Lots of links

Well, I haven't done a CrossFit WOD since Tuesday, but I had swim class on Wednesday and Thursday evening, so that was plenty! I also did a little swimming in the ocean this afternoon -- I'm in West Palm Beach, FL for my Level I certification seminar at CrossFit BGI.

Over these last few days I have collected a ridiculous number of links.

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"I CrossFit because it's ridiculous." - great post about why CrossFit is different, and why we love it. H/T tarynrom (twitter, blog)

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Chef Rachael tried CrossFit, and loved it! Woot!

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Lisbeth Darsh -- I would love to visit her gym, be trained by her, WOD with her, and then pick her brain. Her newest post is a thing of beauty: "Call It What It Is".

It’s your mind calling the shots, not your body. It is your mental discipline that is failing, not your physical capacity.

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I want to try this recipe: Paleo Fried Shrimp. It uses almond meal. The only problem is my fear of cooking shrimp -- I am always paranoid that they're not cooked enough...

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This video of movement standards really made me think about how we do things at our box. I would like to incorporate their standards for wall ball shots. Now that I've thought about it, not catching the ball after throwing it is totally a cop-out and it makes sense that would cause a rep to be thrown out.

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Informative article about building bones -- osteogenesis.

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I want to order a spiral vegetable slicer so that I can try making zucchini noodles. At which point I can try to make zucchini spaghetti and meatballs.

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After tweeting with @jensinkler and reading this (quote below), I feel like I shortchanged myself by not signing up to compete in a CF Games sectional... My thoughts have/had already been on doing a local competition, like the Garage Games that were held in February, to "get started". But why couldn't it have been CF Games? So what if I sucked compared to the top 20? I could still say I did it. Ideas to ponder...

"Just as you need to practise in the gym to get good at the lifts, you have to practise competing. From controlling your nerves to warming up effectively or getting in the zone, there are circumstances that are unique to the competitive environment and very difficult to reproduce in the gym. So practise them by going to lots of meets and just getting on with it."