Jump rope time (*no* pinnable workout inside!).

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    Recently Ive had reminders how short life is. If we dont slow down & listen to voices asking us to PLAY & not write about PLAYouts when we're "ready" it may be too late. This post isnt about the prolific health benefits of jumping rope (sorry not sorry). It's an invitation to join the Tornado & me in JUMPING not READING about said jumpage. Lets ... Continue Reading

Tips for taking criticism without falling apart.

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  As a healthy living community we rarely chat about the skill of taking CRITICISM without falling apart. We've focused on the importance of accepting a compliment gracefully. I've yammered before--and believe it as important as ever--how deflecting or diminishing a nicety denigrates the giver (never our intent). We infrequently discuss how much better (take my word for it) and ... Continue Reading

Jewish Girls.

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Subtitle: I cant lie. Ive been jealous. Green with envy. For a while Ive coveted what it seemed others had. I was envious of the FUN I perceived happened when my Catholic friends skipped off to CCD together. I longed for the unity I thought friends possessed as they giggled together on Monday over Sunday's happenings at church. Ive watched bloggers go on mission trips and ... Continue Reading

4 tips for finding resistance training motivation

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it's crass but it's true. Whether it's my overzealousnessment (technical term) or just happenstance---people associate me with an unflagging love of resistance training. When conversation turns to exercise people invariably turn to me & lament a lack of resistance training motivation. "I want to--I just cant seem to get myself to start." is the typical refrain. Or anything and ... Continue Reading

MizFit RE-exposed (four year update).

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When Michelle reached out and asked if Id do an EXPOSED! update I couldn't believe it had been four years. Not so much in the "Good gosh time flies! Can you believe it has been four years already?!" sense, but in the "That feels like a lifetime ago.  I feel like a different person." way. I went back and reread my initial post.  I recognized much of that woman. I remembered the ... Continue Reading

It’s ok to be a night owl (guest post).

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  What do you consider sleeping in? Are you one of those people who get up at 0'dark thirty to run or workout? Or are you a card carrying Night Owl? I'm a night owl. I've been one since I was a child. I remember still being awake in my bed most nights when my parents would check on me on their way to bed. I can't tell you how many nights of my life I've been up past ... Continue Reading

Blends. Blogger friends. Whatever you call them…

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Once upon a time there was a blogger lady whom I knew---but not too too well. I liked her writing.  I wished I possessed her knitting skills.  I COVETED HER CRANIUM (she.one.smart.protein-cookie.) And then my birthday arrived.  And then said blogger lady emailed me a you tube link. A link to her sharing a familial tradition and reading the entire Dr. Seuss' Birthday Book! (he's one ... Continue Reading

I got KEYED.

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  I was having a DAY. It was the Tornado's LAST DAY of any kind of summer camp. And there were thirty one more days until school began. And I was panicking. I had two hours left of Summer 2013 childcare & the inside of my brain resembled this: what do I do? work? play? walk the lake? go to the gym and lift weights? wait. I dont belong to a gym here. join a gym and life ... Continue Reading

Four lessons resistance training taught me about life.

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Resistance training, for me, is bigger than something I do to stay fit as I age. It's taught me more about life than any other experience and, paradoxically, helps me remain laser-focused on whats important to me outside fitness. I advocate resistance training for health---but am a resistance training evangelist because of what Ive learned from it about living fully. 1. If you wait for ... Continue Reading

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