HIITing it @ Ultimate Fitness on a Saturday.

I did something today that I haven’t done in a very long time indeed. I did my HIIT cardio on the treadmill, running the high intensity portion, and walking the recovery. It was infinitely harder than running HIIT on the track or the sidewalk, because when you set the speed to 9 mph., you actually [...]

Wednesday. Weary. And wet. Yet again.

Lately, it seems it rains every day. I am beginning to feel a bit like I live in the Pacific Northwest – a breathtakingly beautiful part of the world, I agree. I lived there. But for a sunshine-girl such as I, day after day of overcast skies is a sure-fire route to depression. I NEED [...]

Where I’m heading. And a primer on body fat percentages…

Over the past ten months, I have gained almost fifteen pounds and while I don’t think most people would actually describe me as fat, I am, nonetheless, uncomfortable in my own skin. Not to mention, my clothes… those that I can still get into, that is. So the goal of my new program is to [...]

Saturday. My anti-eczema workout.

Oh man, I did not want to go to the gym today. After an enjoyable morning visit with my aunt and cousin, I was more in the mood to mellow out. But after yesterday’s eczema attack, I gave myself a stern talking-to, packed my gym bag, and forced myself up all of those 40-odd stairs [...]

A Night Owl Tackles a.m. Cardio. Ouch.

So whose brilliant idea was this, anyway? That was the question I was asking myself this morning as I pulled my behind up the stepmill at the ungodly hour of 6:45 a.m. I am a night owl. Left to my own devices, I would be quite content to stay up until the wee hours and [...]

Friday evening @ The Factory. Maybe I should just move in.

Cardio. Boring. Showed up in the pouring rain. Was soaked when I started. Dried up a bit via paper towels and the air conditioning. Got damp again from stepmill/treadmill. And soaked again when I left. In the pouring rain. This would be so much easier if I just moved in. In the gym, with my [...]

Drowned Rat. Times Two.

I had planned to get started on re-landscaping my mom’s front yard today. I’m only here until the second of July, so knowing that I’m pressed for time, I worked out a timetable that would  accommodate everything I need to do. Unfortunately, the weather is just not co-operating. It’s raining again… but the revised forecast [...]

Denmark 2, Cameroon 1. TCU 8, Florida St. 1. My Cardio Companions.

In the gym, with the World Cup and the College World Series: Stepmill: Fatburner Level 8, 15 minutes. 1.3 miles. Upright Bike: Manual, Resistance Level 1 – 5, 15 minutes, 2.55 miles. (yeah, slow.) Treadmill: 4 mph, incline 2 -6, 15 minutes, 1 mile. Too bad, Cameroon. I was pulling for you (but what a [...]

Sometimes, I’m such a wimp.

And today, that was the case. Consider: My cardio was 10 minutes on the stepmill, and 15 minutes on the treadmill. Wimp-city. And: That was my entire workout for the day. I cannot lie. So, super-wimp-city. I just had no legs today, and as tomorrow is actually “Leg Day”, it seemed rather unproductive to push [...]

Charming Men & Weight Loss. They Almost Make Up For The Fact That I Suck.

Chest and Shoulders are far and away my worst workouts even when I feel well. I have a chronic case of tendonosis in my right shoulder that can really interfere with gym sessions when it’s acting up – but that wasn’t the case yesterday. The problem yesterday, it seems, was out-and-out fatigue. I actually had [...]