Tag Archives: exercise
Defiant Athlete: Week 8
It’ll write my two month progress report on Monday. Two months seems like both a really long time and no time at all to me. It seems like a long time, because I am fighting the frustration of not getting … Continue reading
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Athleticism Deserves Protection
Athleticism, it seems to me, is something to be protected. Like an endangered animal, it needs to be coddled a little, given just the right environment and the chance to reproduce in a controlled space. After a while, it will … Continue reading
Defiant Athlete: Week 7
This has been a good week for me. (I’m finding that hard to say, in light of the colossally not-good (turns out there is not an adequate variation on the word ‘bad’) week so many millions of people had.) A … Continue reading
Defiant Athlete, Week 6
You’ll be happy to know that I still love the name defiant athlete and will not be changing it this week. This week was a little tough for me. It had its ups and downs. Things are going to get … Continue reading
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Review: Debra Mazda’s Shapely Girl Fitness
(Warning: Some talk of weight loss below.) I have used a lot of exercise DVDs and Videos, starting with Richard Simmons and stretching forward twenty years to the Roller Derby Workout. I doubt if there is anyone reading this who … Continue reading
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Defiant Athlete: Week 5
In her book Shape Up with the Slow Fat Triathlete, Jayne Williams talks about how sometimes it is the adverse conditions that makes you feel like a superhero. Going to work out in the rain or snow, for example. Or … Continue reading
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