Disclaimer: FringeSport provided a discount to me on the items purchases in exchange for a review. All opinions are my own. Once upon a time, I had a home gym, pretty fully equipped with a rower, squat rack, barbells and weights, slosh pipe, plyo box, pull-up bar, and dip station. It was nothing fancy by […]
Sadly, when I had to give up my “slippers,” I also lost a big portion of my home gym. All that is left is a kettlebell, an empty barbell, and a PVC pipe. As much as I think body-weight exercises are awesome and can very effective, and even though I have a box to go […]
This week marks my second week attempting to balance training for a 10k with my strenuous lifting regimen, but so far, I’m chugging along with only minor difficulties. The plan for the week was as follows, but there are already some tweaks that needed to be made along the way, such as shortening my Sunday 4.5 mile run […]
Thanks to my girl, Gina, over at Noshing on Asphalt for nominating me to answer ten questions related to running. Silly girl, didn’t she realize that my blog is Wine to Weightlifting? She told me I could modify the questions if I wanted to make it more fit for me, so I’ll go ahead and […]
And we’re in the home stretch! Well, let me revise that to say I am in the home stretch. After 21 long days of a restrictive diet being forced upon him, my partner in crime opted to have a protein shake today with almond milk. And while on a typical day, I do not think this is […]
I’ve been a blogging bum lately, though I have been trying to be a bit more active on Twitter, so check me out there if you haven’t followed me yet (and please “like” me on Facebook!)! This last week went by pretty quickly, and the August Blogger Challenge is almost over! I feel like the last […]
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 […]