Monthly Archives: June 2018

Half a week’s worth

Posted on June 29, 2018 by G

I get to write about a few workouts here… Wednesday was a easy peasy lemon squeezy treadmill run before starting my day, 30 minutes and done. Nothing really to report, other than to reiterate that HGTV is my favorite treadmill … Continue reading →

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Plan? what plan?

Posted on June 26, 2018 by G

This morning I met with one of the trainers at my gym to get my "exercise prescription" after the fitness evaluation. For some reason I thought it would be like a week’s worth of plan, but it was an accessory … Continue reading →

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Actual recovery run

Posted on June 22, 2018 by G

My quads and associated leg-parts are sore (guess those squats yesterday morning were heavier than I thought) and today I planned to do some yoga and maybe a short walk, but it’s cool and lightly drizzly and I really wanted … Continue reading →

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Back on dat grind

Posted on June 21, 2018 by G

While I was hanging out in my gym’s office I saw their events schedule for the rest of the year. The annual powerlifting comp, MIA from May, is slated for October. I like this little casual comp and have been … Continue reading →

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Alejandro the Chinchilla

Posted on June 20, 2018 by G

First off, I fail at recovery runs. After my 2 a day yesterday ($husband strained his back doing rows; now he’s grumpy and it seems to be all my fault because I tried to correct his form and he "can’t … Continue reading →

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External evaluation

Posted on June 19, 2018 by G

(Warning: very much body talk in here, feel free to scroll on past.) I don’t think I mentioned that last week I scheduled my first ever fitness evaluation at my work gym. I resisted this for a long time. I’m … Continue reading →

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Ad hoc leg day

Posted on June 14, 2018 by G

Someone did me the indignity of scheduling a meeting over my gym time again so I shorted myself on sleep and headed in early for the second day in a row. It was a pretty strenuous and fast-paced leg day. … Continue reading →

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Sort of hardbody maybe

Posted on June 13, 2018 by G

Most of the time I feel like I look pretty average and lumpy in my clothes, certainly not hardbody at all. This morning after my workout, I was in a towel in the locker room drying my hair, and I … Continue reading →

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In which I lift weights and sew a dress

Posted on June 7, 2018 by G

This week has been a little bit weird and a lot busy. I worked at home both Monday and Tuesday– Monday’s my normal work at home day, but we were expecting packages both days that I needed to be home … Continue reading →

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What is a posterior chain and what does it do?

Posted on June 1, 2018 by G

Google has some interesting search suggestions when you start typing "posterior chain" into the search box, the title of the post was one that popped up and made me chuckle. I was searching for posterior chain exercises in case there … Continue reading →

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