Practical Applications for Functional Movements

CrossFit's quick definition is constantly varied functional movements performed at high intensity. Functional movements means useful! I've been putting my strength to good use lately with some outdoor projects. I started working on an edible garden a few weeks ago, which has so far involved weed whacking, tilling, building a raised bed, moving approximately a ton of dirt, and some digging and weeding.

At this point, I've planted a bunch of plants, but I'm not sure that I'm done yet. So far I've got strawberries, tomatoes, blackberries, raspberries, and grapes. I'm hoping to add a few more plants and maybe a couple of fruit trees if I can manage to clear some more weeds out of the area I've been planting. Still on my garden to-do list is installing drip irrigation, but since it keeps raining there's not a big rush.

It's also getting to be pool season, so with Jose's help I've been opening our pool for the year. This has involved quite a lot of hard work in the form of vacuuming and sweeping the pool. We had a pool cover on all winter, so mainly there was a buildup of pollen and dirt with a little algae growing. As I was sweeping, I was glad that I'm in such good shape due to CrossFit, because otherwise it would have been much harder.