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Fired Up Friday Dec 14

14 Dec

Workouts are like brushing teeth
So training was a little bit of everything this week. What am I training for? Christmas cookie season. If I’m not baking them, I’m eating them and exchanging them and going to holiday parties and washing them down with wine. Christmas cookie season needs to be earned though, so I ran six miles on Monday, CrossFit and pilates on Tuesday, spinning and kickboxing on Wednesday, boot camp (12 days of torture Christmas) on Thursday, going to hit the elliptical today for a “rest” day, then 10 miles on Saturday, three miles, strength training and yoga on Sunday (at least that’s the plan).

Thankfully my boy Deadmau5 has new music out to keep me on point. I love Deadmau5. I want to make Deadmau5 cookies. But you know what they say, if you give a mouse a cookie…

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Fired Up Friday Dec 7

7 Dec

Blisters and Bruises | Reasons To Be Fit
I’m probably a year or two late to this party, but I love CrossFit. I purchased a Groupon for a local CrossFit gym and it’s totally sucked me in. It’s like boot camp class on steroids and it’s amazing how some of the simplest moves — no weights, no machines — can be so challenging (google search “CrossFit Wall Climbs”). I also like how you can pack a mega intense workout into 30 minutes or less. At first I felt like a slacker because I only worked out for 20 minutes, but I push myself harder in those 20 minutes than I do on an hour-long run. Is it weird that I like the feeling of my muscles giving up and going into spasms? Or that I love being so sore the next day I can’t take my jacket off?

Equally as awesome, the CrossFit gym by me has kickboxing too. Not Billy Blanks TurboJam, we’re talking pounding on a heavy bag for 40 minutes until sweat is dripping into your eyes, which sucks because you have boxing gloves on your hands and can’t do anything to stop it.

Not so awesome is how expensive CrossFit is. Damn I’m going to be sad when my Groupon is up.

In celebration of the CrossFit spirit, I present Kanye West’s new dish “Clique” for Fired Up Friday. Hip hop is always blasting through the speakers at CrossFit and it promotes a general badass feeling when one completes their WOD or throws a perfect punch. Go get some!

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Fired Up Friday Nov 30

30 Nov

Guess what? It’s my TWO month blogiversary. How’s that for fired up? I’m surprised I haven’t included a Kyle Minogue song yet for Fired Up Friday since I’m pretty much obsessed with her music. So let’s go with the latest single, Timebomb, which until today I didn’t realize has an awesome video. Probably because MTV doesn’t play videos anymore or MTV2 for that matter. Although, they do play Saved by the Bell reruns now. I’m so excited! Right Jessie? You have no idea what I’m talking about, so quick explanation…

Most gripping and emotional episode of Saved by the Bell ever, with an Emmy-worthy performance from Elizabeth Berkley.

But back to Kylie, who is going to motivate you to drop it like its hot this weekend since a) she’s hot, b) she’s a breast cancer survivor and c) she’s 44 people! I’m not a big fan of the leather jacket with a giant heart, but damn, I’d be lucky if I looked that good at 44.

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Fired Up Friday Nov 23

23 Nov

I’m all for speed and going fast — it’s my preferred modus operandi — but sometimes things pick up too much speed and you can’t keep up, or worse still, you can’t enjoy the moment. I’ve been feeling that way lately and even more so with the holidays. You want everything to be perfect and you get so caught up in the details, schedules and making everyone happy that when it’s all over, you feel kind of empty. Don’t do that. Slow down. It’s Thanksgiving after all, so just take a moment, breathe, and appreciate whatever moment you’re in: the run, the climb, the airport, the crazy family, the Black Friday shopping lines. No, scratch that last one. That’s just a waste of time.

Get some Tritonal – Still With Me fired up in your headphones and breathe in the moment.

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Fired Up Friday Nov 16

16 Nov

I’ve been in Miami the past couple of days, a city I don’t particularly like. One of the things I don’t like about it is the traffic. I hate driving here. The roads are weird and don’t make sense to me, the highways all seem to be tollways (without cashiers) and I might have to give Florida the “worst drivers in the U.S.” award. It’s not rush hour, we’re on the freeway, speed limit is 65… why are we all driving 55? I’ve found music is the best way to combat Miami traffic, with Feed Me’s “One Click Headshot” being the best fit. Be thankful you’re not stuck in Miami traffic and go for a run, a hop, a skip or a jump.

You can also just blast this song in your car, bob your head and feel really cool.

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Fired Up Friday Nov 9

9 Nov

I am not a fan of country music, but the new Taylor Swift album* is not country music.  And she named the damn album after me so I had to get it. This is my favorite song from the first “country” album I’ve ever purchased. If you pull up next to me in my car and I’m rocking out oblivious to the world, this is probably what’s playing. Thus, it makes for excellent running, jumping, kicking, catapulting music. Oh, I knew you were trouble when you walked into my ears Taylor Swift, you and your high school love songs.

*I initially typed “Taylor Swift CD” and then I laughed, because nobody uses CDs anymore.

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Fired Up Friday Nov 2

2 Nov

You know this jam is going to be blasting when I’m running across the Golden Gate Bridge on Sunday – I can go fast, I can go slow, I can go places nobody else goes. Betchya never seen something like that! I think you should use it to add an extra mile, an extra minute or an extra set. Or, just work out the old fashioned way and drop it like it’s hot playa!

The actual remix I have on my iPod is available for download here (hot!), but for your viewing pleasure, here is the official Nelly Furtado – Big Hoops (Bigger the Better) video.

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Fired Up Friday Oct 26

26 Oct

It’s starting to get chilly outside (a.k.a. no more 80’s in Atlanta), but how can you not get fired up with this: Alex Clare – Too Close. You know it as the song from the IE9 commercials. I know it as a mainstay of my iPod. I read that Clare was actually dropped from his record label right before this song was picked up by Microsoft. Ooops. Now get out there and kick some ass, because you can either be sore tomorrow or sorry tomorrow (awesome line stolen from a photo on Pinterest).

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Fired Up Friday Oct 19

19 Oct

It’s Friday! Which means you need some new tunes to power through the weekend. I will not be running this weekend. I will be working Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta which means I will be up for pretty much 24 hours straight on Saturday. So thus, I pick Martin Solvieg – The Night Out for this week’s Fired Up Friday. And because Madeon rocks, I pick his remix. You want to spend the night out?

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Fired Up Friday

12 Oct

I know pumpkin won the vote this week, but it’s Friday, which means its time for Fired Up Friday — here to make sure your iPod is filled with the motivation you need to get through that last mile, last turn, last hill or last call. Pumpkin can wait until the weekend.

I think the radio had an overdose of David Guetta this summer, but I’m glad at least one song from the Nothing But the Beat album didn’t get played to death: I’m a Machine ft. Crystal Nicole. I will need to be a machine for the next week as we get ready for the final race of the season – Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. If you see me sprinting across the Yokohama bridge, I might have this song playing in my brain.

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