Finally managed to get to the gym for the first time since the whole vitamin D deficiency overtook me. I feel great, even if my back is threatening to sue.

February happened to it, repeatedly. (The last two weeks of February appear to have happened to several RL people, even worse than it happened to me. At least I just feel like I'm one week behind with everything ( Read more... )

I was going to make a joke about January in the gym always being chest day but, on third gym visit attempt, I did manage to get onto a bench ( Read more... )

As you may or may not know, I have been trying to incorporate some yoga into my gyming, partly for the stretching and partly for the meditation aspects. Flat is too untidy to yoga so I do it in the gym ( Read more... )

Floor slams, where have you been all my life?

(This message is brought to you by one of the trainers going "why not try those, it's an explosive action like fencing".)

So, my terrible squat form is trying to come home to roost. I've not injured myself but basically because a congenital hip problem I basically squat like a frog and freak the trainers out. I may have promised not to go higher in weights until my knees stop wobbling. Problem - the weight I am at is low enough that it is not challenging. ( Read more... )

Fabric craft queston - any hints or tips when working with slightly stretchy material ( Read more... )

(Trigger warning for diets and stuff ( Read more... )

Lunges, how I both love and hate thee ( Read more... )

So, I don't lift weights to music. I know why people do it, but I learnt my lesson when I injured myself while deadlifting when "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was on the gym radio (if you know me, you know precisely where in the song it all went horribly wrong ( Read more... )