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Are you too old for that?

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Heading into the weekend and nearing the end of the school summer break we thought we’d try something new and motivating! With college and pro football fast approaching you’d think it might have something to do with that and you’re right AND wrong!

Today we are highlighting a 40-ish mother of two who you may have seen on the news recently.

She suffers from an incurable kidney disease… That is not why she was on the news.

Cheerleaders

Kriste Lewis shows the world that chasing a dream at any age – especially 40-ish – is worth all of the hard work and it certainly took a courageous step!

Kriste Lewis 40 year old Cheerleader for New Orleans SaintsKriste will be joining the New Orleans Saints as a 40 year old Cheerleader this year!

Following a motto of “Have Focus and Fun” has led her to the Saints sidelines and she will certainly be an inspiration to many this year. You can find a few more details on this People article.

Focus & Fun

Her motto is simple… Focus & Fun.

A good reminder to us all when it comes to our individual fitness [Read more…]

Workout reality check

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My primary workout partner aka ‘That Guy’ is traveling today, or so he says. So I worked out alone today for the first 30 minutes and then our part time partner (ie, shows up a couple times a week) decided to drag his ass out of bed and make an appearance.

I was finishing up with some triceps cable pushdowns so we moved over to the biceps machine for a superset with seated tricep push downs. Note – supersets with only two people is always an effective way to get someone moving who is a talker – they would rather discuss stocks, sports, cars, or anything else that avoids lifting heavy weight consistently – not enough time with this plan! You can thank me later.

New Guy at the GymAnother guy at the gym who just started coming in a couple weeks ago asked if he could work in on the bicep machine. Ugh, new guy :(

5am, very sparse crowd, SERIOUSLY? WTF, but since we were moving fast no big deal. OK.

Then he started critiquing technique. What?

Here’s the deal… We generally have two rules in the gym and sometimes we mix in [Read more…]