After having put in a whole heck of a lot of hours these past few weeks on various projects (for others mostly… you may have noticed the blog posts here have been a little few and far between… sorry about that) it was time to GET OUTSIDE before it gets annoyingly hot here in Florida.  Well… it was kind of really bright out there today, but I didn’t let that stop me, especially since they were going to be testing the fire alarms in the building, and I’m not keen on loud, shrieking alarm noises at random intervals!  After finding a decent, non-time-restricted parking space in a nearby fun mini downtown area, I put in a few hours at one coffeeshop, before walking over to lunch, then into a couple of stores… then realizing that I was only a couple blocks away from a really nice, quiet little park that has some great monkey bars, fireman’s pole, etc.  Then all the caffeine and braincells came together for one brief moment of insight… and the hashtag

#MonkeyBarMonday

was born.  Seeing that there were no children to jeer at the “weirdo lady” on the monkey bars talking to her phone, I got brave and decided to do the intro while hanging from the bars and holding on to the phone.  It’s very silly, and neither I nor the phone were harmed in the making of this goofy video:

OTHER extremely good news for today is that the LONG anticipated book, Strong Medicine by Dr. Chris Hardy and the legendary Marty Gallagher is out in both ebook and paperback form!  I’ve actually already read this book (had advanced review access) and am really pleased to report that it is not only a game changer, but potentially a LIFE changer.  This book is NOT just for fit people, and the way that it breaks down and explains some extremely important but often too dense for the public… UNTIL NOW.  It’s helped me understand these ideas SO well that I can easily explain them to others.  This book is chock full of realistic action plans made for REAL life and despite it’s manly-man exterior of “rugged Dr. Hottie with kettlebell” (no offense to the illustration, but that’s my nickname for him) on a black background with bold red headline, know that THIS book will work for human bodies of all genders.  No fitness magazine fluff here and it starts from the absolute beginning.  There are specific workout protocols, progressions, and even recipes too!  I know this sounds like a cliche, but buy it if you want to really make the change.  I hope you do, and not just because it’s one of my affiliate links… 🙂