Fight Gone Bad 6

We're doing this again.


This year supports The Special Operations Warrior Foundation and The CrossFit Foundation





As you all know, I discovered CrossFit when I was deployed to Balad, Iraq taking care of our wounded in the Air Force Theater Hospital (AFTH). The dedication of our medical team & the courage, strength and resolve of our military inspire me daily. They are the men & women who push me to be a better person and a better airman.


FGB is one of my favorite benchmarks. This year CrossFit Las Vegas, Crossfit 702, Crossfit MaxEffort and Garage Gym 702 are joining forces on Saturday Sept 17th outside Whole Foods Market at Town Square (Las Vegas Blvd near Sunset). We're starting at 9a and would love friends/family to cheer us on in support.


Please check out my fundraising page HERE.

Vacation!!!

Snoozing with blue sky & sunny,
Fresh fish and fruit, how yummy.
Whales & turtles & dolphins, OH MY!


Some drinking, some eating, some sleeping.
Some golfing, some jogging, some Crossfit,
Volcanoes & lava & steam, OH MY!
























Dinner at La Bourgogne


Baked Brie & green apples (appetizer) with the fish special for entree. Dessert is the Grand Marnier Chocolate Souffle.


CrossFit in Hawaii 1) CrossFit Ali'i, 2) CrossFit Big Island (Hilo), 3) CrossFit Kona

Tendonitis Sucks!

Deltoid tendon from left shoulder, where it inserts into the humerous, has been sore for months now. If my arm is less than straight up or in front of me, it pulls on the tendon, and hurts. I've compensated with over using my triceps when doing over head lifting & pushups. This is changing how I do many of my O-lifts, limiting my progress in strength (gone backwards in OH squats, snatch and all my press lifts).

Thinking seriously about skipping the gym & just jogging for the rest of the month. This is a difficult decision because I have been thriving on my gym time. And I cannot jog when it's dark outside (if I am stuck at work past 4p). Then what happens if it's still not feeling good?

CrossFit Las Vegas on 8News Now

Goals for 2011

1. Drink more water & less diet soda (I know goals should be quantified but I haven't figured this one out yet).




2. Continue my adventure in fitness; increase my jogging (includes mapping out a 5 mile, 6 mile and up to a 10 mile course to our favorite sports bar).
3. Do a marathon.




4. No fried potatoes (just not enough nutrition to be worth the calories).





5. Finish ACSC (military professional education), RSVP (readiness skills), and get our nutritional medicine flight all caught up on their training.





6. Fix up the backyard (fake turf, lights, fire pit, BBQ, new hot tub).










7. New washer/dryer & refrigerator (they are 10-15 years old!).








8. Clean out & organize the "office"; get plaques and pictures hung up on the walls.

9. CrossFit goals for 2011:
Sub 8 min "Fran"
"Cindy" Rx 15+
"Murph" Rx in under 45 min
a real Muscle-up

12 Lifts of Christmas

First time was Dec 23, 2009
38 mins 30 secs |


1 Clean and Jerk (65#)
2 Muscle-ups (scaled)
3 Wall Balls (14#)
4 Medicine Ball Cleans (14#)
5 Push Presses (65#)
6 Pull-ups (red band)
7 Box Jump - 18 in.s
8 Kettlebell Swings (12 kg)
9 Sumo Deadlift High-pulls (65#)
10 Jumping Lunges
11 Burpee Broad Jumps
12 Handstand Push-ups (2 1/2 abmats)

Count down just like in the song.

This year: ‎
12 HSPU (2 abmats), 11 burpee broad jumps, 10 jumping lunges, 9 sumo deadlift high pulls (65#), 8 kettlebells (16 kg), 7 box jumps (22"), 6 pull-ups, 5 push press (65#), 4 medicine ball cleans (14#), 3 wall balls (14# to above 8' mark), 2 jumping muscle-ups, 1 clean & jerk (65#). Only part NOT Rx was the muscle ups. Aw...esome "sweat devil" at the end.



32:47

2010 Christmas Can Cure 5K

Last year: 27:25
Training was mostly CrossFit and just a few "long" jogs to the Boulevard for brunch on a weekend morning.
This year: 26:00 (3rd place out of 10 in my age division) 8:22/mile pace

And I won a couple of the raffle prizes!

Every year, partnering with the Wounded Warrior Project, Christmas Can Cure provides selected veterans and their families a Christmas they won't soon forget: a Christmas vacation to either the picturesque New England town of Jackson, New Hampshire or the snow-capped peaks of Park City, Utah. Our goal is to provide the magic of Christmas for our defenders of peace and their families.