tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26935043805001845902024-03-23T03:08:58.102-07:00Shakita's thoughts and passionsThe key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown
he will give away his energies and his life just to make
sure that one note follows the other...Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.comBlogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-37650292716756258942011-09-20T21:21:00.000-07:002011-09-20T21:21:48.225-07:00New websiteI haven't posted for a long time but I have a good excuse! I've been working on my new website. Here you can check it out! inspiredfitstrong.com . You can start checking it out, because from now on that is where I will post.Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-5647429813238559482011-08-23T06:29:00.000-07:002011-08-23T06:29:34.393-07:00101 ways to be healthyI was searching through some websites when I came in to this one http://www.revolutionaryact.com/101ways/. Visit the website and scroll on every reason and see what happens :) I think that is pretty smart, cool and motivating.
Yesterday's WOD:
10rounds:
100m sprint
10burpees
100m sprint
10 pull-ups
Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-10062189275617616692011-08-19T04:25:00.000-07:002011-08-19T04:25:30.639-07:00Team WODMore people start showing up for the workouts. I am seeing some great motivation in some of them. It is always so delightful to see somebody burning with desire to give his best and beat the WOD. In my group there are all kinds of people-from the former couch potatoe, through the pregnant lady to the professional athlete. That is what I like about crossfit. All these people have nothing in commonShakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-58925881800735589832011-08-09T04:18:00.000-07:002011-08-09T04:21:04.869-07:00Last WODTHE WOD: 1200m run21 tire flips21 pull ups21 swings
800m run15 tire flips15 pull ups15 swings
400m run9 tire flips9 pull ups9 swings
That WOD was a lot of fun :) I made it up that way because I love tires, swings and pull ups :) And the running was just the extra torture :) You should try it! If you do not have a tire to flip around you could substitute it with deadlifts :)Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-66626232463788104422011-08-03T06:00:00.000-07:002011-08-03T06:00:20.935-07:00Interview with Annie Mist Thorisdottir: Where hard work leads to triumph
Annie Thorisdottir-paul volting
A couple months ago when I did the nterviews with different crossfitters I admire, there was one lady that was really nice and forthcoming. She was one of the top crosfit athletes in the world( and currently the fittest on Earth) but that hasn't changed her personality. She was still wishful to take the time and answer the questions I prepared for her. Reading Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-42171666538961005062011-08-01T12:04:00.000-07:002011-08-01T12:04:45.508-07:00The right approach to the future
Forget the past and build the present towards reaching your future
I bet that all of you have heard about Steve Jobs. He is one of the people that I really admire. Often times when I feel trapped or challenged to take an important decision I think about him and some of the things he says in his presentations. Actually right now I am reading a book about him called The Steve Jobs Way: Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-25979960107026534232011-07-31T03:10:00.000-07:002011-07-31T03:10:04.881-07:00The strength of the effort is the measure of the result
"The strength of the effort is the measure of the result!"
Is it one of those days when you feel tired? Even exhausted? All you can think of is your bed and your comfy pillow? You know you have a bunch of things that are waiting on you to be done...but the desire to take a break...walk away from everything and just rest is irresistable? What do you choose? Show some attitude and get the work Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-84652897755184763292011-07-30T05:43:00.000-07:002011-07-30T06:39:09.329-07:00Interview with Lauren Plumey-not just a woman...an inspiration
Lauren Plumey in action
In everything you do in life you need to find something or somebody to light the fire in your heart. Sometimes that are people closest to us...and sometimes those are people that have never met us...they do not even know we exist. An year ago I started doing crossfit and there was a woman(a real crossfitter) that was my motivation, my role model. For the past year Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-57692696504159170792011-07-26T11:23:00.000-07:002011-07-26T11:26:12.570-07:00Help others grow"Try hard to get what you like...or you will be forced to like what you get!"
Have you ever found yourself in a situation when a friend or somebody close to you wanted to achieve something. They put a decent amount of work, but sometimes when it got hard they tried to find an excuse why it won't happen? They let the physical pain or physical incapability of doing something, take over their mind.Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-61025074800920928242011-07-24T12:08:00.000-07:002011-07-24T12:08:34.626-07:00A different perspectiveAt the end of the day you either focus on what is tearing you apart or what is holding you together!
I watched a short scene from a movie, where there was a servent who was talking in fron of a group of teenagers. She showed them some pictures. They looked kind of blurry and they were taken from really really close. She asked them to guess what was the real object in the picture. One of them Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-34672598194347717152011-07-21T04:10:00.000-07:002011-07-21T04:19:56.105-07:00I can...I will..I must..."Every artist was first an amateur"-Ralph Waldo Emerson
The other day I had a workout with four guys. I've been training them for the last two weeks. They are still beginners but so far they are showing big motivation, dedication and hard work. I haven't had a client so far that gave up. Most people may feel frustrated if they feel tired, if they feel like quitting put usually they push hard Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-50698480539108510172011-07-20T12:33:00.000-07:002011-07-20T12:33:48.657-07:00Be the change...The soul of an athlete can change the game...the heart of an athlete can change the world...
Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-73903821196636108022011-07-17T11:41:00.000-07:002011-07-17T11:41:43.122-07:00It is not the final destination...its the JOURNEYToday after my favorite walk in the park, I went to visit my sister. We watched some TV and as I was surfing through the channels I saw one movie I watched a couple years ago- The Peaceful Warrior.It is a film adapted to the biography book of Dan Millman- "Way of the peaceful warrior". Ever heard of Dan Millman? If you haven't, I assure you that you've missed a lot!Dan Millman is a former Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-68838362220746143732011-07-16T06:26:00.000-07:002011-07-16T06:26:09.076-07:00There's beauty behind the darkness“People don't do things for you or against you, they do things for themselves - it's fortune, good or bad, to be in the way”
Do you ever take a walk at night? Do you ever look up...see the sky...the clouds...and the moon..? Ever noticed the clouds passing infront of the moon? Looks like the sky is dark and there is nothing to brigthen it...nothing to light your path and lead you forward...and Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-77460066449780721182011-07-14T12:47:00.000-07:002011-07-14T12:47:24.272-07:00Effort pays off“I’ve found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances.Be more active. Show up more often.”
-Brian Tracy
Yesterday was another great workout. There were a some new people, that did really good, and showed some motivation and hard work! The "veterans" did great. It is really fullfilling to see how people get better, when they put the efforts needed.
The workout Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-62070484596517501962011-07-12T00:33:00.000-07:002011-07-12T00:33:43.559-07:00Pay attention to your thoughtsThere is one saying- "Thoughts become words, words become action, action becomes habits, habits become destiny."- that I find to be the mere truth. Yesteday I read Crystal Nelson's last blog post where I saw the video below. I think it is really well put. One of the lecturers at a Strongman seminar in Crossfit Overload is talking about what Greg Amundson said about the pyramid that should Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-51978622096762055742011-07-11T06:50:00.000-07:002011-07-11T06:59:34.710-07:00Latest WODsThe group practices have been going pretty well. Everybody is getting faster, stronger, more skilled and as a whole fitter.
The last two WODS were a lot of fun.
On Friday we did:
AMRAP in 20min of:
2Tire flips Ladder1 Round of Cindy between sets:
5 Pull Ups10 Push Ups15 Air Squats
Example:Round 1: 2 tire flips + 1 Round of CindyRound 2: 4 tire flips + 1 Round of Cind
On Sunday we Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-74778250371803176712011-07-10T04:26:00.000-07:002011-07-10T04:26:17.454-07:00The useless scaleToday's post will be dedicated to one of my best friends-Marta and another friend Kiril, but in reality it refers to a whole more people. What I wanna talk about is THE SCALE! And hold on! I bet that when you hear that word, the adrenaline starts rushing through your veins, you feel the butterflies in your stomach and the fear of that useless object starts overtaking you!
You are more than a Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-24080514148728881982011-07-07T06:21:00.000-07:002011-07-07T06:21:12.709-07:00The more is your potential...the more they will try to break you"All men dream; but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity. But the Dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible." ~ T.E. Lawrence
The past weekend I went to watch the Bulgarian National Swimming Championship. During competitions like this you can see Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-76288367409266594132011-07-06T05:49:00.000-07:002011-07-06T05:51:39.825-07:00Food for comfort...no more!
There are a lot of people that do not like reading books, but I bet that there is one book that everybody has read- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. There are a couple quotes from that book that are always alive in my mind. Today I was walking and thinking about something when this quote from the book popped up in my mind:
'What are you doing here?' he said to the drunkard whom he Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-80431876890502549882011-07-01T02:28:00.000-07:002011-07-01T02:28:15.510-07:00The front squatMy all time favorite move in weightlifting is THE SQUAT! I love loading my legs. I love all the squat variations there is out there, but I give the most credit to the front squat, the bulgarian squat and the back squat. Most people include in their workout programs only the back squat and add up to it all kinds of isolation movements. You can rarely see somebody in the gym doing the front squat. Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-29950794331336201772011-06-30T03:53:00.000-07:002011-06-30T03:53:57.075-07:00How taste buds change with healthy eating
Junk food versus healthy food
I was watching a Tv show about cooking. The chef is bulgarian but now lives in the USA. He was complaining how at the beginning of his cooking career in the USA,people complained of te taste of the food. He said that people overseas enjoy stronger flavors and more spicy food than in Bulgaria. It makes sense about every nation and different culture to enjoy Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-69214838611897983552011-06-28T05:47:00.000-07:002011-06-28T05:47:30.637-07:00Make a choice...
Some say that the hardest thing to do in life is to make a choice...others say the hardest is not the choice itself...but learn living with that choice after you've made it! I am sometimes puzzeled which one is harder, but probably the second one! Maybe we find it so hard to make a choice, exactly because we are afraid of what comes after that...
When we are supposed to choose between two Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-734235632884475272011-06-27T02:00:00.000-07:002011-07-01T02:34:05.788-07:00Nikolai's cookiesshWhoever thinks that cooking healthy meals can't turn out in anything delicious, either can't cook or haven't tried! :) There are countless websites about healthy cooking and there are some recepies that are really good. If you try and make some of them, you won't taste another candy to the end of your life, and eating healthy will become a lifestyle, and you will for sure feel happy and not Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693504380500184590.post-64469744009625819542011-06-25T06:59:00.000-07:002011-06-25T06:59:06.718-07:00The kettlebell swingBack in the days, when I was a basketball player, though I had a pretty good technique I used to be a little slower than I wanted to be. I was desperately trying to make my feet move faster on the court, so I found a track coach and started practicing with her. I did not like the practices very much, because they were a lot different than the intensity of my basketball practices, and back then I Shakitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704149590113893925noreply@blogger.com2