Your mission for today: Run up a flight of stairs 10 times. One whole round, as in running up and then down, counts as one “rep.” Do ten of these. With no rest, transition straight to pushup & shoulder press combos. You do 10 pushups, t…
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Posted on May - 11 - 2012
Slimmer By Summer Weight Loss Challenge: Weigh-In # 4
Slimmer By Summer Weight Loss Challenge: Week 4: Weigh In Here’s my weigh-in for week 4 Starting Weight: 156.0 lbs Current Weight: 153.0 lbs Total Pounds Lost: 3 lbs Goal Weight: 144 lbs Oopsies!!! I forgot to weigh-in last week for week 3 but I stayed the same. For this week 4 weigh-in I’m down ...
Posted on May - 10 - 2012
Sick Again!!!
Hi Everyone, I’ve been sick with the flu and strep throat that I’ve only had the energy to make tea and go back to bed. I don’t use the word hate very often since I find it to be a very strong word. But in this case I’m going to use it. I HATE being ...
Posted on May - 10 - 2012
Breathing, Anterior Pelvic Tilt, and Voodoo Witchcraft
Who is This Guy? My name is Jim Laird, and I am a Strength and Conditioning Coach and the founder and co-owner of J&M Strength and Conditioning in Lexington, KY. To give you a brief history about me, I am an elite-level powerlifter who has compet…
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Posted on May - 03 - 2012
Today’s Challenge: Portion Control
Today’s Challenge: Portion Control Today’s challenge is to read labels and watch your portions. When starting a diet we’re very careful about what we chose to eat, we may even weigh our food and write our meals in a food diary but after awhile we stop reading labels and our portions get larger and larger ...
Posted on May - 03 - 2012
‘Whey’ing In: Are Protein Powders Paleo?
This is a story about a guy I know – we’ll call him ‘Magnus’ (he’d like that). He likes to lift heavy things and has been known to grunt and swear while lifting these heavy things. When he opens his (massive) gym bag it’s like takin…
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Posted on May - 02 - 2012
Today’s Challenge: Water Logged Wednesday
Today’s Challenge: Drink up!!!
Let’s see how much water you can drink today.
At the end of the day please feel free to post here in the comment box how much you drank today.
Posted on May - 01 - 2012
Today’s Challenge:Try Something New
Today’s Challenge: Try Something New Tuesday is for “Try Something New”. It could be anything really. When you’re at the gym, try an aerobics class that you’ve never done before, or a weight training machine that you’ve always wondered how it worked. Pick up some kettle bells and have fun. Or when at the grocery ...
Posted on Apr - 30 - 2012
Today’s Challenge:Count Calories and Carbs
Today’s Challenge: Count Calories & Carbohydrates Here’s a great tool to help you calculate how many calories you should have per day. www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm For anyone who has a Smart Phone here’s a great app for keeping track of your food and exercise. Or you can go on the web site and track online. Lose it ...
