Torture Report: Staying on the Wagon; Getting Worse First

(L): BOOM!  I am on a roll!  I completed my second week of working out and I haven’t wimped out.  This week I have managed to do yoga 5 mornings.  My hubby and my pups are doing it as well.  I don’t mind the hubs sharing my space, but these pups are not making life…

Torture Report: Starting over…Again

(L): Last week I started training again. I was reflecting early in the week, after one of my endorphin highs, on why I would ever procrastinate working out. It felt so good to be in the gym sweating.  By the time Thursday hit I remembered.  I had started with my upper body so not being…

Torture Report: 31 Days of Burpees, Benadryl & Other Lowlights

(G): A lot has happened since we were all here together in mid-December. When we last caught up I was midway through a burpee challenge. I was doing the same number of burpees each day as the date of the month. (If you are unsure about what a burpee is, here’s a nice tutorial). As…

Torture Report: Burpees, Renewing Mo’ & 2017

(G): Burpee! Excuse me. But there is no excuse for the latest idiocy in our world. Just before the start of December I was on Facebook (already you can see how this could go awry) and I stumbled up on a Burpee Challenge for December. Each day you do the same number of burpees as the…

Torture Report: Clinging to the Wellness Wagon

(G): Oh the holidays get in the way of me staying on the wellness wagon — so do Pop Tarts, Saturdays, a good IPA and well sometimes the sun rising. I can be focused but other times my attention span is gnat-like and I am afraid that comparison is maligning the gnat. But that’s where I am…

Torture Report: Power Up…Maybe & 40 Days

(G): I am officially on the wind down for the year as far as miles go. But I am cranking up the dial on all things strength related. During the running season, my strength training while present is not my focus. I also tend not to go super-heavy because I always have a run the…