Live Fit and Sore

Month: June 2010

  • Cancer in America

    Lance Armstrong ‘I’m Here As Long As I Need To Be Here’ | Parade.com. His advice to survivors Surround yourself with positive people. People can be “pumps” or “drains,” he says, and in the wake of cancer, “there’s only room for those who can pump you up. It doesn’t help to be around anyone who…

  • HAPPY FATHER’s DAY!!

    Yesterday was a crazy day. For a good part of it, we had no internet connection. The entire community was down apparently. It made me think – what did we all do before we had it? My kids were upset, I was getting ansy  – crazy! After the graduation stuff on Friday – we took…

  • Today is a great day

    Today is one of those days that you sit down and shake your head because you can not believe how fast time has flown. My little baby – Baby Nate – is finishing kindergarten. He will be leaving the haven of the AOL Childcare Center private Kindergarten and in the fall will head to public…

  • Inspiring Quote

    The problem with not havin a goal is.. u can spend ur entire life runnin up & down the field & NEVER SCORE! -Rev Run

  • One doozy of a workout!

    I loved today’s workout although it was a really tough one. Combine the heat and the workout = one doozy of a morning workout! Warmup x 2 high knees forward lunges heel to butt springs Core x 2 hip missions core twists up and down – (legs and shoulders up and you twist, twist, twist…

  • The Burpee Workout: Get Fit Fast With This Simple Exercise

    The Burpee Workout: Get Fit Fast With This Simple Exercise | The Art of Manliness. I noticed that this info/web site is geared towards men, but women can get benefits from burpees too. I especially liked reading the part about how burpees are portable and if you are in prison – you can do them…

  • I am the burpee queen

    You would think that burpees wouldn’t be as hard as they are. Why are they so hard – can someone tell me that? My friend, Ms Connie called me the burpee queen today, which surprised me because I was cursing with each burpee broad jump I did. WOD: warmup: 2 min jump ropes core x2…

  • Inspirational Quotes

    I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious. ~Albert Einstein

  • Diet and the evolution of the brain: Fish and no chips

    Diet and the evolution of the brain: Fish and no chips Sounds like this DHA is pretty important for brain growth and evolution. The lack of it in modern diets and the change in brain chemistry that the lack causes—may be why there has been a big increase explains the growth in recent times of…

  • And the workout for today is…

    Another scorcher out there for the morning workout. There is nothing fun about working out when its this hot and humid outside..well maybe one thing: when it’s over!  How about you? What are you doing today to align with your fitness goals? warmup x 2 side shuffle push-ups checkpoints skip jumps general stretching core x…