Finding Radiance

How is the time change treating all of you? I am having a little trouble adjusting as I want to get up too early. At least it is light out going to the gym now! I had the forethought to write out my workout ahead of time. (Those are my legs back there in the [...]

Thanks for all your thoughts on hunger yesterday.  It’s quite interesting how we all deal with it (or not LOL). Lifting day.  We should make some kind of theme song for lifting day, don’t you think? I drank a protein drink (15 g of protein) and headed out. It was somewhat dark when I left [...]

Dark and rainy this morning. I drove to the gym, although it was certainly warm enough to bike. I just don’t ride in the dark (or rain) Exercise Set/rep/weight Muscle worked Barbell Deadlift/Row 3 set of 8 at 65# Full body Barbell Chest Press (close grip) 3 sets of 10 at 45# (yay!) Chest Dumbbell [...]

Chilly night last night. There actually was a frost advisory out for last night. WTH??? Didn’t seem to get any, but it sure was chilly biking to the gym – mid 40s. Exercise Set/rep/weight Muscle worked Barbell squats 3 sets of 8 with 55# bar Lower body Chin ups 1 set of 2, 4 sets [...]

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 [...]

Well, we did not get all of that snow predicted!  Or it just was slop and melted fast, so no shoveling needed to get to the gym…. phew!  The workout: Warm up of 10 minutes on the stationary bike. I decided to change up the strength workout this week by doing lighter weights with higher [...]

For those that don’t know what the heck I have been talking about when I write NROLW for the last 6 months, it is this: I began back in April (where the *heck* have the last 6 months gone????).   I came at this with a good solid strength training regimen already under my belt for [...]

The last workout from New Rules of Lifting! Barbell dead lifts:  2 sets of 8 at 75 pounds Dumbbell squats (heel lifted): 4 sets of 15 with 20 pound dumbbells Overhead dumbbell press: 4 sets of 15 with 15 pound dumbbells Stepups:  4 sets of 15 with 25 pound dumbbells Underhand grip lat pull down: [...]

New Rules workout this morning.  Just one more workout after this one! Incline barbell bench press:  2 sets of 8 at 65 pounds Seat row:  2 sets of 8 at 70 pounds Static lunge with rear foot elevated:  4 sets of 15 with 25# plate Push ups:  4 sets of 15 Romanian barbell deadlift: 4 [...]

In an effort to be extra green this week, I decided that I was going to bike to the gym no matter what this morning.  I didn’t even check the weather to see the temperature, I just bundled up and went.  I knew it was above freezing because there was no frost on the car [...]