Editor’s note: Exactly one year ago today, I began writing a daily blog series called “The 12 Gifts of Fitness.” Unbeknownst to Every48 readers, I was also fighting unbelievable fatigue associated with first-trimester pregnancy. (Fun fact: I was so exhausted during December 2014 that I think the sofa in our living room has a permanent…
Category: Workout inspiration
What I love about comeback stories, part 1.
You may have noticed that – ahem – Every48 took a little break for a bit of time this month. Baby Bear and his parents escaped for a few days to Hawaii, and it was lovely. Then we came back to Seattle, cold and rainy and thoroughly winterized. Sigh. I’ve been thinking about comeback stories….
Back in the Saddle: The Fitness Reset Button
Here’s the 14-weeks-postpartum fitness report from Every48 Central: WOW. After the most insane and incredible life change I could ever imagine, and after twenty of the 42 pounds I gained during the pregnancy decided they wanted to, ahem, hang around (in some places, literally) longer than they were welcome, I’m more convinced than ever of…
The 12 Gifts of Fitness, Day 6: Resilience
“If you have one bad mile, don’t worry. Just run as comfortably as you can through it. The next mile might feel a whole lot better.” That quote right there is a paraphrase of what my running coach taught me about marathoning: it’s not all over if you have a “bad mile.” You can regroup,…
The 12 Gifts of Fitness, Day 2: Patience.
The 12 Gifts of Fitness Day 1: ENERGY Day 2: PATIENCE Patience, young Jedi. That is what fitness gives us when we make a long-term commitment to doing what we can, as often as we can, and not over-thinking the whole situation when we can’t. We do our best, and over time, our bodies talk…
The 12 Gifts of Fitness, Day 1: Energy.
The 12 Gifts of Fitness Day 1: ENERGY With only thirteen weekdays left in 2014 (where did the time go???), it’s time to start looking at the big picture. Or pictures, as the case may be. This blog got its start in January 2014 as a commitment from me to exercise at least once every…
Fitness Meme of the Week: Run the Day
From a collection of quotes by author Jim Rohn: Yes. This. Now get out there. Even if it’s hard. Even if you’re epically exhausted. And especially if you don’t “feel like it.” And get your workout on.
“Fitness When It’s Hard” Week: You got to the gym. And you have no mojo. What do you do?
Yes, this actually happened to me yesterday. Got my gym bag together, organized my life appropriately so I would have time to work out, got to the gym, dressed in my gear, filled up my water bottle, sat on an exercise bike…and crashed. Total energy flameout. Now what? My choices felt something like this: (a)…
“Fitness when it’s hard” week: How to work out when you’re totally, completely, drop-dead, epically exhausted
You’re out there. You’re burning the candle at all ends during the holiday season trying to keep track of family responsibilities and work responsibilities and getting things done. You might have been looking forward to the season…or you might have been dreading it, anticipating the energy crush of too much to do, with too little…
Quotables Week: Bill Pearl on aging well through weight training
If there’s a picture of an athlete next to the words “old school” in the dictionary, it’s a picture of Bill Pearl. The 1986 (!) edition of his classic Getting Stronger: Weight Training for Men and Women still sits on my bookshelf, and for good reason. It holds an encyclopedic level of information on weight-training workouts for…
Quotables Week: Wisdom from “Younger Next Year”
There’s a secret weapon in my fitness and health arsenal that for some reason I just haven’t written much about this year at Every48. It’s my bookshelf. There are some incredible thinkers out there who write amazing, inspirational prose about what fitness and living an overall healthy lifestyle are really all about…why it’s so great…
Meme Week Friday: Fitness doesn’t come overnight. And that is the point.
[Every48.com is on hiatus this week while I’m cooking up some new content for the holiday season. This week I’m featuring a favorite “fitness meme of the week” post every day from the collection of memes on Every48.com. Enjoy – and then get out there and get your workout on.] It will take time. Do it anyway….
