Category: Fitness/Exercise

  • Yeah, it was cold this AM.

    Plumbline Training Monday workout: 1 min jump ropes, 1 min turkish get ups (TGUs) – 1 round to warm up because we were running late again! Core work: crunches, rocking tiers, and then did 6in flutters – 2 rounds 25 bottom up push ups <– I did 30. Workout was 3 rounds AMrepsAP within 1…

  • Saturday at Gold’s

    I went out last night to say a happy hour goodbye to Cheryl “jersey”. She is moving to Tampa for a job. It makes me very sad. I have known Jersey for quite a few years but it has been the last year or so that we have become close. She pushes me in my…

  • Couldn’t find a good excuse…

    Let me say it: This month’s Thursday Camp at Plumbline is now my least favorite routine. I was searching, hunting, hungry for a good excuse to not go this morning. Hello?? Where is the ice, where is the snow, where is a fever  — pink eye anyone???  But — I could not find any excuse…

  • Help yourself and your kids: Don’t diet – CNN.com

    The 6-year-old girl who is watching her mother suck in her stomach in front of the mirror is going to look at her belly poking out and immediately think that she is fat. How awful that we just inadvertently planted the seed of lifelong discontent with her body into the innocent mind of a 6-year-old.…

  • Last week in the 4 week group training…

    Today’s group training workout at Plumbline was the last week of the 4 week session. So that mean’s weigh in PLUS body fat measurement. I stayed the same weight however I was down half a percentage (.5%)  in body fat.  MT said that if I lose another 1% he is going to throw a Plumbline…

  • You are on your way…

    I was thinking about all the new year’s resolutions people make and how the gyms are chock full of people. My co-worker A was telling me this morning that she got up to go to the gym and ended up coming home once she got there because she couldn’t find a parking spot. Can you…

  • How did you align yourself with your healthy and fit goals today?

    Tuesday workout: warm up: checkpoints, lunges, frankensteins, push-ups core: partner 14lb dynaball tosses, and then ball twists 25 head to head partner double high five partner push-ups. workout: AMRepsAP  for 3 rounds bicep curls 135# deadlifts TGUs 20lbs hangclean push presses 25Lbs 25lb kettlebell swings extra round for time: 40  bicep curls 10 135# deadlifts…

  • The Clothes Make the Girl: Great Body Image Post

    The Clothes Make the Girl: Great Body Image Post. I love posts like this that help you realize a better you! Read it and enjoy!

  • News to Note

    Weight Loss: What Works? → Cranky Fitness. I like #5 mentioned in this article. 5. Give up on being perfect. Aim high, if you want. But don’t expect to avoid falling on your face every now and then. You’re NOT going to be perfect at this; no one is. It’s New Year’s Eve! What’s in…

  • Monday’s back!

    Plumbline Training Monday workout: 1 min jump ropes, 1 min turkish get ups (TGUs) – 1 round to warm up because we were running late. Core work: crunches, something else where we connected our knees and elbows and rocked, and then did 6in flutters – 2 rounds 25 bottom up push ups Workout was 3…