More Tabata & Abs
“You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.” ~Jerry West My left leg was still tight this morning, but after I took Trey for a walk it started loosing up so I figured I might as well get my butt to the gym and do […]
Spinning & Yoga…
“Everyone can do Ashtanga. Except lazy people.” ~Sharath Jois This weekend’s workouts were the classes I had to teach: spinning and yoga. I was still pretty sore from all the workouts this week so it took me a while to get my legs moving in spinning but the energy in the room was terrific, I […]
Tabata training…
Since the aim is to increase my cardio and I went pretty hard yesterday, today’s workout was a series of Tabata exercises followed by a half-hour swim. I read the Men’s Health article showing a few Tabata options the other day so I thought I’d try it out. Danny was up for it as well […]
Got my butt kicked…
I went to the gym today and tried a Nike Training workout. I knew I wouldn’t be able to do the most advanced one but figured I could do a 45 minute workout…I’ve been working out doing yoga and swimming but not much cardio and today it showed…I was out of breath, struggling to keep […]
Tin woman…
“The yoga mat is a good place to turn when talk therapy and antidepressants aren’t enough.” -Amy Weintraub I went back to Bikram yoga this morning, after a 6 month hiatus. I’ve been doing Ashtanga yoga twice a week so I thought I’d be fine… As soon as we started, everything hurt…my shoulders were hurting […]
Moon Salutation…
I had a request from a student in my yoga class for the Moon Salutation. Thought of as the opposite to the Sun Salutation, I have to admit that I hadn’t done it in a very long time and had to look it up again to remind myself of the sequence. As I read more […]
Laughter Yoga…
“Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.” ~Victor Borge As part of team building at work, we had Laughter Yoga. I had never heard of Laughter Yoga before, but I have heard that laughter can boost the immune system and helps relieve stress. Having done yoga for many years, I was very intrigued to see how laughter […]
What’s next…
“I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it’s going to work or whether I’m going to fall flat on my face.” ~Johnny Depp I named this blog Finding New Challenges because, for me, that is what life is all about…it’s about trying new things, challenging yourself mentally and physically and constantly […]
Fighting through…
After Tough Mudder on Saturday I went back to the CanFitPro conference on Sunday. I took a couple of spinning seminars in the morning, which as crazy as it sounds actually helped my sore muscles as it got the lactic acid out of my legs. I then went to the closing ceremonies where Peter […]
Finished Tough Mudder…
Tough Mudder was today!!! Danny and I did got up early and drove 1.5 hrs north to a parking lot near Mount St. Louis Moonstone. The parking was crazy, the highway was packed, the side streets were at a halt, I’m sure these poor townspeople had no idea what was going on. Once we parked […]
Just F’ing Train…
I attended the Toronto CanFitPro conference today, the largest fitness conference in the world. Taking place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, the 3 day conference has over 5000 attendees, 400 sessions with presenters from all over the world. Presenters include Peter Twist, Tanya Beardsley (of Zumba fame), Tosca Reno (author of The Eat Clean […]
Back at it…
“It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.” ~Whitney M. Young, Jr It’s been a few months since I posted last. I’m sorry I’ve been MIA, I changed jobs, summer started and time got away from me. The good news is […]
Blisters…
“We must have had 99 percent of the game. It was the other three percent that cost us the match.” ~ Ruud Gullit We had our third soccer game of the season last night. We were going for our third win against a team that’s not particularly strong and were probably too cocky for our […]
Summer’s here…
“It’s a smile, it’s a kiss, it’s a sip of wine … it’s summertime!” ~Kenny Chesney Every time I go on vacation, I come back and have a million things to do…and with summer here, our evenings and weekends are packed with patios and bbqs and all the fun stuff that summer has to offer. […]
First game of the season…
“The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn’t move, kick it until it does.” ~Phil Woosnam Our first soccer game was Monday night…we play in the York Region Soccer League, the Women’s Elite division. Our game field is in Stoufville, which is an awful […]
Monkey bars….
If you’ve been reading my posts, and I hope you all have, you’ll know that the biggest challenge for me at Tough Mudder will be the monkey bars! The rest of the obstacles I think I have covered, but the monkey bars have become my arch nemesis! I see little kids on them at the […]
Back from vacation…
“No man needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one.” ~Elbert Hubbard My week long vacation in Cuba was awesome! I had all the best intentions to train there, I brought workout clothes, my iPhone to run to, my workout schedule…I was ready and pumped! Day 1 I went for […]
Spinning away…
“A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in.” -Robert Orben After my 10km run on Sunday, I did a yoga class yesterday and I taught spinning and yoga tonight. It’s only my 4th week teaching spinning so the people in my class are still relatively new to spinning. As […]
Sporting Life 10km…
“NEVER.STOP.TRYING” -Me I think I’m destined to always run races in the rain…but if I end up running a personal best every time, I won’t complain. The run starts down Yonge Street, so we left our jackets at the car and figured we’d come back quickly and wouldn’t be too cold afterwards because the sun […]
Lazy yet responsible…
I’ve had a relatively lazy week. After the 3 workouts I did on Tuesday, my quad started acting up again so I rested it, didn’t do any running and plyo’s, just went to the chiropractor to get it better. The Sporting Life 10k is on Sunday so I want my quad to be fine for […]
