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On Not Underestimating Oneself
I simultaneously had a great workout and a lame workout this morning. I sort of underestimated myself and cheated myself, albeit unintentionally. But like a cast-iron skillet to the back of the head,...
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The Barbell & I: We Are Demon Fighters
I don’t know what lives in your gym, but at CrossFit Austin, there’s a little demon that lives at the bottom of the squat. He seems to only come out of hiding for CrossFit Total, and I’m not sure if he...
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The Experiment Continues
One of the things I like best about my CrossFit+dino-chow lifestyle is that it’s made me much more receptive to the notion of Trying Things.™ When I was a devout Weight Watchers member or following the...
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It’s Not A Coatrack (Strength Training Tuesday) – 04/05/11
In my quest for lean superhero-ness, I tackle the Strength Training Workout posted by Coach Wes every Tuesday at CrossFit Austin. For most of my workout this morning, it was just me and another dude...
View ArticleA Dirty Dozen of Double-Unders
Sucking it up with the double-unders on Monday paid off in spades today! I got 10 DUs unbroken and then… to my extreme surprise and delight, I got another 12 unbroken. A dirty dozen of double-unders. I...
View ArticlePretty Like You
The woman in the video above is Katie Makkai. She’s a poetry slammer, and in this piece, goes to town on the word “pretty.” She works herself up into a pretty good – and justified – froth: This is...
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5 Painless Ways To Be A (Paleo) Social Butterfly
Once you get over the shock of not eating stuff like pasta and bread and wine and Holy sh*t! I can’t have cereal or yogurt for breakfast anymore!, the real challenge of paleo begins to emerge:...
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The Best Version of Us For 2012
Last year, I decided to stop setting goals and to live like the person I wanted to be. The post below was originally published last December, and it’s been updated to reflect where I am in my life, one...
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Oh, Yeah? Observe THIS.
You know how some people need to learn to get in touch with their emotions? I’m definitely not one of those people. I know exactly how I feel ALL THE TIME. But now that I’ve been meditating and...
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Walking Your Path
Our kundalini instructor Robin gave us a prompt for a visualization in class last week, and I’ve been thinking about it a lot ever since. She had us close our eyes and visualize a path. There were no...
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Nothing Matters. Everything Matters.
I’m part of a casual writing group that meets once a month to share our writings on a particular topic. A few months ago, our writing prompt was “travel.” The first thing that came to mind was the...
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The Egg Foo Yong Story
A few months ago, I had the great pleasure of collaborating with Nom Nom Paleo and FitBomb on a magazine piece about egg foo yong. The magazine went kerfluey and the story never got published, but I...
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The Barbell & I: We Are Demon Fighters
I don’t know what lives in your gym, but at CrossFit Austin, there’s a little demon that lives at the bottom of the squat. He seems to only come out of hiding for CrossFit Total, and I’m not sure if he...
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The Experiment Continues
One of the things I like best about my CrossFit+dino-chow lifestyle is that it’s made me much more receptive to the notion of Trying Things.™ When I was a devout Weight Watchers member or following the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
It’s Not A Coatrack (Strength Training Tuesday) – 04/05/11
In my quest for lean superhero-ness, I tackle the Strength Training Workout posted by Coach Wes every Tuesday at CrossFit Austin. For most of my workout this morning, it was just me and another dude...
View ArticleA Dirty Dozen of Double-Unders
Sucking it up with the double-unders on Monday paid off in spades today! I got 10 DUs unbroken and then… to my extreme surprise and delight, I got another 12 unbroken. A dirty dozen of double-unders. I...
View ArticlePretty Like You
The woman in the video above is Katie Makkai. She’s a poetry slammer, and in this piece, goes to town on the word “pretty.” She works herself up into a pretty good – and justified – froth: This is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
5 Painless Ways To Be A (Paleo) Social Butterfly
Once you get over the shock of not eating stuff like pasta and bread and wine and Holy sh*t! I can’t have cereal or yogurt for breakfast anymore!, the real challenge of paleo begins to emerge:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Best Version of Us For 2012
Last year, I decided to stop setting goals and to live like the person I wanted to be. The post below was originally published last December, and it’s been updated to reflect where I am in my life, one...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Oh, Yeah? Observe THIS.
You know how some people need to learn to get in touch with their emotions? I’m definitely not one of those people. I know exactly how I feel ALL THE TIME. But now that I’ve been meditating and...
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