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So, did you all see it? Me in my bikini glory? Tuesday was my birthday and I finally rocked a bikini for the occasion– the first bikini I’ve ever worn. Exciting? Yes. Stressful? Yes. I might have had a minor panic attack in the wee hours of Tuesday morning that nearly involved getting out of read on ..

Check out my guest post here at The Happiness in Health all about strength training Beach season is around the corner and I made a promise to myself that this summer I would fit into the first bikini I’ve ever worn. Ever. How am I getting in shape? Weightlifting. 4 times a week I’m at read on ..

Confession: I’m a weight room grunter. Granted, I don’t grunt loud enough to incite stares from my fellow gym-goers, but those last couple reps are usually tough enough make me go “UGH”. People seem to be at odds about whether or not grunting has a place in proper gym etiquette. I always feel embarrassed for read on ..

Today was day three of my new 4-day weightlifting routine. I didn’t make it out of bed this morning to do my cardio. I was awake, but my body felt like it was superglued to the mattress. I didn’t do cardio after work either. I just skipped it. I suck. My back is still sore read on ..

So my week 12 check in is coming up, putting me exactly halfway to my bikini birthday on July 27th. I’m going to warn you that if my weigh in is anything like what I saw on the scale this morning then it’s gonna look a lot like I’ve wasted 3 months. But, I took read on ..

I’m lying on my back on a hard floor as I type this hoping it will provide some sort of relief to my entire upper body which is absolutely killing after today’s workout. I could barely turn the steering wheel as I drove home from the gym tonight. I changed my weightlifting routine today after read on ..

This weekend has been awesome.  Last night Matt and I had my friend Daniel as our dinner guest and I’m sitting here chowing some leftover fattoush from the Lebanese inspired dinner that I cooked. Fattoush is basically a big chop salad with bits of seasoned pita in it and whatever veggies you feel like adding (usually read on ..

Shit shit shit. This has been my worst week ever. Gained: 2.8lb of fat this week. Maybe I should try staying away from these little devils: But how can I say no to little girls who come to my door selling me heaven in a box. I guess it should be a no problem to read on ..

First, and most importantly, the winner of the 5 Days of Healing with Everyday Superfoods tutorial is Blair. Blair says: My favorite superfood right now is chia! I always add some to my oatmeal, but recently I’ve been enjoying chia puddings as after dinner treat. Congrats! I’ve already started reading through my copy of the read on ..

The past 4 weeks I have been working on strength rather than muscular hypertrophy by  doing 6-8 reps per set of each exercise. Searching for a way to measure my progress I found this nifty 1 Rep Max Calculator. The table below compares my one rep max at week 5 to my one rep max read on ..