This past Saturday, Lululemon Highland Village and Bayou City Crossfit came together and put on an awesome workout for all those crossfit enthusiasts. We had a great turnout!!! Thanks lululemon for all that you did to make it a great and energentic morning!! You guys are such an inspiration to me, im so glad to be apart of yalls fabulous community:) Shout out to John Reilly,pic above (only male in the photo) haha and Lori Layton (3rd girl standing from the left) for winning the lululemon star-spangled crossfit showdown! Way to ROCK IT you two!!!

Who says you cant workout on vacation

This past weekend, my family, friends, and myself went to celebrate Labor Day weekend at Lake Belton. Saturday morning we visited Crossfit Centex in Temple Tx to get our sweat on befor spending the entire day enjoying some alchoholic beverages on the lake. The people at Centex were nothing but friendly and welcoming to us! Thank you so much for opening up your box to us. We really appreciate it!

http://www.crossfitcentex.com/

style up your workout

Thought I would share my new kicks i ordered from NikeID.com I was so pumped when my sister sent me a picture message telling me they finally arrived. The decision making behind this was quite difficult. They have so many colors you can play around with.  I think it took me about 2 weeks to finally decide on the bright yellow with the hot pink accent. I couldnt wait to get them on my feet, and was secretly hoping they would help me run faster ;-) The maiden voyage for my new shoes was on Monday morning in the 6:15 class. Vic yelled out "3, 2, 1, GO!" and i was off! I couldnt beleive it.  For once I was ahead of the running pack, when I'm almost always near the back. I was feeling good and my feet were looking good. Now I dont know if it was the caffeine from my coffee or my bright, brand new kicks, but either way, I'm loving my Nike Free shoes! So for those of you who are looking for your own style and color try out NikeID! Happy shopping!

Lets hear it for the girls!

Im proud to introduce the inspiring, strong, beautiful women in these pictures. These women are my t/th 6:00p.m. all female class. They come in every week anxious and motivated to tackle another challenge or push themselves to the limit. Even though they might not like a certain exercise or the entire WOD, these ladies NEVER complain. They motivate each other to work hard and not quit. There are times when class is over and they have all left, i smile to myself and think "I am so lucky to be their coach." Each and every one of them inspire me in their own way to be a better athlete and coach for them. To all my ladies, i am so proud of you and keep up the hard work! 

Who inspires me

Last weekend i went to California to support my boyfriend/friend/coach Vic Zachary in the 2010 Crossfit Games. I told him before the weekend started no matter what he placed i was already so proud of him. Friday was the first WOD for the athletes. They had to complete 9-7-5 of muscle ups and snatches, @ 155lb. Unfortuantely, Vic was not able to finish this workout and got his first and only DNF (did not finish) for the weekend. Getting a DNF in a competition like this is a big deal, well its everything to the athlete. I remember the last min of this workout, Vic only needed one more muscle up and five snatches. I have never screamed/cheered so loud in my life, i lost my voice day one. Thirty sec until the cut off and Vic was physically and mentally done. I knew he was not going to make it in time and my eyes quickly watered up with tears bc i knew how dissappointed he was going to be, but also the determination he had shown in the last couple minutes of that workout was really inspiring. Even though he got a DNF for that workout i have never been so proud! He didnt stop trying until he heard time. He didnt pout or hit something when he was done, instead he shook his judges hand and congratulated the other athletes, he showed true sportsmanship. The next day he demolished all three WODS, placed 35th, and greatly represented Bayou City Crossfit!

Vic, you inspire me in so many ways. You coach me to be the best athlete i can be, push me through the tough times, and is always there to encourage when im doubting myself. Thank you for showing me what it means to be a true athlete.

Beecho de Amor

Photo from Paul Sedillo @ Media975.com

This past saturday Bayou City Crossfit hosted a fundraiser to benefit Texas Children’s Hospital in representation of Chad Stevens’ daughter Olivia. Olivia has an extremely rare chromosomal deletion and has been in and out of the hospital for the past 10 months. She has been a fighter going to therapy 7 days a week and getting better every day. Besides raising a great amount of money for TCH and participating in a awesome event, i had another great experianc that day. My PT client and friend Kelly Whiteside aka skittles, made me so proud of her that day. I was lucky enough to be her partner and couldnt have been more excited because this was her first mini competition! I have never seen such determination, drive, and strength from someone.   

Kelly you have come such a long way since your first intro class. You have kicked butt in WODS, rocked out on pull-ups, and busted out some serious box jumps! I remember talking to you after your intro class, hoping you were going to stick with crossfit because i could tell you were going to be great at it and knew we would become friends...look at that, i was right on both. 

Keep up the hard work Kelly!!!!!!

"I got a feeling".......

Today in crossfit i attempted a muscle up and immediatly afterward felt a very harp pain in both my elbows. I assumed i just pushed it a little too much or i wasnt warmed up enough,  either way i was not able to do the WOD which had tricep ring dips in it. (uuhhhh a weakness i need to work on) Whats girl to do? Well i'll tell you what a girl like me did. I pouted around, mumbled under my breath "stupid muscle ups" okay so thats probabaly not the most effecient nor mature way to handle things, but at that time it sure did make me feel better. I understand we all have setbacks now and again, we deal with it and move on, but with regionals 3 weeks away and trying to improve on weaknesses that make you feel like you have a huge set back, it can be very easy to get frustrated and show your emotions. Someone that noticed my frustration said to me "just use your emotion/anger in your workout" well I definitley did today. I understand the whole "use your anger in your workouts thing" but sometimes you just need to get mad.