Does the following situation sound familiar? You want to lose weight. You get on a plan. Day one, you step on the scale. Okay, this is your starting weight. You follow the plan exactly: Egg whites-salad-water-workout. Day two, you step on the scale. No change. You look in the mirror. Love handles are still there. […] Read more…
In the beginning, there was negligible muscle on my doughy, 19-year-old body. At this point, I didn’t have the information. Then I did, thanks to FigureAthlete.com (RIP). I started to lift free weights in an effort to get stronger and more muscular. I followed 5×5 for a while. I played around with set and rep […] Read more…
In my last blog post, I posed the idea that strength training has become a thinking person’s sport. Now I want to dig a little deeper and discuss what it means to be a woman who lifts weights. My original post was inspired by this article that suggests that educated urban professionals see strength […] Read more…
Most of us are interested in progress. Our human nature, on both an individual and collective scale, strives to improve, evolve and grow. This manifests in a variety of ways, from strength and mindset to social issues and technology. I think you know which angle I’m going to take in this post 😉 In […] Read more…