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Don’t worry, I’m still a lifter – not a runner

by ~jenniferlynn on November 14, 2012

in Weight Lifting

I feel like the entire tone of this whole blog lately has gotten a bit too runner-like, but I want to reassure you that my passion and love in life is still weightlifting. As much as I am excited to be able to check off a 10k from my goal list, when I’m doing my […]

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And so begins week 2..

by ~jenniferlynn on November 6, 2012

in Running, Weight Lifting

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 […]

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Next up.. (fill in the blank)

by ~jenniferlynn on October 18, 2012

in StrongLifts, Weight Lifting, Working Out

And.. it’s the end of another era. I have completed my second ever lifting program! Back in July, I finished up New Rules of Lifting for Women and wanted to do something more “big lifts” focused. Under the recommendation of Jared, I started to do Stronglifts 5×5, which involves three workouts a week, alternating a set […]

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September Goals!

by ~jenniferlynn on September 1, 2012

in Goals

I wrote about my pretty successful August goals here, so what’s in store for September? Blog: Become either a Fitfluential Ambassador or Sweat Pink Ambassador; been working on these two, so crossing my fingers that I get accepted! Food: This is probably the most difficult goal because successfully completing the Whole30 program is going to take a lot […]

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August Goals Recap

by ~jenniferlynn on August 31, 2012

in CrossFit, StrongLifts, Weight Lifting

When I set up my goals for August, I focused on five main categories: blog, food, lifting, cardio, and other. So how did I fare from where I wanted to be? Blog: Goal was to post 3-4x a week – Success! I also increased my Twitter and Facebook network! Food: Goal was to EAT MORE. […]

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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 […]

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Fitness Cheerleader’s August Healthy Living/Fitness Blogger Writing Challenge: Day 21: Why did you start a blog? I have only been blogging since February, so the original intent of this blog is pretty much the same as how it is today: to blog about my journey to be healthy and strong. I wanted to track my […]

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Fitness Cheerleader’s August Healthy Living/Fitness Blogger Writing Challenge: Day 17: Share your favourite workout routine This is a bit tough for me to say since I recently finished one program and onto another, and haven’t ever really had to create my own routine in between. I’ve found in the last 6 months that sticking to […]

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Weekly Roundup!

by ~jenniferlynn on August 11, 2012

in StrongLifts

Between all of the awesome blogs that I read and other random tidbits from the internet, I thought I’d start a weekly roundup of articles that I’ve enjoyed and articles that I think you’d like, too! I want to think of a cute name for this weekly piece, so if anyone has some creative ideas, […]

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Quick news update for my blog! 🙂 I decided to start integrating my site with Facebook and Twitter.. so please take a quick minute to follow me 🙂   ••••••••••••••••••••••   If you’ve been keeping up with my posts, you’d know that I decided to try out Fitness Cheerleader’s August Healthy Living/Fitness Blogger Writing Challenge. […]

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