Rebuilding Strength

I thought the time I took off to heal my shoulder, then the time I’ve cut back because of a medical issue, wouldn’t have any great effect upon my strength.  (silly me!).
I thought that when it felt like working hard, even though I had cut back on my weight, it was just me being careful.
The [...]

On a (foam) roll

I have a bit of tightness in my right ITB.  It mainly hurts when I kneel (and hit that bit of excess fluid), but I find it annoying.  I’ve had it off and and for years and everyone has always recommended stretching to treat it.  I have trouble stretching this band which frustrated me no-end.  [...]

Missing, but not missing, the Gym

Wow, I wrote this post yesterday.  It completely got lost somewhere.
I went to the gym last Wednesday and did a nice full-body strength workout.  Felt fabulous when I was done; felt fried when I got home.  Hadn’t made it to the gym since til this morning.  That’s five days.
I didn’t miss it.
I had the bag [...]

Oatin’ it up

I’ll admit that I’m a habitual eater.  I find something that seems to work for breakfast, lunch, or a snack and may stick with it forever.  Or until I find something that works better.  When I read about making steel-cut oatmeal overnight, I knew I’d found a technique – and a breakfast – I could [...]

For you Kettlebell Belles…

The idea of doing this workout with even the smallest kettlebell makes me rather weak in the knees. And yet, that stupid side of me says: yeah, but wouldn’t it be fun?
Reminds self of limited load on shoulder requirements.

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Working Out with Instability

Since I got the OK to begin adding load to my shoulders, I designed two workouts to use which I can alternate throughout the week.  One is simply a strength workout – nothing particularly interesting there, I think – that I’ve been doing for the past few weeks.  Only difference will be adding some sitting [...]

A Look Back Two Years To the Beginning

You all know me.  You’ve seen me doing chin-ups, read about me doing push-ups.  You know about my love of upper body routines and boredom with abs and lower body work.  I think you know I’ve lost over 40# of fat in the past 2 years, and built some remarkable muscle during that time.
But maybe [...]

An Open Letter To My Bestest Friends In the World

Dear Best Friends I’ve Had In the World (and you know who you are).
There are lots of things that I love about you gals.  I love the way you know one member can’t digest nuts, so bake batches of cookies both with and without nuts in them.
I love that you know some gals are allergic [...]

Consistency

Once I started reading about how to plan my own workouts, I was regularly reminded that I should keep to the same workout for a month for each body part.  It lets the body get used to the work, adapt, learn, get something out of it.  THEN you change the workout up a bit to [...]

Takin the Positive Road

We talk a lot on the fitness blogs about the mental part of being fit and healthy.  Focusing our attention on the positive; being supportive.  For me, it’s often a conscious choice to put on a smile and make eye contact with people all day.  You can’t imagine what a boost in the butt this [...]