Gourd workouts? What? Yes, I'm leaning into fall and spooky season with my whole heart, and I decided that lifting pumpkin can be just as good as lifting weights. What can we do with our favorites gourds? Pumpkin Swings Pumpkins can be a great size and shapes for kettlebell swings. ...
let the gourd workouts roll!
week 92: winds from the east
What a week. We are very fortunate to have walked away from Hurricane Ian with nothing more than inconvenience, but I am broken hearted for everyone who faced horrific loss from the storms. It was a nightmare. Sunday Cardio: 4.33 miles Happy Sunday! I had my hustle on for ...
September runfessions: hurricane ian edition
I'm writing these runfessions as Hurricane (now Tropical Storm) Ian works its way over us. We are VERY LUCKY at the moment. This isn't a super wet storm for us - it's windy which is accounting for a lot of the flooding, but we aren't seeing heavy rainfall. Time to get runfessing. For this ...
week 91: welcome to florida fall
Florida fall is here. I'll wait for you to finish laughing. No. Really. It's fine. Sunday Cardio: 2.51 milesStrength: Shoulder circuit (3x15 shoulder presses, 3x15 neutral curls, 3x15 upright rows, 3x15 front raises, 3x15 side raises, 3x15 tricep kickbacks, 3x15 shoulder taps), 40 dead ...
5 ways to prioritize your workouts
Have you been having a hard time trying to prioritize your workouts? I have. Things have been busy, and when the going gets tough, the tough have less time for fitness. Ugh. What's an athlete to do? Make A Plan Failure to plan is planning to fail, right? So let's make a plan. It's importent ...
race report: tunnel to towers 5k (9.11.2022)
On September 11, I joined Mr. PugRunner for the Tunnel to Towers 5K, in honor of Stephen Siller. This is a race he has wanted to do for several years, but we kept getting pushed back. Now was the time. The History Tunnel 2 Towers began with the family of firefighter Stephen Siller. On ...
