Live Fit and Sore

Category: Fitness/Exercise

  • Brother/Sister bonding

    This is my brother Jon. We took this pic right before we went on our run this morning. How great is it that when my brothers come to visit me – we bond over exercise? We went on the trail and ran for a bit over an hour. This heat is rough on West coast…

  • Live Fit and Sore in print

    I came home yesterday and went to bed. It was 6p. Got up around 9p. Went back to bed at 10p. I am not feeling good so I decided to skip my workout this morning to get some rest. Turns out 2 other boot campers that I am very close too also aren’t feeling so…

  • Weds workout

    i’m not feelin so good. It started this afternoon…. WOD: warmup: 2 min jump ropes core x2 general stretching knee to elbow jumps 6 inches V Ups workout 2x: oblique tugs 45lbs ring rows 30lb db step ups 12lb wall ball squats (have to get the ball over the 10ft line) pull-ups 45lb split jerks…

  • You can’t shirk your commitments!

    A very very tough workout this morning. I tried as hard as I could to find a reason to skip it this AM but I can’t shirk commitment. warmup x 2 side shuffle push-ups checkpoints skip jumps general stretching core x 2 partner leg raises sit-ups ball twists high five push-ups workout 5 min stations…

  • In the Zone Mothering

    I keep hearing how Kobe Bryant is in the zone right now – game face ready to win the NBA championship.  In the zone – allows an athlete to focus completely on the task at hand and not worry about anything else but the next shot, play, etc. I  was thinking about this and how…

  • Running and relieving stress

    I have mentioned the past few weeks about my stress levels and how high they are right now.  Some say running is a great way to way to handle stress. Any exercise is really but here is some info on running and why it’s so good! Running is particularly great as a stress relief technique…

  • Monday is Here!

    Welcome to Monday. It was hard to get up so I chose this picture from the Toys R Us in Times Square, NYC to capture my feelings about it. Enjoy! It was a new camp session. warmup x2: rockette kicks forward lunges bounding back peddling core x2: 25 bottom up push-ups 6in flutters V ups…

  • What if I didn’t workout?

    This is me this morning after a 4.5mil run on the W&OD trail. It was hot and humid and great. I have had a lot on mind lately both personally and professionally that I am finding these runs really help me quiet the thoughts in my head, at least temporarily. On a different topic –…

  • I’m exhausted

    Today was a crazy day – I took the early morning off to take care of lots of those Mommy things to get ready for the end of school – 8a dentist appointments for both kids, end of year Kindergarten conference with Nate’s teacher, Target run, First grade registration, and finally camp registration all before…

  • It’s Thursday – People!

    The alarm went off as usual – but this time I almost talked myself into continuing my slumber – but my commitment voice overpowered it and got my ass out of bed. I am glad I did, bc as hard as the workout was – I felt great afterwards… warmupx2 sprints lunges heel to butt…