Real people. Real bodies.

April 30, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

… It’s quite something really, how my mind works. In the middle of holding a rear delt raise for what felt like a million hours at a photo shoot today, my brain started kicking, as usual, into overdrive. I’m on a “vacation” and my brain just won’t shut off. What else is new, right? Never […]

Competition Series: Part Three.

April 13, 2014.Reading time 11 minutes.

Friday was an absolutely gorgeous day. Despite nerves and panic seeding itself deep only a few days before, I was able to push it all aside and enjoy the day. I got some of my yard raked, and I got to break in my new bathing suit and get a little sun on my pasty […]

Chalk.

April 3, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

As a former climber, I know all about the amazing gripping benefits of chalking. I can still remember a time back in high school, climbing with the dynamic teaching-climbing duo from my school at a local spot and even though I was attached to ropes, I felt like it was just the very tips of […]

Competition Series: Part Two.

March 30, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

Oh and this is where excitement gets replaced by panic. Thirteen days out from competition and my mind is going a million miles an hour. Of course, it doesn’t help where I start my Weekend FITT classes within a week. So between planning that, working on weekday classes, focusing on my “day job” and this? […]

That eating thing.

March 19, 2014.Reading time 7 minutes.

Oh where to start with this one? There is so much to say, and no clear “Start” line, so let’s just fire off that gun and get going… First, there are two sides of the fence here. The one side that says you have to eat three square meals a day. Then the other that […]

Competition Series: Part One.

March 13, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

It is no secret at all that my future will definitely have me finally getting my chance to compete in a figure competition. It has been something that I have always wanted to do, something I talk about a lot. But it’s not easy, and it’s not cheap. Finances, a job that is flexible and […]

Check the judgement at the door.

March 12, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

There is something that us as human beings need to remember: Don’t worry about everyone else, you are not them, and you do not have any say in what they do (unless you’re their parent and they’re under the age of 18, then that’s a different story). My nerves are grated when I see nasty […]

Shortcut to Size.

February 26, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

Unfortunately, it’s still a huge mindset that if a woman weight lifts, she’s going to to get big. Like Jay Cutler big. Despite more and more proof today that that’s false, it still somehow holds ground. Making women fear the weight rack or machines. Sure, there are women out there who quest to be bigger. […]

Hula-hooping is hell on your glutes.

January 23, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

I did something last night that I never before thought (actually didn’t know) I could do. I hula-hooped. Not just that I successfully got more than three rounds around my waist with the hoop, but I did it for a solid 20-minutes, non-stop. When I was younger, I’d throw the hoop around my tiny little […]

Let’s talk ‘bikini bridge’.

January 16, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

My hair is long enough to have to tie back now. But it’s at that stage where you still need a bunch of clips to pin up the back bottom layers so I feel like a four year old struttin’ my stuff at the gym. However, that’s not what makes me a smidge annoyed today. […]