I know it’s only October but let’s be honest, Halloween is a week away, after which it’s only 7 weeks until Christmas then a week until 2012. That means it’s time to get a little more serious. There will be meals out, parties that will interfere with the schedule, cold weather that will make workouts [...]

My parents who were here for the last 2 weeks leave today which is sad in many ways, yet a relief in one way. I made a deal with myself that I wouldn’t stress about my workouts or my diet while they were here and I managed to do just that. In fact, my relaxed [...]

I decided to try the WOD from yesterday’s Fitbomb entry which looked like this: Strength: Turkish Get Ups (45lb KB) (I made it through 15 per side, 1-2-3-4-5) Metcon: 5 sets: 12 deadlift 155lb 9 hang clean 155lb 6 push press 155lb (it was actually jerk press but I decided to push) I got through [...]

Day 31 was Friday, as in the past weeks I took Thursday after bootcamp as a rest day. Friday I did a mini Fran with the girls at gym but instead of just thrusters and chinups they did: 10-15-10-15-5 Thrusters Chin Ups Push Ups V Snaps Saturday we were at a hotel out of town [...]

Day 26 – Short Crossfit type workout at gym with girls: x10: 5 pullups 10 sumo deadlift high pull with 25lb kettlebell 15 pushups 20 bicycle crunch Day 27 – Olympic Lift Practice 5 deadlift 5 clean 5 hang clean 5 strict press 5 push press repeat 3x with 65lb then 3x with 115lb Finish [...]

I have abandoned the ARX in favour of a move that I remember vividly as giving me an extremely strong core, the Turkish Get Up. I am a big fan of the TGU and believe that it was the move that was responsible for giving me a set of recognizable abs for only the second [...]

Interesting that it has taken a lawsuit filed by the FTC for people to wake up and realize that Reebok lied their asses off about their stupid Easy Tone butt lift shoes. The commercial was certainly enticing but did people seriously think this was little more than an elaborate hoax? I have been asked about [...]

No matter how much I plan, round 8 seems to be getting wiggy all by itself. For some reason I can’t stick to the P90X or insanity plan and randomly throw in days of kettlebell, olympic lifting, various bodyparts and so on. I am not complaining, it’s actually quite a relief to be able to [...]

Although I was scheduled to do a rest week, I had decided I wouldn’t. Seems like subconsciously I didn’t like that decision and kind of took it easy this week. By taking it easy I mean: Thursday: Fountain of Youth Yoga with Tony Friday: Killer Cage Abs with kids at gym (below) Saturday: Off Sunday: [...]