September 22, 2010
If there’s one move that you will find in every workout from Jillian Michael’s to CrossFit to Bootcamp to Prison, it’s the lowly push-up. (Pushup? Push up? Whatever.) For good reason too, they work your shoulders, back, chest and even your core. But let’s be honest, push-ups have their drawbacks. They can be hard on your wrists. They can give you neck or back pain. They can be too difficult. Or they can be too easy, depending on your skill level. But for me the real downside is how boring regular push-ups get. So today the Gym Buddies and I [...]
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September 21, 2010
Chalk it up to a loaded genetic gun, the shortening days, Jelly Bean’s self-weaning (she was my oxytocin dealer, yo) or an illness in the family – How about d) all of the above? – but I’ve dove headlong back into the dumpster of depression. (I have not, however, lost my powers of alliteration. It’s like the super power Wonder Woman would have if she wore glasses and had a slight overbite.) Irritability. Over-sensitivity. Moodiness. Forgetfulness. Sleepiness. Despair-iness. My thoughts swirling like snowflakes through my brain, never settling, never coalescing except to form brief nightmarish pictures for me to obsess [...]
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