Jun 25, 2010 Posted by Sarah

Mediocre Bad Guys

I wrote this post once already this morning but deleted it all and started over.  It was way too negative.  I’m going to try this again. Rather than be disappointed that last night’s training didn’t go as well as I had hoped, I’m going to be thankful for the fact that I can still train, no matter how disjointed and frustrated my stupid heart can be.  It does me little good to get... read more

Jun 21, 2010 Posted by Sarah

Holding Us Back

“I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me” ~Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865, sixteenth American president Over the last few months Coach B has worked tirelessly with me on overhead squats.  I am not the best at them.  To be quite brutally honest, I really wasn’t very good at them at all.  I’d fail to lock out my arms or I’d stack my shoulders... read more

Jun 16, 2010 Posted by Sarah

The Old Days are Gone

When I was in high school I avoided the weight room.   Unlike my best bud Johnna, who was so strong she could practically lift cars and looked totally comfortable hanging out with all that iron, I looked like a girl.  And not in a good way.  Just like when I was a little girl and didn’t like the feel of grass and would get that “ick” face, that’s the way I was in the weight room.  I was... read more

Jun 15, 2010 Posted by Sarah

Go Hard

As defined by Wikipedia, a burpee is a full body exercise used in strength training and as aerobic exercise.  It is performed in 5 basic steps: 1)      Begin in a standing position 2)      Drop into a squat position with your hands on the floor in front of you 3)      Kick your feet back, while simultaneously lowering yourself into a push up 4)      Immediately return your feet to the... read more

Jun 14, 2010 Posted by Sarah

Airplane

Rather than lamenting how long it has been since I’ve written anything on this hobby of mine, I’ll just skip right to the tears and pleas of forgiveness in hopes that you’ll start reading my ramblings again. Since I wrote last I’ve been pretty great on working out and in my diet.  Coach B has kept me on the straight and narrow and until last week I was seeing positive changes.  Last week I not... read more