When I stopped working in a mall (decades ago), I promised myself that it would take an emergency for me to voluntarily head to any shopping mall on a Saturday.  I’ve managed to honor that vow since then.
So when I drove to my gym today, I admitted that the poor air quality from the California [...]

Cardio. Ugh.. I have sweat?

I really don’t like doing cardio at the gym.  The idea of driving 4 miles to walk into a building, move my body on an artifical surface just to make myself sweat is undignified and a bit distasteful.
Yes, I could use the great outdoors to get my cardio except:

At the moment, there is so much [...]

Tale of the Scale: Week of 6/22

The weather here in NoCal has been a challenge to outside activities.  First several days with highs over 100 and still dry air.  Then dry lightening sparked wildfires.  There are over 800 fires being fought in Califronia.  The ash being pumped into the air is making it unhealthy.
The hot weather made me really lazy in [...]

Push-ups, Pull-ups and Then What?

Reading through the fitness blogs, especially those written by women, there is a lot of goal setting aimed at push-ups and pull-ups.
I’ll admit I’ve bought into the goal-setting, even if I’m not participating in the 100 pushups training challenge.  I like the idea of being able to do a number of push ups and the [...]

Eating My Way Healthy

It’s 10:30 am and I’m digging into my mid-morning snack as I type this. Curious? It’s a small plate of mixed baby greens, with 5 sliced strawberries and 3 ozs of Oscar Mayer 98% fat free shaved turkey breast. The whole thing is topped with .5 Tbs of extra virgin olive oil [...]

Why I Exercise

If exercising makes a woman look this relaxed and happy, why wouldn’t she do it?
I’ve already documented how I started working out this time, and the amazing benefits I’ve found in exercise. But Charlotte (and indirectly MizFit) asked why I exercise; I’m taking this to mean why do I exercise now.
I started [...]

Wishing I’d Taken Advantage

I was doing an upper body workout yesterday.  Nothing too remarkable.  I’d done a poor job on my incline-bench chest presses, but gone on to do accomplish my goals for the other exercises in my routine.  At the end, I thought:
What the hell.  Why not go back to the free-weights.  If  there is an open [...]

Goal Setting: The Pull Up

I’ve set a new goal for myself. This is one Zandria has expressed, too, but I am putting my goal on a clock:
By October 16th, I will do an unassisted pull-up.

Krista @ Stumptuous says in Mistressing the Pull-Up:
Pullups are a cool exercise. They look tuff, they feel butch, they’re low-tech, and they [...]

Bout Damn Time

Finally.
Trainer Guido and I did the regular “weights and measures” thing today; I usually dread this because whatever success I’ve had on the weight loss side, I have never been able to get lean. The frustration and disappointment in Guido’s voice has always made me dislike the whole exercise. Still it’s valuable information for me [...]

Just Add Friends

Found at least one secret to having fun in a workout again: add a friend.
My friend Maria has wanted me to join her at her cool, fun workout facility for some time. I don’t know why it hasn’t happened before, but today was my first time.
We had a nice session with her great [...]