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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

battered & bruised

but I LOVE it




I LOVE CrossFit
(and I love Elevated CrossFit)

I LOVE the changes I'm seeing in my body

I LOVE feeling STRONG

I LOVE that my box (aka ECF) is so supportive of my goals
Alan predicts that I'll be posting numbers like these in 3 months:
Back Squats 225
Front Squats 195,
Overhead Squats 165
Deadlifts 250

and holy shiz - I really hope that comes true.

I LOVE that a LOT of us at ECF want to get our Level 1 Certs 
because we are all SO PASSIONATE about CrossFit

I LOVE that sometimes... my workouts leave me battered & bruised
it's my #PROOF that I've worked hard and left everything on the gym floor
it may sound weird and little Christian Grey - but I wear my bruises with pride.
I smile a little when I look down and see them,
because I know I'm working on making myself a better athlete


what about you guys - do you wear your bruises with pride?

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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 26, 2012 at 7:48 AM

    Battle wounds are the best! :) I've got two big bruises on the tops of my shoulders right now, from doing front squats on Tuesday! Have a great day Ashley!

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  2. SarahJuly 26, 2012 at 8:41 AM

    I wear my at their finest! Does your mom hate them? My mom lectures me whenever I have a bruise, scrape, anything!

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  3. UnknownJuly 26, 2012 at 11:07 AM

    Damn girl, that looks brutal! I definitely banged up my knees this week but I feel like you definitely must push it harder than me with all that going on. Props for keeping at those double unders. I can't get msyelf to do more than a few before reverting to singles. Anyway, as always, you motivate me! --Ericka @ the Sweet Life (sweetlifeericka.com)

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  4. Jess's Journey to the Land Of SkinnyJuly 27, 2012 at 8:47 AM

    Those are some fantastic bruises and the whip marks from the rope is awesome. I love bruises from doing something hard like a CrossFit work out not for the footboard of my bed that I keep banging my leg on!
    Those weight numbers are impressive. Keep up all the hard work!

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  5. MeganJuly 29, 2012 at 1:55 PM

    Ummm. Not sure if you noticed, but as soon as I got home I started following you on instagram and was planning on finding you on Twitter and such so I could tell you we should be friends too. So you just beat me at the stalking is all ;) I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with you...errr..having someone else listen to me talk? lol. I swear I don't always talk that much.

    That's a lie.

    But seriously, you are great and we are now officially friends!

    Oh and your Crossfit stuff blows my mind. You are my hero.

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