Category: Fitness/Exercise

  • Workin it out

    Our Plumbline workout today is good & fast paced.  It’s one of my favorites so far… warmup 2 rounds: checkpoints lunge jumps frankensteins pushups core 2 rounds Partner situps Partner Dynamax Ball toss where Melissa keeps trying to hit my face. 25 partner high five push-ups 3/1 min rounds AMRepsAP 55lb lunge jumps / bicep…

  • Denial on display

    Watch Part 1, 2 and 3 of Carnie Wilson on the Dr Oz show. She really is the “queen of all excuses”. She knows it and it’s is so evident when she is talking. She wants you to believe that She’s so busy. She has no help. She doesn’t like the tone of the person…

  • Monday Blues

    I’ve got a serious case of Monday blues people. I woke up this morning not wanting to go workout – but as usual, there are no excuses so I got up and headed out. I have a real serious mental case when it comes to the scale. In my entire adult life, I have never…

  • Live Fit and Sore – Get outside today!

    I am going to get outside today to enjoy the sunshine and warmer temps. Sunny and temps in the 50’s. Spring is in the air – i can feel it! We are getting ready to trade in our mini-van. Time to reclaim our coolness. Hannah is out of a car seat now and we think…

  • Just a normal weekend…

    I got up early thanks to our neighbor’s annoying car alarm going off. Not the greatest way to wake up on a Saturday. A bit later, I headed to Gold’s Gym for my usual Saturday workout. The sun was shining today and it made me want spring to be here so bad. I ran on…

  • Notable News

    Really? – The Claim – Fruit Juice Can Prevent Kidney Stones – Question – NYTimes.com. Along with medication to discourage the formation of kidney stones, sufferers are often encouraged to make dietary changes, among them drinking more citrus juices. Citrate in the fruit reduces the formation of calcium oxalate stones (the most common type) and…

  • It ain’t no secret

    Fit For Kids’ Sake: The Secret to Success and Another 50%. I need to put my money where my mouth is. I need to lead by example… I could not have said anything better than what she says in her post. I hear it all the time – “I don’t know how you do it…

  • Seeing is Believing, right?

    Because of the snow, this was the last week of this session’s boot camp even though we only did 3 weeks. Plumbline Training workout for today: warmup backwards lunges straight leg lifts (right leg, left leg) high knees tuck jumps Core 6in flutters half pikes placement sit-ups 45 push-ups 3 rounds AMRepsAP / 1 min…

  • Notable News

    Pupils have a ball in classroom Physical education teacher Christine Lugo reports the students at the all-girls Catholic school are doing more sit-ups per minute. These students are working their core! Not sure what it does for attention etc, but strong abs and good posture are so important for overall health. » The Power of…

  • Group Training – it’s a wrap

    Morning Everyone! I am in a great mood today and had a great workout: Warmup – practice double unders which I still am not able to do! Core – Stability Ball Mania 2 rounds: Half pikes leg roll ups Frankensteins back extentions reverse leg and back lifts 40 pushups Workout 2rounds AMRepsAP SDL – 145#…