Barbells for Boobs

Several women in pink bras and cut off shorts stand with clip boards amid ripped athletes hoisting barbells from ground to overhead... over and over again. Weights crash to the ground as shirtless women take score. There is pain, there is joy, and there is A LOT of pink.

This was the scene I came upon two years ago at the CrossFit Games as I strolled through the vendor booths of the Home Depot arena. I looked from barbell to bra, bra to barbell, and contemplated who was the bravest amongst this group. Was it the athletes that crumbled to the hot concrete ground after just a couple minutes of intense lifting? Or was it the women standing half naked in a stadium full of thousands of people? My gaze finally shifted from the bras and weight plates to a banner stretched across the scene that read "BARBELLS FOR BOOBS! MAMMOGRAMS IN ACTION". It was then that I realized that the heroes were not the ones lifting weights or counting reps, though courageous in their own right. The true heroes are the thousands of women battling breast cancer. My perception of the scene changed. I still saw joy, but I saw pain beyond that of the contestants... and the color pink never looked more bad-ass...

Dressing Up and Throwing Down
Sep 06, 2011
Written by Sarah Wilson
Filed under Life Balance
Discussion 2 comments

Dressing Up and Throwing Down

Last week Fashletics was a part of an event called The Ultimate Girls Night Out hosted by InterviewHer.com. Up until this point, Fashletics has only sponsored fitness related events and competitions.

I was reluctant at first to participate since Fashletics is less about getting dolled up and more about throwing down... or is it...

I Want A Cupcake Damn It!
Aug 15, 2011
Written by Sarah Wilson
Filed under Nutrition
Discussion 1 comment

I Want A Cupcake Damn It!

First of all, I apologize for the profanity in the title, this is supposed to be a family-friendly blog. But this is a topic of passion! It also seems apropos considering this blog is about coming to terms with the fact that I don't always set the best examples.

People ask me all the time about what I eat. If I responded "Cupcakes and beer!!" you probably would either be:

a). Excited to know that your dream diet had just been approved by a fitness coach.

or

b). Disappointed that someone you thought you could come to for sound advice was actually off her rocker.

Truthfully, "cupcakes and beer" is part of the answer to that question...

Why You Should Run if you Hate Running
Jul 11, 2011
Written by Sarah Wilson
Filed under CrossFit, CrossFit Endurance, Self Improvement
Discussion 7 comments

Why You Should Run if you Hate Running

My sister Natalie called me a month ago and said "I'm thinking of running a marathon." This was surprising considering I once convinced her participate in a 5k race with my Cross-Country team in high school and when she finished all she said was "That was stupid." She looked genuinely pissed off as she traipsed through the field after the meet, huffing and puffing the whole way home. Point being, she hates running...

When There Is Nothing Else You Can Do
Jun 17, 2011
Written by Sarah Wilson

When There Is Nothing Else You Can Do

By Natalie Taylor

Today, June 17, 2011, marks the four-year anniversary of my husband’s passing. Josh Taylor died suddenly when he was 27 years old and expecting his first child. To any of us who were close to him, he is never far from our every thought. But today is a distinctly different day. Anniversaries of any kind, good or bad, whether we like them or not, force us to think about how far we’ve come or how little ground we've made, how much time has passed or how slowly it has gone by, and at least for me, I always think about where we were before this day ever became an anniversary of a life lost, when June 17 was just another day. Now, however, June 17 carries a weight...

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