Being a lawyer is stressful. Part of the story behind my involvement in this Challenge is that the stresses of my job (the time, the effort, and the emotion) had consumed my life and my personal fitness had fallen by the wayside. For the first few years of my practice, I felt as though I…
My New Fitness Family
For me, the results of this Challenge, and my experience at Crux Fitness, go way beyond the physical changes to my body — which have been significant and positive! I’ve blogged previously about some of the positive changes in my mind-set and the education that have resulted from this Challenge. Another result of this Challenge…
‘What is good for me is a challenge … not a comfort zone’
On January 2, 2018, my first workout at Crux Fitness, I stepped outside my fitness comfort zone, quite arguably for the first time since I began lifting weights at age 14. I’m actually no stranger to a gym. I first lifted weights at the age of 14 in the hot and musky weight room of…
‘I am fascinated by the scientific concepts behind what I am doing’
Never stop learning: It’s Science! Basal Metabolic Rate. Ketosis. Branch Chain Amino Acids. Visceral Fat. These are just four examples of the numerous new words and phrases that have entered my vocabulary since starting the Suwanee Get Fit Challenge. Early on at Crux Fitness, I heard Trainer Dan LeBlanc say time and time again, “It’s…
‘My energy is off the charts.’
Be Willing to Bleed. It didn’t take long after attending a few workouts at Crux Fitness to pick up on a theme around the gym — a playful, but macabre theme. There is the ghostly skeleton hanging from the rafters. There are outlines of bodies (a la a murder scene) on the gym floor. There…
‘Examine Yourself. Build Yourself’
EXAMINE YOURSELF. My decision to join the Suwanee Get Fit Challenge came after much self-reflection in 2017. At 32 years old, I have accomplished some significant personal goals: I graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor’s Degree, graduated from the University of Mississippi with a Law Degree, and started and sustained my own…