Live Fit and Sore

Category: General Reflections

  • The number on the scale …

    Attention Scale Addicts! Thought it would be good to post something weight/scale related from a guy’s perspective. He makes some very fair points about the laws of attraction. Have I made my point? The bottom line is that the scale just doesn’t have any really valuable information for you. Everyone has heard the obligatory “muscle…

  • Self Image Sabotage

    I have been thinking a lot about my posture and how I look in general. I saw some candid pictures from the CrossFit Murph WOD on Monday and candidly — I was seriously horrified at how I appear. I was hesitant to post this, but then thought about how one of the things that made me…

  • Age is nothing but a number

    At age 74, will you look as good as Ernestine Shepherd, the oldest competitive female bodybuilder? Very inspiring lady — no doubt, but read closely and the hard work she puts into it. Especially when it comes to what she eats. It’s not easy to be in this sort of shape but even half in…

  • Does having children make you happy?

    Does having children make you happy? Such an interesting discussion. I know lots of people with no kids who are happy, and those will kids who are happy. I guess it all depends on how you define Happy. Nearly one in five American women now ends her childbearing years without having a child, compared with…

  • Digital Bullying

    Free to Be… Not Anymore I am sharing this because it really is a whole new world of bullying than when I was a kid. Recently I watched a Dr Drew show on CNN or some other station about bullying and he said something that really struck me. I may have even mentioned it here…

  • What would happen?

    5 Things Keeping You From Wellness I love this post – it’s so true. This is the message that I try to convey to anyone that asks me about my fitness journey and I often wish they would stop and ask what would happen if you stopped waiting for someday, and started today? They would…

  • What’s considered attractive and/or sexy in men versus women

    The Sex Difference in Sex Scandals There are some things that you can’t change about genetics and attraction I guess – no matter how far we have come. I posted this with regards to how women and men are viewed when they are in positions of power – and what is considered acceptable traits for…

  • Navy Seals – What we can learn from their approach

    5 Lessons Entrepreneurs Can Learn From the Navy SEALs I have been fascinated with the training the elite forces Surviving the Cut special on Discovery. These guys are mentally tough as nails but what i loved in this post was the mention of the wives. Some may say they are … What’s hard is good.…

  • Here’s to being fit!

    this is one of my most favorite people and who originally inspired and led me to try my first boot camp way back when – Melissa!!  At my friend’s baby shower yesterday, I was lucky enough to get to hang out with her! I miss getting my fitness on with her every morning — but…

  • Signs of a Strong CrossFit Chick

    Girls Don’t Have Those A couple years ago I was in a Tai Chi class with an instructor I hadn’t met before. As I moved through the sequence, I pressed my hands outward and the instructor walked by me at just that moment. He glanced at my palms. “Those hands have seen some hard work,”…