On the first day of Crossfit, my new coach gave to me.. 500 meters of rowing, 40 air squats, 30 butterfly sit-ups, 20 incline push-ups 10 banded pull-ups and some DOMs that will last for three days.. Let me tell you that my first real experience at a Crossfit box was a quite humbling one. […]
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I feel like the entire tone of this whole blog lately has gotten a bit too runner-like, but I want to reassure you that my passion and love in life is still weightlifting. As much as I am excited to be able to check off a 10k from my goal list, when I’m doing my […]
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This week marks my second week attempting to balance training for a 10k with my strenuous lifting regimen, but so far, I’m chugging along with only minor difficulties. The plan for the week was as follows, but there are already some tweaks that needed to be made along the way, such as shortening my Sunday 4.5 mile run […]
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I have been extremely fortunate in my blogging “career” to have such an amazing support group, from various backgrounds and fitness levels. I have recently have become closer to one of my buddies who I “met’ through my girl, Martha. Sam is a super ambitious actress who manages to find time to fit in training […]
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I think there are some unwritten standards in doing a weightlifting program. Like most people tend to do a Monday, Wednesday, Friday regimen if they workout three times a week. It’s uncommon to see Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, but I suppose there are people to do it. I somewhat feel the same about starting a new program. You’re supposed […]
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And.. it’s the end of another era. I have completed my second ever lifting program! Back in July, I finished up New Rules of Lifting for Women and wanted to do something more “big lifts” focused. Under the recommendation of Jared, I started to do Stronglifts 5×5, which involves three workouts a week, alternating a set […]
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Thanks to my girl, Gina, over at Noshing on Asphalt for nominating me to answer ten questions related to running. Silly girl, didn’t she realize that my blog is Wine to Weightlifting? She told me I could modify the questions if I wanted to make it more fit for me, so I’ll go ahead and […]
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So it’s Day 3 of the Whole30, and according to the Whole30 Timeline, days 2-3 are the “Hangover” days as your body is accepting not having the bad foods in your diet, so it struggles to retake control. Having the first few days on a long weekend had its benefits, while we tried to work […]
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I wrote about my pretty successful August goals here, so what’s in store for September? Blog: Become either a Fitfluential Ambassador or Sweat Pink Ambassador; been working on these two, so crossing my fingers that I get accepted! Food: This is probably the most difficult goal because successfully completing the Whole30 program is going to take a lot […]
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When I set up my goals for August, I focused on five main categories: blog, food, lifting, cardio, and other. So how did I fare from where I wanted to be? Blog: Goal was to post 3-4x a week – Success! I also increased my Twitter and Facebook network! Food: Goal was to EAT MORE. […]
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