Strong is Beautiful
On Saturday, January 17th, Crossfit Human Laboratory hosted a huge fundraiser called the Southwest Fitness Throwdown. The event not only raised money for the March of Dimes, but also promoted athleticism and well-being in our city. The participants had to complete three Crossfit workouts in one day. The event hosted participants from Crossfit El Paso, Crossfit El Paso East, Crossfit Human Laboratory and Crossfit Get Lifted. The SWFT was an overall success and the athletes were so inspiring! I felt the need to share this with our blog readers because you can't be beautiful without being healthy! Also, I plan on competing in next year's event!
Our friends Jaclyn & Veronica (Veronica won 1st place in the women's division!)
Me and my friend Gabe, one of the contestants and 8th place qualifier in the men's division.
DJ Miguel Gamino was there to pump up the contestants!
For more information about the SWFT, click here.
-J.
Sunday Sunday
Happy Sunday Everyone! Hope your Easter was as good as ever. Cassie's en route back from NYC and I'm sure she'll have plenty of excitement to share. I kept it a pretty quiet weekend here in Texas. I interviewed a couple of people for some articles, got my hurrr did, and recovered from my new exercise regimen.
I became a part of the CROSSFIT phenomenon a couple of weeks ago and although I'm beat up and SORE, I anticipate it's going to be a breakthrough for my body, soul, and mind. My knees were a little beat up after doing 200 push ups (with my knees on the floor), but I'm still going strong! Here goes nothing (and week three).
My beat up knee.
Gym Rules--No Joke!My friend Joseph started beauty school and I asked him to give me a body wave for Summer. So far I'm loving it. Can't wait to play around with it. I've never known what it's like to have wavy/curly hair so this is exciting. This is totally doable if you have straight, unbleached, mid-length to long hair. Here's the finished product 
xoxo,
j.