Live Fit and Sore

Category: General Reflections

  • A national day of mobile communications rest

    Can you imagine now a days to be without your mobile communications? It wasn’t that long ago that most of us did not even consider the thought of always being connected. And for those that were – it was a mobile phone that was too expensive to casually use. How far we have come or…

  • In a Funk

    I am officially in a FUNK and it is pissing me off and making me sad at the same time. I got up this AM all raring to go. Not really that tired and wanting to have a good workout. My eating has been on point the past few days and I have renewed focus.…

  • Things that make you go hmmmm

    There are times when you wake up in the morning and you mentally and physically aren’t where you need to be to workout.  You aren’t feeling it. Sometimes you should ignore the  voice, but other times – you should listen.  Today was one of those days when I should have listened.   I just wasn’t feeling…

  • Rest days are for the weak

    Is it a bad thing that I decided to forgo a rest day to enjoy a beautiful day outside. I went for a 1.5 mi run and then mowed my yard all during my lunch hour.  There is something about getting outside and soaking in that Vit D and being physical that just makes you…

  • TYKTWD recap

    Yesterday was Take Your Kid to Work day. Scott’s company Aol. had a great program set up for the kids – from learning to blog to working the controls in a broadcast studio. It was a great day full of fun and learning. My company, K12, also did a great program that was focused around…

  • Notable News

    Personal Health – Risks for Youths Who Eat What They Watch – NYTimes.com. We have all been there with our kids. They are watching a show on TV or at the store with us and you hear the “mommy, can you buy <insert product here> for me?  Usually at my house it’s a high sugar…

  • I am good enough. People like me…

    Plumbline Workout: Warmup: 2 min jump rope Core: general stretching 2 rounds: Stability Ball crunches ball scissor twists ball 83s – ball between your legs, legs straight. When you do the sit up, bend your knees with the ball and touch the sides of your ankles. 2 rounds: reverse crunch on your stomach stomach back…

  • Report says school food making kids unfit to serve

    WASHINGTON -Too fat to fight? Many American children are so overweight from being fed french fries, pizza and other unhealthy foods at school lunchrooms that they cannot handle the physical rigors of being in the military, a group of retired officers say in a new report. In a report released Tuesday, the group says that…

  • Boot camp – as usual.

    Plumbline Training workout: Warmup x 2 shuffle pushups checkpoints skip jumps Core x 2 partner ball toss 14lb partner situps 25 reverse high 5 pushups workout 20,16,14,12,10 65lb split jerks  (since my foot is still bruised and sore, I modified this today and did push presses) 100 jump rope wall ball squats 200m run 25lb…

  • Chilly Morning Surprises

    It was again chilly this AM and we lost some soldiers in the camp because of it. The beginning and end of the outside boot camp seasons tend to be tough. It’s damn cold outside an at 530AM – it really is the last thing you want to deal with. Plumbline Workout: warm-up rockette kicks…