So it probably seems a bit odd that I am starting my healthy living blog with a dirty martini but these were the first pictures I felt comfortable posting. I cannot take credit for this masterpiece fit for Snookie but it was a nice change for a dirty martini lover like myself.
From the looks of it the bartender at emBargo in Hyannis, Mass. had made quite a few of these bad boys.
Pickle Martini
3 Parts Vodka
1 Pickle juice ( these were good ole’ fashioned pickles from a big box store not anything fancy)
Pickle Chips for garnish
OK so there ya go blog world.. after months of obsessively reading blogs I am finally getting in on the action.
As for other news, I completed my first WOD (work out of the day) at Crossfit this morning. After joining for a month I am officially hooked and worked up enough guts to go to a non-beginner class bright and early this morning. As part of this journal I am hoping to keep an online record of my WODs and progression as new athlete in “the box”.
Today’s Punishment:
(For Time)
250m row
40 wallballs ( 10 lbs)
250m row
30 wallballs
250m row
20 wallballs
250m row
10 walballs
10 kettlebell swings (26 lbs)
250m row
20 kettlebell swings
250m row
3o kettlebell swings
250m row
40 kettlebell swings
20:19(wholllllly molleeyyyyy I surprised myself )
The prescribed weight for this working was a 14 lbs medicine balls for the wallballs ( throwing a medicine ball against the wall overhead) and 35 lbs for the kettlebell swings. I can say even though I did scale the weight I had the choice to cut the reps in half and I declined =).
Cube to Kitchen 