We just made it to Lake Como and decided to venture around the lake.
Here’s a quick video from outside George Clooney’s place. Yes, we’re those Americans…
Pardon the squinty eyes and Dave’s goofy smile…he was pumped to be on camera.
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We just made it to Lake Como and decided to venture around the lake.
Here’s a quick video from outside George Clooney’s place. Yes, we’re those Americans…
Pardon the squinty eyes and Dave’s goofy smile…he was pumped to be on camera.
Hallo! We’ve just arrived in Zurich, Switzerland and I’m on sensory overload. This place is so different from any other city I’ve ever experienced and I’m not sure I will want to leave…
Here’s quick (sweaty) update from this afternoon:
I’ll make sure to post more pictures tomorrow and I can’t wait to share our experience from Reebok Crossfit Zurich. Unfortunately, we didn’t make it to Crossfit Munich is morning — I blame the late night Haufbrouhous visit and the early morning rain. It’s a good thing we’ll be back there next week. 🙂
Does anyone have any recommendations for our stay in Zurich? Thinking about hitting up the Opera House…
Hi Everyone!
Apologies for busy super MIA. I’ve busy/stressing about this event and it’s finally over – yay! I have a ton of pictures and stories to tell, but for now, you can enjoy my very first vlog post:
Please excuse the lack of makeup, bags under my eyes and general goofiness. Dave is on his way over to Munich right now and we’re scheduled to hit up Crossfit Munich on Saturday! I’ve eaten so much the past few days that I might be rolling into the WOD…
Cheers!
This week is certainly flying by, isn’t it? I can’t believe I only have two more business days before I head off to Europe for two weeks. I haven’t started packing yet, but I laid out my large suitcase and started pulling together my suits–that’s a start, right? I’ll make sure to snap a few pictures of my clothes/toiletries before they are all packed up so you can see my OCDness at it’s finest.
Couple of items that I still need to take care of:
Seriously, how do people manage 12 hour flights without going mentally insane?? I don’t know about you, but if I don’t get a solid seven (yes, seven) hours of sleep–I’m a f-ing ZOMBIE. I can already picture my first morning in Germany going something like this:
Any travel tips or tricks to share? Let me know!
Here’s what today’s WOD looked like:
For some reason, I feel like a superhero when I do DB snatches. It reminds me of some type of Thor movement with his hammer:
Maybe? Anyways, I feel badass doing these with just a 25lb DB. Here’s the movement if you are not familiar:
This workout was all fine and dandy until I became lost in my sinus fog. During one of the middle rounds I somehow managed to knock my knee cap during the upward pull and boy did it hurt like a MF – it honestly felt like I hit my funny bone, except this brought me down for the count for a good 30 seconds. YEOW. I already see the knot forming…Should be pretty by tomorrow morning.
I know I’ve brought this up before, but I absolutely love the fall. The seasons are changing and the decreasing daylight is starting to become more noticeable. It also means hearty soups are back on the dinner menu. A little background for you, I grew up LOVING my mom’s homemade chicken stew and dumplings. In fact, I would request that meal almost every week during the winter. True story. Today, I still make her recipe, but only during the fall/winter seasons (plus it reminds me of coming home from soccer practice to a warm bowl of soup). Yum!
Tonight’s dinner was a surprise treat: Robb Wolf’s Slow Cooker Beef Stew
I’m telling you, this was one of the best meals I’ve had in a while and it reminds me that we need to get a bigger slow cooker. Our mini does a great 1-2 meal punch, but it’s time to step up our crock-pot game, extra-meal style.
What is your favorite fall-inspired recipe? And are you slow-cooker-obsessed like me?
Hey Guys! Hope everyone had an amazing weekend – for us in the US it was certainly nice having that extra day of relaxation…
Of course, every extended weekend bleeds into an hellish short work week (at least for me) and I’m suffering from a minor sinus infection. Boo! I need to clean up my act soon because come Sunday evening I’m flying out to Munich for a German press tour and then heading off on my European adventure! Weeeee!
Before I jump into next weekend, I first need to discuss this past Saturday and Sunday–specifically, the Moxie Madness Throwdown. Yes, I dedicated my holiday weekend to Crossfit and I loved every second of it. I’ll stare everyone the nitty gritty details, but I had the privilege/honor/responsibility of being a volunteer judge during the weekend’s festivities and it was a such a fun way to get a behind-the-scene take on what goes on during a local (non-Crossfit Games) competition.
Luckily, I had the best judging buddy all weekend!
Day 1 of the competition went by in a blur and finished off with a crazy 300 DU/snatch/prowler relay. Nuts! And day two started off with a spicy squat clean and jerk rumble:
I’m slowly building up confidence to signing up for my first local competition, but until I can comfortably string together those DUs (did I mention there were 300 DUs?!)–it’s the judging duties for me.
All-in-all, a fantastic weekend. I didn’t think it was possible, but I think I love this sport even more after watching a local throwdown…