I haven’t mentioned it because I try not to complain to you guys but I have had a pulled hamstring and some serious lower back pain the last few months.  As a result, I had backed off and modified some of my training.  During my Thanksgiving vacation, I took it easy and stuck with light […]

Last week, I went camping in the Sequoia National Forest.   It was a perfect week.   Something Brent and I both needed.  We  left BY OURSELVES Sunday evening bringing the essentials. My parents joined us Monday evening with Thing One and Thing Two, sometimes known as my children. We planned to leave on Wednesday […]

All the world’s a stage gym. Last Thursday, I didn’t plan to workout.   I had already gotten in a good workout the day before but then I saw this… …like a crazy woman thankfully the kettlebells were still in the car The Workout 10 Kettlebell Snatches  (5 right, 5 left) 4 Flights of Stairs […]

Recently, Gwyneth Paltrow, said in her weekly GOOP newsletter that she “had the beginning stages of osteopenia.”  Osteopenia is the thinning of bone mass considered by many doctors to be a precursor to osteoporosis.  (Thank you Google.)  One of the causes is a lack of vitamin D and Dr. Lipman finishes off Gwyneth’s (yes we […]

(Source) Hope you had a great weekend and for those who are mothers a fantastic Mother’s Day.  I bought myself a little present that I’ll tell you about later this week   but first I want to finish my Climbing the Ladder:  Fun Workout Tools series. Here are links to the earlier posts if you want […]

Went to the cupboard. Despite being close to the show. When she got there The cupboard should have been bare Since she has trouble with “NO”. Here’s a recap of the competition from yesterday. The competition was an hour away from my house (w/o traffic) in Hollywood so I had decided I’d drive down in […]

Shoulders are one of my favorite body parts.  I love the way sculpted shoulders look in tank tops and halter tops.  For me this has been and still is one of the hardest body parts to build.  The last few months I’ve been using Wednesdays to focus on my shoulders. This is what I  know […]

Last week I posted the workout I’ve been doing on Fridays.  In keeping with my tendency to do things backwards, here is my Monday workout.  I just finished a 4 week cycle doing this every Monday.  So this week I be changing things up again.   A. Pike Push-ups – Almost to failure. …I don’t […]

I love my garage gym.  Mostly because I can dance like a fool without anyone watching but the spiders.  I’m feeling better today than last week.  Hal-le-lu-jah. Hallelujah.  Hallelujah.  The monster from Present Monster Syndrome has retreated to the closet.  Hopefully she stays there. As I’ve said before, I like to do the same workouts for 3 […]

even when you eat healthy.   I eat healthy why am I not losing weight??? I know this question and know it well.  I’ve been eating healthy foods for about 8 years but it wasn’t until last year that I lost a significant amount of weight. Here is my two cents from my own experience as to […]