Finding Radiance

Wednesday and a busy day for me today!  Started out with a nice lifting routine.  After a warm up walk, I did the following:

Chin ups:  2 sets of 2, 1 set of 1
Barbell stiff-legged dead lifts: 1 set of 10 at 45#, 1 set of 8 at 65#, 1 set of 6 at 85#, and [...]

I totally rocked the weights today!  I puffy heart lifting and I missed it last week, but my muscles were glad for the break.

Today I tried some pyramids with a couple of the exercises.  That involves increasing the weight on each set while decreasing the reps.  Hard!

Chinups: 1 set of 2, 2 sets of 1
Barbell [...]

Okay, I got so many questions and emails about the strength training (and running, but that’s another show post).  I am just going to address them all here in a haphazard manner.  I’ll have a regular post later.
First off – NROLW or New Rules of Lifting for Women.  That topic occupied quite a bit of [...]

Friday!  Yay!  Had a nice day off just puttering around and doing things   Started off the day with a good gym work out:
Walked 1 mile on the hamster wheel, then did my lifting:

Chin ups:  2 sets of 2, 1 set of 1 (and a lame attempt at 2)
Barbell split squats:  3 sets of [...]

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We got hammered with snow!  I shoveled late last night for a while and I am glad I did because it is heavy, wet, and sloppy.  That actually kept the roads from getting too bad, so I wandered out to the [...]

It’s Monday!Even though it is my 2nd workday of the week, it still feels like Monday LOL!  Headed off to the gym.  My legs felt really, really tired after Saturday’s outdoor run yesterday and still a little stiff today, so I lightened up the leg weights a bit today.
After treadmill warmup:

Chin ups:  2 sets of [...]

I stayed up too late watching the Olympics!  Being on the East Coast, the skating didn’t end until midnight   I was still up before 7, though…. sigh.  Hit the gym for some lifting and running.  I had a day off yesterday, but I sure felt tired today.  I think it is the [...]

Happy Wednesday.  Seriously, where does the time go?  I had a somewhat restless night of sleep last night.  Could be the party, or the caffeine, or just hecticness (my new word).  I was up a little early and just went off to the gym.  I did a little warmup and then kind of a random [...]

Open Sky is working with several of the shopkeepers (including myself) to offer a 15% discount on fitness items to help you Train Like an Olympian!  In my store are the essential lifting gloves!  The more you lift, the more you need these to protect your hands.  Not only do they keep your hands from [...]

Happy Monday!  Waving ‘hi’ to all the new readers – there have been a ton over the past week!
It felt really good to hit the gym today.  I did a power lifting workout!

Chin ups:  2 sets of 2, 1 set of 1
Squats:  3 sets of 8 with 85# barbell

Superset:

Stationary lunge:  3 sets of 8 with [...]