A Journey to Overcome Weakness

My name is Melina, I'm 18 and i've been crossfitting since December of 2011. Since then I've become completely addicted to the lifestyle and community.

My love of food has grown exponentially since I started eating (mostly) paleo (most of the time).

So here's some stuff I find interesting, inspiring, or would just like to eat.

September 25, 2012 at 8:24pm

Active recovery?

I’ve been resting three days a week for about a month now to see how I feel. It’s been working really well. I haven’t felt run down much and I’m seeing a lot more progress on my lifts. 

So today was a scheduled rest day, but my gym teacher doesn’t know that. Even if he did it wouldn’t really matter. So I ran a little bit this morning.

800 m jog

100 m sprint (16 sec)

walk 100 m

200 m sprint (36 sec)

200 m walk

300 m sprint (61 sec)

300 m walk

400 m sprint (2 minutes flat)

walk to locker room

So that was fun. I was the first girl to finish the 100, 200 and 300. It felt good to stretch my legs and it woke me up.

July 29, 2012 at 3:37pm

Went for a nice 12 mile bike ride today in the forest preserve.

I’m always reluctant to get on my bike, but once i’m going I don’t want to stop.