CrossFit Kids Certification

CrazyWife and I are off to Ramona, California this weekend to take part in the CF Kids certification. Can't wait to get in some serious DodgeBall...!!!

Wish us luck and we'll see you next week with a new schedule and new location for our workouts.

Stay tuned...

Get off the Crack...

Here is a study conducted in 2007 that confirms that these man-made sweeteners are more powerful, more addicting than even higher doses of Cocaine.

Are you kidding me? Save yourself and your children while there is still time...

Get off the crack...

Get off the "Diet" soda...

What's yer Motivation...???

"Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable."

--Coco Chanel, fashion designer

What is your fitness destiny...???

"Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved"

--William Jennings Bryant, Secretary of State

Improvements in fitness and health will not happen on their own. You have to make a commitment to achieve your goals. CrossFit can get you there, you just have to give it a shot...

Do something inspirational...

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader"

--John Quincy Adams - 6th U.S. President

Holy Zone Batman II

Still dialing in the Zone Diet and I'm going to start to add in some Intermittent Fasting to really melt the fat away.  Weighed myself this week and I was down to 209.5lbs and 19.5% BF.  This is down from a starting point a few weeks ago of 215lbs and 23% BF.  Looks promising I'd say.  Also took the ole' blood pressure for grins and it was WAAY down to 115/69.  That is crazy low considering I started out way high at 145/95 or so just two years ago.  What a difference some quality diet and exercise makes...

Six-Week Push up Challenge

Hit this workout while CrazyWife did her version of "Michael".  3 rounds of 800m run, 25 hip extensions and 25 GHD situps.

100 Push up Challenge

Week 3 - Day 3

30-22-22-20-Max (2-min rest btw sets)

21/115

Wow, the numbers keep going up despite not taking any push ups rest days this week.  Wonder how long I can keep this up.  Supposed to find a new max Monday but I might just go into the Week Four numbers and see what happens...

Leap of Faith

How many excuses do we use to talk ourselves out of working out and eating right?

I don't have time...
I can't afford it...
It's too complicated...
I've gotta watch my kids...
I'll start later...
Exercise bores me...
Maybe next time...
My family is not very supportive...
I have an injury....
My friends will think I'm crazy...
I'll lose weight first...
I'm already thin...
I don't have enough willpower...
It's too difficult...
I'll just have liposuction...
I'm too old...
I'm too tired...
It's too hot...
I'm too fat...
I'm too...

Why not ignore all of the little voices in your head and find out once and for all if CrossFit really is for you?

Find out if it truly is scalable to ANY ability level.

YOUR ability level.

We will be offering HUGE discounts on our 3-month packages to help you jump start your next New Year's Resolution (only you won't break this one by the middle of January...again).

So put down that TV remote, get off the couch and come down and see what we are all about...

Sweet Misery

I don't yet know what it is about CrossFit that makes you look forward
to suffering through that day's WOD. If you tried to make a "sweat
angel" at a Globo Gym they'd call security and have you tossed out and
probably committed to a mental institution to boot.
I mean really, don't you know that you need at least 30 minutes on the
eliptical in your "target fat burning super aerobic zone" to start
losing weight...???

Holy Zone Batman!!! (212.8lbs)

I've been tightening up my diet lately, packing a few huge salads for lunch instead of eating out mostly. Also going to take Robb Wolf's advice and try to get about half of my daily carbs post workout. This will replenish any depleted glycogen stores (not very likely even with most CrossFit WODs) and it will also lower the number of carbs I get for the rest of the day. No more meals with 3 or 4 cups of broccoli...YEAH!!! This is a bit of a departure from the strict 30-40-30 that is the Zone but if it's working for these amazing CrossFit athletes, it's gotta work for me too.

So, the really good news is that I finally jumped on the scale for fun and I'm down at least 5 pounds (212.8) and well under the Army standard for my height of 6'3" (217). I would really like to see how I might function in the 200-205lb range by the end of the year. Certainly it will be easier to run if you are carrying 10-15 fewer pounds than you usually have??? I'm also kinda excited about the body fat readings off my $49.00 Tanita BF scale (taken with a grain of salt). I was down at least 2% BF from 23.8 to 21.5%. Gotta be a good sign anyway you slice it.

More talks with Army nutritionists has me convinced that there is no way for the average person to lose any weight. In the Army, they won't even give you a program to follow to lose weight. They want you to make "lifestyle changes" that you can adopt and follow for the long term. Yeah right. I'm going to stop at just one "lite" beer and not 12...I'm going to eat just one ruffle...

I've found it's easier to try to cut that stuff out cold turkey (Pepsi and oh by the way alcohol) and now I drink those very rarely, no more than twice a month on the alcohol and no more than once or twice a week on the Pepsi. That's a big improvement considering I was having drinks almost every weekend and I was getting a 20oz Pepsi AND a snickers bar TWICE A DAY at work. Crazy. Happy with the cold turkey method so far.

Stay tuned as I get my diet even more dialed in. Just signed up for the CrossFit Nutrition Certification in Dallas at GSX Gymnastics on 4 October with Robb Wolf himself. Should be a ton of real world information that I can use to continue to improve...

CrazyHusband

Let's go...

Alright everyone it is time to take that leap of faith...

We've all been looking for a change.  We want to shed a few pounds.  We want to fit in that dress or those dress blues.  We are tired of the same ole' workout.  We are tired of no results...

So let's do this together.  Let's take the first step and just see what happens.  It's never as bad once we get started right?  Well then, let's go...

We will be open on Saturday at 7:30am, right before it starts to get hot around these parts.  That is the perfect time to come out and give CrossFit a try.  No more excuses.  No more distractions.  Just get it in your mind that you want to get up early on Saturday, put on some comfortable clothes, meet some cool people and take the first step towards achieving your goals.

Stop worrying about the kids, or your homework, or the dishes, or making the bed, or the bills, or where Brett Farve is going to play this year.  Start worrying about who you want to be 10, 20 or 50 years from now.  Do you want to play with your grandkids or do you just want to be the backstop for their spitball games as you sit idly by in your wheelchair.  The time to start thinking about your future is right now.

Let's go...

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Very Respectfully,

Mike & Lillian Perkins
CrazyWife CrossFit
(210) 867-9712
(210) 857-9095
www.crazywifecrossfit.com