My Amazon “Wish List” is so long that it even overwhelms Santa and every time I get another “might be interested” email from Amazon my list get longer.  Well almost every time. Yesterday morning, I got an email that said,  “As someone who has browsed for weights, you might be interested in seeing some […]

Anyone else like listening to Morning Becomes Eclectic on KCRW? (source) I’ve been meaning to do a lot of things for months like clean mountain of clothes off my dresser like post playlists. One of my favorite parts about working out is that I get to listen to my music without the criticism of my […]

I have two requirements for my workout clothes: One, they must be comfortable.  Two, they must flatter my pear shape.   (I’d work out in polyester leisure suits if they were comfortable and made me look more proportioned.)  So when ALO Clothing sent me a pair of Yoga Relax Pants in black and a Cross Over […]

“They” are talking again and this time, rather than telling us we need to exercise more, they are telling us we are wasting our time. Oh joy. Yesterday, the Guardian posted this article, Why Exercise Won’t Make You Thin which was basically rehash of Time’s article with the same title that was published over a […]

What do kettlebell certifications, microwaves, and raccoons all have in common? They make me nervous.  Tomorrow is my second official taekwondo tournament and I’m a bit nervous.  Okay so I’m really nervous. Considering MMA Mama beat me in the last tournament giving me a nasty bruise adding injury to insult 😉 , I think my nervousness is justified. […]

Yesterday’s post about the RKC was a long one so today I’m just going to leave you with some links for some great stuff I’ve loved reading this week. (Source) Blogger buddy, Charlotte’s new book, The Great Fitness Experiment: One Year of Trying Everything, is now available for pre-order at Amazon.  If you have never read […]

I already knew the kettlebell was one of the best fitness tools out there.  I knew it had made working out fun again. I knew it was responsible for making my core the strongest it has ever been. I didn’t know it would become a tool God would use to further shape and challenge me. […]

First things first. What the heck is a girevik you ask?  It’s a kettlebell lifter. Now the real reason I write this post. THANK YOU. Truly.  We all have busy lives and there are millions of blogs so I don’t take it for granted that you spend a few minutes to read my ramblings  Thank […]

hand. Does anyone else find that SpongeBob episode hilarious?  Anyone?  Anyone?  I bet this girl does. Unlike Sponge Bob things aren’t so funny right now in my life. I have two days until the Russian Kettlebell Challenge and the scale has been erratic.  Up and down.  Up and down.  My body is bi-polar.  (Oh wait, […]

This weekend I spent my first weekend alone in my house EVER.  We won’t talk about how old I am and how SCARED I was.  Nor will we talk about how I refused to let anyone on Facebook know I was home alone for fear that I might be friends with a closet creeper.  Ya, […]