Lindsay's Ramblings

I got back from Panama City Beach yesterday. I had a great time, and I am definitely missing the beach! It was beautiful there. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves!

Exercise adds life to your years and years to your life! Why would you not want the best for yourself? Why would you wanna be weak and frail when you’re old and be miserable and not able to enjoy life? Why would you wanna put yourself at risk for diabetes, heart disease, and cancer by not exercising? People assume that getting weak and losing muscle and gaining weight and not feeling good is just a natural part of aging. Well, let me tell you-it is NOT. The reason our bodies start breaking down is because of disuse. If you don’t work your muscles, they shrink. Then you become weak. You become stiff and inflexible. Your bones become frail and easy to break. A good strength training program will GREATLY improve your quality of life now and later in life. My clients tell me every day how much better they feel since they’ve been training with me. They are stronger, have more stamina, better endurance, and more energy. Strength training gives you benefits that simply walking everyday can NO...

Finally we had a nice weekend. After a few days in the 50s last week(I mean, 50s in MAY-what the heck?), this weekend it jumped up to 85 degrees, with lots of sunshine! So we spent most of the weekend outside-washed the car, worked out outside, got icecream at Culver's, and enjoyed some time laying in the hammock. I actually layed out a for a couple of hours Saturday(if it's over 80 degrees and sunny, you better bet I will be out in my bikini!). I'm a total sun worshipper! I know, I know, bad for the skin...but it's good for the soul! :) Guess what? Next weekend I'm gonna be at the beach!! Woooohoooo! My friend and I decided to take a last minute road trip, and I am so excited! So I'm sure I'll have lots of pics to post! Asher enjoying a nice day in the backyard

Just for fun! :) ABC's of Me: A = Age : 26, but I still feel like a teenager! It does NOT seem like I should be this close to 30!!! B = Bed size : Queen C = Chore you dislike : Cleaning toilets and taking out the trash. Those are the chores my wonderful husband gets to do! D = Dogs: I have a White German shepherd named Asher. He’s a 130lb spoiled baby! We love him! E= Essential start to your day: My chocolate protein oats and coffee. I cannot function without eating breakfast as soon as I wake up! F = Favorite color : Coral and Pink G = Silver or gold: Silver, I hate gold H = Height: 5’5″ I = Instruments you play(ed): I took piano lessons as a kid, but never really got very good at it. Instruments aren’t my thing! J = Job title: Personal trainer K = Kids: None! (Well, if you don’t count Asher!) I have no desire for kids just yet. I’m enjoying this time with my husband, and we are in NO rush to have kids. L = Live: Kentucky M = Mom’s name : Mom! N = Nicknames: Ducky-a nickn...

If you are aware of your weaknesses and are constantly learning, your potential is virtually limitless. -Jay Sidhu -

Did you know that you can get an awesome butt kicking workout in just 5 minutes? Yup, you can! My workout today was only 5 minutes. First I warmed up with some jump rope, squats, lunges and pushups. Then for the WOD, I had to get as many rounds and reps as I could in 5 minutes of 3 deadlifts with 165lbs and 7 push presses with 80lbs. I ended up with 5 rounds and 3 deadlifts. It was tough! I love those super short but super intense workouts. Well, that's really what most CrossFit workouts are, pretty much, depending on your fitness level and how fast you can complete the workouts. A workout hardly ever takes me longer than 30 minutes, which is #157 why I love CrossFit!! Here's me before heading to the gym. I found these pink shorts at Wal-Mart that I LOVE that match perfectly with my cool knee socks! Ya gotta look cute at the gym. ;) As long as you look cute AND work your butt off. Well, work your butt ON, hopefully, for me! Hehe. So another guy today in the gym today asked me i...

Today's WOD was the "CrossFit Total", which is your one rep max of back squat, strict overhead press, and deadlift. You add up your final 1 RM on each to get your total. My total ended up being 520. I got 205 lbs on my squat, which is the weight I've been stuck at for the past 6 months! I tried 210, and almost got it...I pushed and pushed and pushed...but the bar was just not going up. But I AM gonna get that 210 soon, I promise you that! My overhead press was 90 lbs, which I was disappointed with, since I have done 95lbs before. 90 felt pretty easy, but I couldn't get it up with just those 5 more measly pounds on there, dang it! But I was happy with my deadlift of 225 , which is the most I've ever done, yay! That was a fun one. :) Oh-one more thing I thought I'd share. There was this cute little old lady at the gym today jumping rope, a sight that I have never seen! She had to be in her seventies, and I just thought it was the coolest thing. At first ...

