A few weeks ago, I talked about  “the cobbler’s children have no shoes” syndrome”, i.e., I’ve been finding it difficult to make time for my own workouts. Then, I read this post by Alwyn Cosgrove.  (He and his wife Rachel have written some of the BEST stuff about fitness out there.)  While I don’t agree […]

You know the saying, “the cobbler’s children have no shoes”? In my case it would be, “the swinger’s children have no…” Oh never mind. What I’m trying to say (and failing miserably) is that I don’t want to be an out of shape trainer.  I want to be a trainer that walks the talk. While […]

Guess what? Last Saturday, I competed in my last taekwondo tournament of a 9 month long season. Brent and Thing 1 were away on a Boy Scout Campout so it was just me and this guy! He was my travel companion, cheerleader, photographer, and pack mule. Aside from not getting first in both of my […]

Last weekend’s tournament, I had a crew of support and love.

This weekend it’s just me…. and this guy!

Last week, I set some “vacation  goals”. The main goals were to “relax, read, foam roll, and sleep”.  What I didn’t want to do was to make the vacation all about food and come home  almost 10 lbs heavier.  Been there done that and it has never been worth it.  I’m happy to report back […]

Another weekend filled to the brim and spilling over with a crazy hodgepodge of activities. A taekwondo tournament. A sudden urge to pull off the freeway when we saw a sign that said “Lake Elsinore Historic Downtown”. A wonderful little Italian restaurant with a character of an owner. A long talk in the car with […]

(source) Fitness trends change almost as fast as a Forever 21 storefront window and the last few years the use of the phrase “functional fitness” has rivaled the popularity of skinny jeans.  However, unlike skinny jeans, (I’d much rather wear these bell bottoms even if they are high waisted) functional fitness is here to stay like […]

And she is on her way to a nervous breakdown.  Kidding.  Sort of. Between traveling, getting sick, moving, preparing our rental, taekwondo tournaments and normal and not so normal life stuff like going to the grocery or vacuuming, (we may or may not have just vacuumed for the first time since we moved a month […]

This weekend Brent and I took off for Vegas for the day. Again 6:45 AM : Left the house By 8 AM: we made it to the Mojave Desert. Noon: Arrived at the classy Sante Fe Station for the tournament. 2 PM: I competed. I fell and… …got this. I got first place in both […]

This past weekend we went to Arizona to visit my grandparents and to compete in a taekwondo tournament.  It was supposed to be a fun mini vacation.  Unfortunately, my lack of sleep finally caught up with me and I spent a good part of the last 5 days in bed sick.  Aside from a little […]