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A Little Friendly Competition

Everyone gets their motivation from somewhere different. Some people are competitive, some aren’t so much. Me? Competitive. Competitive. Competitive. I can still have fun doing things I’m not super...

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Abs and Burpees

By golly, shame on me. I owe you all updates on top of updates on top of recipes on top of workouts. Let’s get caught up, shall we? Starting a new ER nursing job on top of just getting home from our...

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Clean Eating Blackberry Crepes & Thanksgiving Indulgence

I hope all of you Americans had a wonderful Thanksgiving and that all my international friends enjoyed their week as well. Life got in the way of posts. But no more. I indulged over thanksgiving and...

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Lifting to Failure Doesn’t Mean You Fail

Lifting to failure means lifting to where you literally cannot lift the weight anymore, the last rep is incomplete, because you pushed your mind, your body, and your specific muscle group to the limit....

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Unplanned Hiatus Has Come To An End!

I did not mean to go on a blogging hiatus. Apologies x a million to all of you wonderful readers of mine! Shall I make this quick so I can go shower and not be stinky post workout anymore? Let’s. What...

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New Year, New You!

Contrary to the title, this is not a much-expected “It’s the new year! Happy 2013! It’s time for a new you!” post. Is it a good possibility you’ve already thought that same thought and could make 2013,...

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Our Story Was Suspect

My story was suspect wasn’t it? Lots of build up – Operation Lean anyone? Christina, The Athletarian, and I then just happened to be in NYC on the same three days out of the 365 days of 2012. And we...

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How Heavy Is Too Heavy? The Importance of Form in Weight Lifting

I am honored to be a part of Michelle LeSueur’s latest 21 days of Health. I was introduced to Michelle about 3 or 4 years ago through Jamie Eason, and she quickly became one of my favorite people to...

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Patience + Reaching Goals

Happy Saturday all you rockstars!! I will have an update of what I’ve been doing this coming week. It includes more weights, less cardio, more food, more carbs and I feel strong and healthy and I’m...

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What’s Beautiful? Loving Yourself.

BAM! This post is a must read. It’s long. It’s important. It’s one of the most important posts I have EVER written. I have written many posts embodying these three main concepts: Promoting self love...

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