Insanity Workout: Week 7 Check In
When people ask “What is Insanity?” I’ve had no words. Till now. Can you believe I only have a week and a half left of this craziness? After today’s Max Cardio Conditioning and Cardio Abs, I only have...
View ArticleInsanity Workout: Week 8 Check in
The end is near. But is it also smaller? Expectations vs reality weigh heavily on me in week 8. This is my last week of Insanity! Can I get an amen? If you’re like me and discovered Insanity from the...
View ArticleInsanity Workout: Finished!
Was it worth it? Would I recommend it? What’s next? I completed all 63 days of the Insanity Workout!!!! Sweaty high fives all around. And yes, you read that right, it’s 63 days, not 60. What’s up with...
View ArticleInsanity Workout – Fast and Furious
Is Shaun T’s express workout the hardest 22 minutes of your life? ‘Fraid so. Now that I’m finished with Insanity, but knee-deep in Fast Draft, I need a superfast sweat session to maintain my ability to...
View ArticleFast Draft Aftermath: My top 7 tips for writing 70,000 words in 2 weeks.
I survived the Fast Draft writing challenge. Here’s what I learned. I’ll admit it. I’m still a little twitchy and out of sorts after Fast Draft, an extreme writing challenge where you write 5000 words...
View ArticleP90X – Week One Check In
Week One is done. Am I bringing it? So far so good. I finished Insanity three weeks ago and have been doing Insanity Fast and Furious pretty regularly ever since (except for last week when I was doing...
View ArticleP90X: Week 2 Check In
Slacking, setting goals and Shaun T withdrawals in P90X Week Two. Week Two of P0X has been quite the challenge, and not just exercise-wise. Scheduling problems and lack of motivation have begun taking...
View ArticleP90X: Week 3 and 4 Check In
Vacation and Motivation are often a contradiction in terms. Week Three of P90X got off to a rocky start. I was struck down by a migraine on Saturday that had me writhing on the couch with a bag of...
View ArticleP90X: Week 5 Check In
“Nacho” typical diet and exercise week, plus moving on to Phase Two. Why is it that, when you’re trying to be good, the whole world conspires to bring you nachos? That’s what happened to me during a...
View ArticleP90X: Week 6 Check In
Like Shaun T, Tony Horton is sending secret messages to writers during his workouts. I’ve decoded a few for you. Man-o-manischewitz, as Tony Horton’s uncle would say, it’s been challenging to commit to...
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