Today has to rank as one of the funniest (weird, not funny, although at times it was funny) conversations ever held during a workout session. No, we didn’t go for the pizza jugular, since for all of us that would be normal conversation. Rather, Russkaya was on a roll … and by roll, I mean, a juggernaut of odd verbal observations that had us in ( Read more... )

Uh oh, forgot to write up today’s bloggage … how could I forget ( Read more... )

Today I didn’t feel very strong. Using 12.5 lb weights, my arms felt like they would fall off at various points. Especially when we got to the “dynamic stability” portions of the workout. But I’m getting ahead of myself. I finally gave up and went for lighter weights, 10s, on a few exercises, so I could keep up the intensity (if you can call it ( Read more... )

Today was another one of those mixed cardio and core workouts. Helen and Jayne had to miss … and Chris bailed too. It was down to Russkaya, Dolores and the Bear. We held up our end of the stick ( Read more... )

Today’s strength focused workout FLEW by … honestly, I don’t know where it went. And no, I was not in a drug induced euphoria or anything … just the time flew by. Upon reflection, I think I know why - Chris combined strength training (today's schedule) with some core training (Friday's schedule). I think he's tricking us ( Read more... )

Every part of my core, and a few other body parts besides, are quivering. Not with anticipation … no, more like from having been worked (rode) hard, and put away wet, so to speak ( Read more... )

Not this Bear. Just sayin’. Tomorrow, I’ll confirm another truth: The Bear ain’t wild about Core either ( Read more... )

Warm up: Squats, go. Lateral squats, go. Go get one heavy weight ( Read more... )

Ok, I was overwhelmed with work on Tuesday and completely forgot to write … shame on me. And it was a good workout, too ( Read more... )

Warm up: Jumping jacks, go. Reverse lunges, go. Side lunges, go. Go get one dumbbell ( Read more... )