Recently I read Gut and Psychology Syndrome by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride. It was a very interesting book and I am actually experimenting with adopting the diet described in the book (basically grain free and all natural, unprocessed foods). On a side note, I have also cut out caffeine…which is HUGE. I guess I am trying to go natural overall 
One of the coolest parts of ...
Continue Reading →Yeahhh Buddy. So I mentioned a few weeks ago that my friend at Rise Above Strength Gym has a record board on his wall, divided into different categories. In the adult female bracket (my bracket), Bre dominated. I’ve never met her, and there’s nothing personal– it’s just that I felt like breaking some records. Among other records, she had done a weighted pull up at 27 pounds, a bench press at 135 pounds, and a deadlift at 255 pounds. Although ...
Continue Reading →Laura and I started working together a few years ago, and at that time I followed the NASM model starting with stability, then strength, then power. I don’t want to give myself all the credit for her stability, balance, and core strength, but I can’t help but plug myself that I did a solid stability program with her I’m pleased that now that we are focusing on a lot of strength exercises, she still ...
Okay, so someone who I think is really smart once said to garner motivation from ***anywhere***– doesn’t matter from where. So recently I have been inspired to seek my 1RM in a few different exercises in order to break the records at Rise Above Performance. It’s a small gym in Belmont that focuses on performance enhancement. The adult female bracket is filled with high scores but I seek to break a few. Weighted pull ups (1RM), bench press (1RM), ...
Continue Reading →Let’s see, what has happened since last post…
I taught that dance-inspired fitness class in the East Bay, and it was a lot of fun! One girl said it was “phenomenal”! ::blushing:::
Let’s see, had a fun tire workout…ummm…I went kayaking yesterday, that was fun
…oh yeah, I am so excited I broke a strength record at Rise Above Performance! I just walked in and broke it like WHAT. But sadly we didn’t record it, so ...
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pre workout- quinoa oatmeal amaranth egg white cinnamon mix + low fat latte
back and bi’s n sum core
post workout- choc fat free pudding + choc cream of wheat + pea protein powder mix
home-made beef and veggie stew
salad with chicken and sesame asian dressing
apple + almonds
french vanilla cappuchino drink
little bit of kicking soccer ball with a friend
home-made beef and veggie stew
light lifting with a friend, more of a catch-up than a hard workout!
eggs sandwiched between ...
Continue Reading →I am so excited because my website is REVAMPED! My web designer and I have been working hard to revamp it, and now we are ready to show our work! Instead of this being more of a BLOG where, for example, the blog is the HOME page…we have made lots of changes including putting the home page be a HOME page, and having the blog as a separate link. I’m very excited. In the past week, I actually was writing ...
Continue Reading →woke up and did sum stepmillin and some walkin and a lil stretchy stretch.
Picked up a low fat latte and got home to heat up a batch of the Power Amaranth Breakfast I made.
Here was my meal. My amaranth/eggwhites/strawberry/etc mix, my multi-vitamins plus one fish oil cap plus one krill oil cap plus water, plus a low fat latte. Amazeballs.
The best part was the latte. I ...
Continue Reading →So I have heard a little murmur here and there about amaranth, but it was only recently when I read something AGAIN by John Berardi– whose word I trust a lot– that I decided to purchase some.
Amaranth is considered a nutritional “powerhouse” for reasons including:
So I bought ...
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