Tag: Crap Fitness
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Maybe I Should Warm Up Before Jumping Back Into This Blogging Business
Seeing as how I hurt myself at the gym yesterday, I am super pumped that today is Friday.
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A Plea to Old People at the Gym
Due to a variety of reasons (upcoming beach vacation, an uptick in free time, wishing to not be winded just by watering the garden, giving up on folding laundry because my arms got tired), my training-partner-for-eternity, XFE and I have been working on our fitness. Like, really working on it. Like, ordering overpriced paleo food…
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You Know What Makes Everything Better? Cat Videos
It’s been…a…challenging week around here. The weather has been abysmal — cold and rainy yet humid and gross. Requiring one to wear a coat and/or sweater and/or scarf, then carry some combination of those items during the afternoon, only to put them on again in the early evening. I constantly smell like layers of slightly…
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Nice to Meet You, Machu Picchu
I’m fairly convinced that “Machu Picchu” is Incan for “stay the hell away.” I say this because honestly, I don’t think they could make this place any more difficult to get to. (OK, fine, I will acknowledge that Machu Picchu actually means “Old Peak,” which is kinda funny when you think about it since we…
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Bradley Cooper, Let Me Introduce You to Body Pump
Hey, you know that whole “exercise is good for you, it will help you live longer, improve your stamina, put you in a good mood” stuff? Yeah, I don’t get that either. In fact, the main reason I go to the gym is to accompany my gym-buddy-for-life XFE to his beloved Body Pump class. You…
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It’s Not a Fad If In Fact You Do Get Fit
My personal-trainer-for-eternity XFE is making me try new workout classes lately. He’s talked me into going to BodyPump a handful of times. Tonight, he’s got me doing some CXwork class, which sounds intimidating as all get out. (Where on my body is my CX located anyway? Are we absolutely sure it needs work?) We’re trying…