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Live Longer And Prosper

Today I tweeted out and shared on Instagram a preview of the first episode in a new series on All About Your Benjamins The Podcast I’m calling The Live Longer and Prosper Series; when I decided to start a podcast, I originally wanted to call it “Live Longer and Prosper” to combine my passions for finance and fitness. But, I…

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CrossFit Open 18.5…The End Is Here

Your weekly CrossFit open update is here: Workout 18.5 As Many Rounds As Possible (AMRAP) in 7 minutes 3 Thrusters (100#), 3 Chest-To-Bar Pull-ups 6 Thrusters, 6 Chest-To-Bar Pull-Ups 9, 12, 15…… 18.5 was a repeat of 11.6 (a workout done in the 2011 Open); I had not started my CrossFit journey until late 2011, so I didn’t have a…

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CrossFit Open 18.4… Protect Ya Neck

Your weekly CrossFit Open update is here: Workout 18.4 For Time (9 min cap) Diane (21-15-9) Deadlifts (225#) Handstand Push-Ups right into 21-15-9 Deadlifts (315#) Handstand walks (25 ft. down, 25 ft. back) 85 reps. Welp, that workout did not go as well as I planned. Mentally, I thought I’d have a shot at handstand walks, but my shoulders and…

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CrossFit Open 18.3…Second Attempt Worse Than The First

Your weekly CrossFit Open update is here: Workout 18.3 2 rounds for time (14 min cap) 100 double Unders (DUs) 20 Overhead Squats (115#) 100 DUs 12 Ring Muscle-Ups 100 DUs 20 Dumbbel Snatches (50#) 100 DUs 12 Bar Muscle-Ups 472 reps completed on my first attempt. 461 reps complete on my second…that’s not the way it’s supposed to work. As…

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CrossFit Open 18.2 and 18.2A…Done!

Your weekly CrossFit Open update is here: Workout 18.2 and 18.2A For time (12-minute time cap): 18.2 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 Dumbbell squats (2 50# dumbells) Bar-Facing burpees Complete 1 dumbbell squat, then 1 bar-facing burpee, 2 and 2, and so on…. 18.2A  1-rep max clean With Silas under the weather, I delayed my first attempt at 18.2 and 18.2A until this morning.…

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CrossFit Open 18.1….Done!

Your weekly CrossFit Open update is here: Workout 18.1 As many rounds as possible (AMRAP) in 20 minutes: 8 Toes To Bar (T2B) 10 Dumbbell Hang Power Clean and Jerks (5 each arm) 14 Calories (cals) on the rower Last Friday I tackled the first workout of the 2018 CrossFit Open…my score was 310 reps, which is 9 rounds completed…

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The CrossFit Open Is Here

Tonight marks the start of the 2018 CrossFit Open, and from CrossFitters around the world to non-CrossFitters, I send my apologies in advance. For the next 5 weeks, we’ll be filling your social media feeds with pictures, comments, scores and who knows what else from the Open. Every Thursday night we’ll be anxiously waiting to see what torture Dave Castro, the…

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