RECEIVED RAVE REVIEWS!
Even from the man himself! McSteamy's ideal WOD has been elusive. Kept scheduling it and then Eric would be out of town. What the heck?! Darn work, foiling my gym plans!
Went ahead and tackled it this week, and McSteamy made it up (I think it was his 3rd time completing the workout, actually) at Friday's open gym.
Had the moral support of his good buddy, Scott.
I thought that was kind of cute.
They? Not so much...
Anyhooo-
Set up for the hang power cleans:
BACK flat
ARMS straight
HIPS back
KNEES slightly bent
BAR just above the knees
Solid, solid!
(Chins down a bit, guys- remember to keep your melons neutral!)
CrossFit & Paleo Heart Ern.
Lookin' lean and mean, this chickadee is!
Guy Smiley has started TEAM TEACHING post-CF certification!
Wednesday was his inaugural class, and a big ol' thumbs up to that, we say!
He's awesome, plain and simple. I hugely appreciate that I'm surrounded by Lake Mill, Peanut, Trainer Tim, Guy Smiley, and the Husband, all of whom are quality, quality coaches, passionate CrossFitters, inclusive of everyone, AND HILARIOUS!
Matt will continue to tag team with us for a few weeks, and then he'll be taking over his very own class!
Good stuff!
"Thom" and Nails are talkin' to you, Eric.
Like how Doug tries to soften the blow with a smile? Nice touch.
OH, YEAH!
Roaster and Tall Tim attacked "Karen" (literally) at open gym. The only 2 "takers," and they both did SO WELL! Deb said she was too new to know the difference and jumped right into the black hole. :) They both survived!
Speaking of "Karen," Emilulu forwarded this Dane Cook clip on "The Friend Nobody Likes."
(Disclaimer for the language, but it must be posted. So timely.)
Julie R. (our Deserter who left us and moved to Florida...and who we miss tons!) emailed the link to this 13-year old, CrossFitting, powerlifting, record-holding, ever-so-impressive girl!
Check it out!
New Powerlifting World-Record Holder
My Costco Cart.
Okay, so I've finally embraced the fact that Costco truly does have impressive deals on Paleo-friendly REAL foods.
I was a hold-out. I'll admit it.
Have never liked Sams. Didn't like the "bigness" of it or all the junk food.
Thought Costco would be the same even though Chai, McWife, Grammy, and Ken D. kept telling me differently.
Went a couple times over the summer- too crowded, again, TOO BIG, and kept getting pressured to up my membership. Seriously??
After the last date night, Chai and McWife convinced me to give it another go. Have been 2x in the last week. The first time I didn't buy too much as I wanted to see how things tasted and if we'd eat what I purchased. Did buy some of the organic chicken, but the Mottl taste testers agree that the Whole Foods chicken is better in our book. This grosses me out just typing it, but it took to long to chew! What's up with that? Animal flesh can't be in my mouth so long that I start thinking too much about the chickens that had to die for me to eat it. Blechhhh.
(Sorry, my old vegetarian self still has issues with flesh...)
Back to the positives!
Returned again this week and bought:
organic kale
organic spinach
tons of tomatoes
organic apples
organic eggs (surprisingly really good- rich yellowy orange yolks and thick egg whites- even more so than the Schnucks organic eggs!)
mushrooms
blueberries
organic carrots
brussel sprouts
So, now we can get much of our produce from Costco.
Some other produce from Schnucks.
All of our meat and some nuts and oils from Whole Foods.
Almond butter from Trader Joe's.
Nothing like hitting 4 different stores to fulfill the needs of the budget and the tastebuds, eh?
The enormity of the store still gives me the shakes. Kind of like going to the mall for me, but now that I know what areas to quickly target to save some cash, we should be good to go. Fingers crossed!
Score that they also carry cases of my favorite brand of bubbly water!
Only have lime, but I'll take it!
One more thing- the marcona almonds are heavenly.
I started mixing them in with our raw almonds and walnuts as they're a bit too salty for me flying solo, but super yum.
The Mottls kids are fond of the pistachio. Score!
SUNDAY GROUP RUN AT QUEENY PARK for
ALL interested folks!
8:30 AM
Dog Museum Hill
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