At one point in the NROLFW book, there is a section regarding what weight you should start at when doing a particular exercise: “Whatever you think you can use, the actual number is probably higher.” I totally believe this and oftentimes it’s hard to push yourself to your own limits.
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I hit one of my fitness goals today – I deadlifted more than my bodyweight!! 🙂
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I was wasting time on Pinterest and looking up random fitness pages and ran across this t-shirt: While I do not cuss, I really felt that this appropriately expressed how I felt after tonight’s short little workout. The official crossfit WOD for today was an untitled workout, consisting of 21 each of 95# front-squats, burpees, […]
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It has been 14 weeks since I started my New Rules of Lifting for Women program (wow, does not seem like that long!) and so far, I am very pleased with the results.  I’ve gained some weight (intentionally), but most of that is muscle. I’ve seen strength gains in ways I never thought possible (like being […]
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I’ve been working on my NROLFW program and have been very much into it and loving all of the new workouts and increased strength gains. In the meantime, my boyfriend has been working on a 5×5 program and was looking to add some more variety to his workouts. He started to create a home gym […]
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Stage 3 was the same length as stage 2: 8 total workouts, 4 “A” and 4 “B”. Â There were more new exercises introduced here which was pretty exciting since I was getting tired of step-ups and lunges! However, it brought some new horrors, including a bodyweight maxtrix, and increased time for planks (up to 90 […]
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I have been extremely fortunate to have been blessed with some great skinny-genes from my Dad’s side of the family, while still having a little bit of curves on the bottom half from my Mom’s side. That being said, I’m able to eat endless amounts of pasta and tortilla chips without gaining a pound (I know, hate […]
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