Not in the mood to be screwed with.

I’ve got to admit that I really get sick of cardio sometimes. There are days when it is only the presence of a chatty companion or my iPod blasting in my ear that pulls me through the required session, and today was one of those days. Mom started her third round of chemo this morning, [...]

Monday Afternoon. Back, Bi and Cardio.

In the gym by myself today, I managed to squeeze in a back and bi workout, a half hour of cardio, and even some stretching. A nice little workout, nothing too strenuous, but I worked up a good sweat anyway. This was the first weight workout I’ve done by myself in a while, but I [...]

Cardio quickie, on the Canadian side. And a confession.

First, the confession: I still haven’t recorded my most recent workout, which was the very last workout I will ever have at Womack’s Gym. I could use the excuse that I’ve just been really busy (which I have) or that I have been travelling (also true), but the truth is that for some reason, I [...]

Hitting Both Sides

Front and back. A combo I actually liked. What a great way to sneak in a chest workout – pair it with one of my favourites, back! I trained with Barry and Todd tonight, which was fun. I haven’t seen much of either of them since I’ve been home, so I’m pleased to be training [...]

Why I work with a trainer…

One good reason: Avoiding humiliation… And another: Avoiding injury… (Oh, and of course, the number one reason is that I adore you, Mike. Really…)

How to heat up a Sunday morning.

On a cold, windy, snowy Sunday, what I most want to do is light a fire, curl up on the sofa with my coffee, and laze the morning away with the papers and my favourite crossword puzzle of the week. Ha! No such luck. I just have too much to do today. So instead, I [...]

Queen of the Mountain

I’ve been doing a lot of interval-type training for cardio lately, such as running speed intervals on the treadmill, or using short, intense programs on the step mill. But after a thoughtful comment from a reader a couple of weeks ago, I had been contemplating including one or two distance/length workouts in my rotation to [...]

Good Morning, Michael.

Yeah, so there I was, facing training in the morning again. And we all know how much that thrills me. Add to that the fact that Friday means chest, shoulders and tris, my suckiest workout of the week, and you have all the ingredients for a miserable start to the day. However. Today my trainer [...]

Tex-Mex and the Treadmill.

I had a very busy day today. It started with an early morning trip to my doctor’s office for blood work (fasting, and believe me when I say that no food is bad enough, but no coffee? Yeah, okay, just stay out of my way.). And it ended with a relaxing massage courtesy of my [...]

Leprechaun Cardio Girl. Happy St. Patrick’s Day.

A little wearing of the green in celebration. ‘Cause, yep, thanks to my Boylen and Turner great grandparents, I’m part Irish. In the gym by myself: I forgot my heart rate monitor strap, so I’m not really sure of the ranges, but I definitely worked up a sweat! Step mill: Fatburner Level 9, 5 minutes, [...]