It’s been around six weeks since I started CrossFit, and it’s been… great. I look forward to my M/W/F midday workouts like I’ve never looked forward to movement in my life. It’s not a heat-seeking missile feeling – like the anxious anticipation leading up to the first glass of wine at the end of the…… Continue reading Six Weeks of CrossFit at Fifty
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Sore After CrossFit Session #3, One More to Go!
I went to my third CrossFit personal training session yesterday. There are only four onboarding personal training sessions, then I’ll be kicked out of the nest. I think I’m expected to join the classes which are filled with flocks of insanely fit, competitive and passionate CrossFit cult members. Unless I decide to continue to pay…… Continue reading Sore After CrossFit Session #3, One More to Go!
I’m Fifty and I Just Started CrossFit
On Monday April 29th 2024 I went to my very first personal training session to introduce me to CrossFit, and I decided to chronicle my experience here because I googled “starting cross-fit at 50” and “anti-diet CrossFit” all I could find were before-and-after videos all centered on shrinking body size, or CrossFit marketing materials about…… Continue reading I’m Fifty and I Just Started CrossFit
What should I tell my daughter?
I’ve received a lot of interesting and good feedback from the interview I did with Jean at The Bubble Hour podcast (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bubblehour/2017/07/02/quitting-everything-ingrid-on-dumping-cigarettes-booze-and-diets). Thank you to all who listened to the whole thing! It’s a long meandering story, but in the end (and I hope you got to the end), there is definitely redemption: freedom from…… Continue reading What should I tell my daughter?
Total Fatty 