Today my friend Jessica Glendinning lends her writing and outdoor skills to the blog. I first met Jessica at a conference in Portland called the World Domination Summit. Cool name right? Lots of cool people too. We got talking about the outdoors and I found… Read More »Why an Outdoor Cooperative = 4 Seasons of Fun
Brett Watson is a photographer and climber from Vancouver Island. He’s just recently returned from a climbing trip to Smith Rocks State Park in Oregon. These are some his great photos from the trip. More about Brett after the post.*** Gullies and Shipwreck Rock The… Read More »Smith Rocks 2012: A Climbing Trip Report from Brett Watson
This is another post in the CrossFit Challenge Series. ** Up until recently I had no idea what this thing called CrossFit was. Through the CrossFit Challenge, I finally had a chance to see for myself what all the hoopla is about. CrossFit is a… Read More »What is CrossFit?
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