A strange thing has happened lately. I remember years ago, looking through fitness magazines, hoping to maybe one day look like one of those models. I would cut out pictures of the ones I liked and thought I could strive to look like some day, for motivation. I wanted the muscles they had, their defined arms, their chiseled abs, their shapely legs... I admired them. So I read all that I could about how to build muscle. I read books, magazines, online articles. I planned out all my workouts obsessively and tracked them in a notebook. I trained harder in the gym, started lifting heavier. I started changing the way I ate-eating more, getting in more protein. I was on a mission -to build as much muscle as I could! Then today, as I was looking through my Oxygen magazine, it hit me. As I looked at the models on the pages that I had for so long admired, I suddenly realized...I kinda, sorta, maybe...look like that!? It's like all of a sudden I woke up one day and looked in the mirror, and...

The principle is competing against yourself. It’s about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before . -Steve Young

It's pretty funny the comments I get at the gym sometimes. And the looks I get when people see some of the things I do. I mean, I really don't blame them! Most people at a normal, or "globo" gym(as CrossFitters call it), don't do workouts like I do, so people always think that I'm training for something. I have people ask me if I'm doing a competition or if I'm an athlete, and when I tell them that I'm just doing it for fun and to stay fit and strong, they always look at me like they can't believe it. I once had an older lady watch me do heavy push presses and then later ask me why I would want to do that. She looked at me in shock when I said, "Cuz it's fun!" People just can't seem comprehend that anyone would put themselves through what I do for FUN, and not for training for a sport or anything. They've probably never seen anyone working out the way I do, or lifting as heavy as I do just for the fun of it! I guess it...

This weekend my husband and I went downtown to the waterfront for a free country concert and the chow wagon that was going on for the Derby. We had some horrible food(and I mean not just horrible FOR you, but horrible tasting! Bleh.) I was so mad that we wasted our cheat meal on that crap! Boo. But anyway, we ate and then walked along the river as the sun was setting. The waterfront is SO pretty at sunset, so I had to snap a few pics. :) We ended up walking along the river to Tumbleweed and ordering a slice of their wonderfully delicious peanut butter pie. That kind of made up for the gross chow wagon food. :) How good does that look?? Although I'm not sure it was a great idea to eat that on top of the nachos, hot dog and fries I'd just eaten.... I know, I know , that's a lot of food-BUT it sounded like a good idea at the time! Needless to say, I didn't feel so good afterwards. So I have to share my handstand picture, cuz I just think it's pretty cool. :) I'm...

“Learn how to squat. It works more muscles than any other exercise. It’s harder. It’s a longer range of motion and it will make more difference in your appearance over a shorter period of time than any single thing you can do.” ~Mark Rippetoe A lot of women are scared to squat, or at least to squat heavy. "It'll make my butt bigger!" they say. Well, okay, yeah it probably will make it bigger. So what? Squats will give you a firm, round, tight booty versus a flat and saggy booty. I mean, which would you prefer?? So take my advice and go do some squats! Actually I'm off to squat right now! Grow, booty, grow!

How come people don't listen to me? Does everything I say go in one ear and right out the other? I mean, that's how it seems sometimes. I guess people think they just can do things their own way. Like I know nothing about what I'm talking about. Everyone wants some secret to getting great abs. It's just annoying. There is NO secret . It's just hard work. And I don't mean doing hundreds of crunches, either. I'm talking eating right . But NO one wants to do that. It's just way too hard. But they sure will continue to complain about not having a flat stomach! I tell my clients from day one that you canNOT spot reduce. Yet a few months later they'll say something to me like, "Can we work my abs a lot today?", or, "Can we do something to get rid of my upper back fat?" I'm like, really? I have to explain this AGAIN? If spot reduction were possible, everyone would be walking around with 6 pack abs and fat bodies because all I see ...

So this older guy comes up to me at the gym yesterday after my workout, asked how long I'd been working out, said I looked good, and asked what I was trying to do. I told him that I just wanted be fit and healthy and also to build some muscle. Well, then he goes on to say, "Well, the best thing is to just be fit and healthy, you don't want to build too much muscle and get bulky cuz I've seen some women that are bulky, and I just don't think that's attractive." Thanks SO much for the advice, mister, I'll be sure to keep that in mind. NOT! This guy had no clue who he was talkin to! BUT I just kept my mouth shut, smiled, and let him go on his way. So the WOD today is heavy bench presses and squats. I better be careful, then-don't want to get too bulky because that is just sooo unattractive. I mean, who in their right mind would want to look these women??? It's just SO gross.

So finally after days and days of unending rain and storms, we had a beautiful day yesterday. 75 degrees and sunny-PERfect! We decided go to Cheddar's for our cheat meal, and I just had to have their famous monster cookie for dessert. Oh cookie monster, how I've missed you! It was heavenly, and I ate it all of it myself. Then we came home and enjoyed the nice weather outside in the hammock for a little while before going to church. Laying in the hammock on a beautiful spring day with my love is pretty much my favorite thing ever. :) Aren't my boys just SO cute?