(alternatively, “If You Ain’t Ebbin’, You Ain’t Flowin’”) The fact is, much as you may like to be all things to all people, especially you type-A’ers, you simply can’t be maxed out in all areas of your fitness at the same time. Now, you may be thinking, “but I don’t want to be a million different… [Read more…]
October 24, 2011
I’ve got a theory. And it may ruffle your feathers. If it does, all I can say is, “if the shoe fits…” I get the blessing of working with folks who want something better for their life – whether in sport, in daily life, or in both. And while sometimes they get a little off-track,… [Read more…]
September 13, 2011
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you always got.” Since May of 2010, endurance running has been my focus. Iceland 1/2 Marathon (Aug 2010), Urbanathlon (Oct 2010), Cary 1/2 Marathon (Mar 2011), Soldier Field 10 (May 2011), and Batavia 1/2 Marathon on Aug 28 2011. Each race has seen… [Read more…]
March 30, 2011
Just because something sounds hard, doesn’t mean that it’s going to be. Really, what is “hard” anyways – everyone has their own definition of hard; some peoples’ ‘hard’ is something that is just outside their comfort zone. Other peoples’ hard really isn’t hard at all, it’s just unknown to them and so seems hard. But ‘hard’… [Read more…]
February 14, 2011
I went to the mall this weekend. The mall is a great place to take small children because every store is like its own little amusement park, and for the 2 year old twins I was babysitting with Drew, it was a place to stretch their legs & get tuckered out before bed. I really don’t… [Read more…]
January 2, 2011
WordPress sent me my stats for the year – it was a good year for Fit for Real Life! I wanted to thank you all for utilizing me as your resource for getting the real truth about how to be optimally fit, gluten free, and motivated to go live your life to the fullest! Here’s a summary… [Read more…]
November 15, 2010
If Plan A doesn’t pan out, do you have a Plan B? And do you execute that Plan B without more than a moment of hesitation? Or do you wallow in angst, cranky as a half-asleep teenager on the 1st day of school, because your perfect plan is falling apart? I scrapped my workout plan… [Read more…]
October 23, 2010
Did you read my post on “if not now, when?” It’s true – why spend time thinking, waiting, wishing if you’re not moving to action while you think & wish about what you want to get. 2011 is just around the corner & while it seems early be talking about 2011 – it’s really not.… [Read more…]
October 19, 2010
Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve been up this early on a Tues to work on the blog! Since April, at least – since then Tues mornings have been reserved for early AM pre-work workouts. And next week, Tues will probably go back to being for my workouts – although the real schedule remains… [Read more…]
September 8, 2010
7 parts ‘positive nutritional mindset’ + 3 -5 parts ‘lifting heavy stuff’ (based on how intense you want your end product to be) + 4 – 6 parts ‘move fast’ (based on how quickly you want your end product result) – 2 parts ‘sabotage’ (the weekend, most likely, but it can jump out at any… [Read more…]
December 16, 2011
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