I’ve been following Lainy’s photography for a little while now and I’ve been impressed with what she’s come up with in a short amount of time. A few weeks ago I asked her if she would do a photo essay on the fall colours walking… Read More »A Fall Walk About: A Photo Essay from Lainy Bekar
3 Months of CrossFit. DONE! It’s been quite the ride. This is the last regular post of the challenge about the workout. The rest of them will be review and wrap-up stuff. Stay tuned for that. I know you’re excited to finally read about the… Read More »CrossFit Challenge Week 14: Muscle-up Attempts and Flying Knees to Elbows
2 more weekly posts in the CrossFit Challenge with CrossFit Nanaimo! Next weeks will be the last post. Pretty stoked to wrap-up this whole challenge and do some review with it. It’s been a great time so far. My final thoughts will be in the wrap-up post… Read More »CrossFit Challenge Week 13: Burpees and Pacing
Really getting close to the end of the CrossFit Challenge with CrossFit Nanaimo. It’s flown by so fast. I’ve had a blast checking out the CrossFit scene and pounding my muscles into submission. I missed a day this week so the workout section of this… Read More »CrossFit Challenge Week 12: No Rack Back Squats and Callus Correction
I still laugh at the title of this one. I just had to throw that out there. Sorry for it being a week late! Buying a house apparently takes up more time than I thought. I did get a bit sidetracked researching CrossFit shoes too.… Read More »CrossFit Challenge Week 11: Goats, Beefcakes and Good Shoes
4 updates left in the Nanaimo CrossFit Challenge! Follow along for the final updates. ** This week we got to experience the Turkish Get-Up. Dun dun dun. They’re not that scary really. But they do make you think. Buy-in: Ring rows and handstands Our Buy-In… Read More »CrossFit Challenge Week 10: Turkish Get-ups and Too Many Sit-ups
This week had great new WOD’s with new exercises in them then I hadn’t tried yet. The Sept 25 CrossFit Workout was my first partner workout. Partner workout?! That means I actually have to get myself moving faster because I have a partner to answer to?!… Read More »CrossFit Challenge Week 9: Butterflys and Grip Strength
Alright, it’s back at it for CrossFit. The Sickness in Week 7 wasn’t so great but it’s getting better. Even after a week off of CrossFit and some time off work, I don’t feel 100 percent but getting there. Way better than laying around hacking… Read More »CrossFit Challenge Week 8: What’s Mobility
If you’ve been following along with the CrossFit Challenge, you’ll probably be wondering where I’ve been the last couple weeks! Hard at work at the Nanaimo CrossFit gym, of course! Well, every week except for Week 7 of the challenge. September 11 and 13th I… Read More »CrossFit Challenge Week 7: The Sickness
After heading up 5040 Peak the weekend before, our eyes were now set on Adder Mountain which was just down the valley from 5040. The weather looked great for Sunday so we hoped to get some views of the surrounding peaks which we never got to see the weekend before.