to a stranger so that they may give thanks as well.

School is my excuse....Happy Pre Thanksgiving Race!!!

It has been a while but school and work are to blame. Today we have a pre Thanksgiving race. And we will also have a pre Thanksgiving dinner for the racers and this is my first time using the convection oven and I am cooking a sweet potato casserole. So this is an adventure for me today.  I have a few more weeks to go in school January will be here very soon and I will be going to clinicals in the hospital setting. For anybody thinking about going into respiratory therapy do not take that decision lightly this is very hard. Not everybody that signed up and started this program will be going to clinicals. I hope we don't lose any more people especially myself. So I bring my books with me to the track and I study in between rounds. This weekend I'm going to focus on making my flash card so that I can quiz myself and my husband can help with me as well. I guess that's it but I'm going to attach a picture of my convection oven cooking casserole covered in Reynolds Wrap but you get the idea.

Sorry its been a while, School started back......

school has started back.....full swing in Respiratory school and I am working on becoming SCUBA certified as well. During the summer Phlebotomy clinicals were at the VA hospital and went by very quickly. I still have yet to take my test, the program head for some reason doesn't put the students first and has been dragging her feet as far as making sure we have our letters needed to take the test.

We are at the track this weekend for a Raiders Race and I have set up a nice little area for the vacation station. So in between racing i have been studying so many tests and hands on testing for these classes. I like it. Hubby has been doing really well in racing, hopefully he will take home a championship this year :)

Skies over Doswell today are wicked

on the way home and the skies are wicked

Sunset at Virginia Motorsports Park

Here at VMP a little testing on a Friday evening :)