Some of you saw this pic when I Facebook/Tweeted it and were wondering what the Gym Buddies and I were doing at the bottom of the pool (and some of you also wondered how I have lived this long and not learned how to be underwater without plugging my nose – in my defense, in …
Andrea may look tiny but girl can squat all 3 of us Gym Buddies put together. Plus she’s a mom of 1-year-old twins – if that doesn’t say strong, I don’t know what does! Butt wink. Andrea (long A) from CrossFit St. Paul hadn’t even known me for 30 minutes when she first told me …
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YOU GUYS. HULA HOOPING IS RIDICULOUSLY FUN! See? It’s making me all scream-y and caps-y. But I cannot tell you enough how much fun we had this month. Not only that but this has got to be one of the most commented-on Experiments we’ve ever done (and we’re used to getting a lot of comments/stares/crazy …
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I had a lovely informative post set for tonight about how about how our sleep patterns affect our hunger cycles (scintillating!) but I had to drop everything when this happened: Yes, these are MANTIES. (Panties for men in case you didn’t catch that. It’s late, I’m tired. And also hungry… if only I knew if …
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Rainbow-striped sweat towel? Check. Hair pulled back? Check. Sports bra adjusted to move armpit skin inward so I can pretend it belongs on my chest? Double check! Dumbbells, Harbinger weighted jump rope, and My Trainer 100-Calorie Workout cards? Check! After a set-up routine that would make a shuttle launch jealous, the Gym Buddies and I …
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Why yes that is Gym Buddy Allison’s adorable grin gracing the front page of Shape.com! One-legged squats. Push-ups. Plank. Burpees. We’ve all seen them done so many times that, admit it, sometimes we write them off as too easy or boring. But in an article I wrote for Shape, I discovered that while these humble …
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Kevin and his baby boy – nothing like getting tongue kissed by a baby! Juggling a hula hoop, my toddler, my gym bag, my preschooler, an alarm clock/CD player*, an infant in her huge carseat (just babysitting Turbo Jennie’s baby, I did not pop out another one!) AND an umbrella, I cursed under my breath …
Read more “My First 24-Hour Relay: I’m funnier without sleep! [Your chance to do some good]]”
Think fast: It’s two minutes until your favorite group fitness class is supposed to start, the room is packed with people ready to get their sweat on and all of a sudden you get the message: the teacher – a rockstar so beloved that people routinely drive a half hour past other perfectly decent gyms …
So the family and I are taking a week-long vacay! Yes, I’m going to be THAT woman, flying with four small children. Sigh. So if I’m slow answering comments or e-mails or tweets this week, that’s why! But I’ve got some great (all new!) posts scheduled and I’ll be blogging a bit from the road …
Me: “My butt hurts!” Gym Buddy: “Your butt always hurts! Even pull-ups make your butt sore!” Me: “Why is that?” Other Gym Buddy: “I don’t feel my butt but I can’t laugh for how sore my abs are.” Gym Buddy: “Oooh me too – and heaven help me if I sneeze!” Me: “Sneeze crisis! Do …
Read more “I Like My Workouts With a Side of Whine [When workouts go meh]”
