VIDEO ROUND-UP!! I would have called this "Videodrome" but there's no Debbie Harry involved, and thankfully no "David Cronenberg style movie events" have taken place. Shame on me! I've had the first video (shot at Thompkins Square Park in NYC) uploaded and (accidentally) hidden on my YouTube account for WEEKS. This piece goes through a little bit of the Bodyweight Rows (aka … [Read more...] about Video A Go Go! Two Exercise Tutorial Videos (bodyweight rows, floor wipers) and Organic Vegetable Unpacking!
Ideas
Some New Years Ideas – Resolution Alternatives
Among "fit pros" this time of year brings a mixed set of emotions. On one hand, most share the excitement of a New Year and opportunity for a fresh start, plus everyone knows that this time of year bring$ lot$ of opportunitie$ for tho$e of u$ in the fitne$$ field. Was that subtle enough? :) The other side of it is the cynics and realists know that the mainstream fitness … [Read more...] about Some New Years Ideas – Resolution Alternatives
Ask GiryaGirl: 10,000 Swing Challenge Help! What do you eat for breakfast? Healthy Hot Cocoa?
This morning was a flurry of activity as you slackers finally came back to work from long holiday weekends and all decided to call, email, text, facebook, twitter, etc. Joking about the slackers part, I just wanted to poke fun at you all - since it was hard to get a few tasks going while carrying on about 6 different trains of thought/conversations. But I'm pretty ok at that … [Read more...] about Ask GiryaGirl: 10,000 Swing Challenge Help! What do you eat for breakfast? Healthy Hot Cocoa?
Hawaii, Motivation, Priorities, American Ninja Warrior… [with videos]
Hawaii Adventure, or how I ended up doing pull ups right next to the Pacific Ocean... Those of you on Instagram already know some of what's in this post, but I wanted to kind of fill in the details here and there. In recent years I've gotten into a travel habit, so much so that if I have to stick around in one place too long I get a little annoyed. Granted the constant … [Read more...] about Hawaii, Motivation, Priorities, American Ninja Warrior… [with videos]
Ask GiryaGirl: Thanksgiving, Anywhere Workouts… and a Few Random Ones…
While Thanksgiving is tomorrow, some of this Q+A may be a little on the "late" side but maybe not! Q: What are you cooking or sharing for Thanksgiving? A: Even though some of the family has said "don't worry we have it all here", I'm always one to bring something. For one I like to share, and for two it means I know that there will be a lower carb option with no hidden … [Read more...] about Ask GiryaGirl: Thanksgiving, Anywhere Workouts… and a Few Random Ones…
The Extreme Value of Delicious Delivered Organic Fruits and Vegetables With Unpacking VIDEO!
My main arguments against planning out meals too far in advance, or buying meal plans from others are: I change my mind a lot, and my best meals (that result in shared recipes) are nearly spontaneous. Don't tell ME what to eat. I often take advantage of seasonal (read "on sale") organic foods. While I can certainly see the value in diet-specific or contest prep … [Read more...] about The Extreme Value of Delicious Delivered Organic Fruits and Vegetables With Unpacking VIDEO!
The World is Watching You
Maybe you're a fitness instructor, maybe you participate in recreational sports, or maybe you're simply taking an active role in your own health and fitness. This makes you fairly unique these days, and most likely that will make you stand out within a given peer group. Interestingly, many times the people who are just starting to make healthy changes to their lives are under … [Read more...] about The World is Watching You
The Great Outdoors… A Stacking Workout Circuit
Should issue a warning to my friends/workout partners and small group whenever I start reading about things like SEALFIT or am in the early chapters of Lone Survivor and learning all about what those guys go through in Indoc and BUD/S etc. It warps my own sensibility in terms of "difficulty" when I push myself through a challenge. Now, there's this terrible little voice in … [Read more...] about The Great Outdoors… A Stacking Workout Circuit
Curating Reality for Happiness and Hyperproductivity
The absolute beginning of the biggest improvements in my adult life came when I started imagining not just what would be "good enough" but what would be "ideal". Thing is, you can always scale back from the ideal, or work up to the ideal--but the act of thinking of the ideal at all can help (at least it helped me) remove some self-imposed barriers I had no idea even existed! … [Read more...] about Curating Reality for Happiness and Hyperproductivity
Cold Remedies…. or Leveraging a Cold as an Excuse to Do Strange Things
Managed to catch a real heck of a cold, which doesn't happen often at all. This is one of those that makes me thankful to be working from home anyway this week. BUT, it's also a really good excuse to concoct things, and well I've always been a fan of that. Of course I've already used the cold as an excuse to visit The Salt Room again (click here for a past blog post about … [Read more...] about Cold Remedies…. or Leveraging a Cold as an Excuse to Do Strange Things
