More on Curves

Not only does Curves help women lose weight and lead a more active lifestyle, it also hosts charitable events which the members can actively participate in or help in organizing. There is the gift-giving event on Christmas, as well as the Fire Prevention Week event, where the members take the time to share treats for [...]

Compete with Yourself

Are you a naturally competitive person? Are you someone who wants to feel the rush of being ahead of the game? If yes, then you are definitely a competitive player. In this case, you can use your competitive nature to your advantage by making it as your motivational tool in exercising. Anybody can feel more [...]

Getting Motivated for Fitness

It’s true that exercising is often exciting in the beginning, but when the need for commitment already sets in, it’s almost always difficult to maintain a regular exercise regimen. Although other people may find themselves motivated, a lot of individuals who have taken up exercise routines find it challenging to sustain the same level of [...]

Words Escape Me

Ah Tuesday Olympic lifting.  I can not believe how much I’ve come to enjoy the Olympic lifting classes.  I have never really enjoyed lifting weights, therefore I’ve never really done it on a consistent basis.  I have to give the  credit to my instructors, they really break it down and stress the fundamentals, I’m even [...]

Welcome 2010

The Holidays have come and gone and like so many others I fell victim to the many festivities and now it’s time to get back to business. I had a very wacky schedule the last 2 weeks and was fortunate to get in as many Joust workouts as I did and was able to [...]

Tuesday, Tuesday

Tuesday was a first for me normally I attend the late afternoon classes but do to scheduling conflicts I went to the noon class. I recognized some faces but not all and Jenn was the inflictor of pain for today. I should also note that I have only been using one “n” in [...]

The Week Begins

Sunday the plan was to go to the recreation center for a ice cardio warm up and head over to the gym for the Olympic weight lifting class (O-Lifting). One out of two ain’t bad. I made it to the rec. center and got a good 45 minutes, 25 minutes on the elliptical [...]

Thursday O-Lifting

I really enjoy the Thursday workouts, usually it is myself and the instructor.  This really gives me an excellent opportunity to work on proper form with one on one attention.
Prior to the workout session I went to the orthotist to pick up my brand new, custom made knee braces.  After learning how to properly [...]

Monday’s Torture

Monday always seems to be the hardest workout of the week for me.  The last couple of months I have been going to the Olympic Lifting class on Sunday to help jump start the week and lessen the shock of the Monday workout, a good plan in theory, thus far has not worked.
L, the [...]