Now, you may not think it matters, but I pondered the nomenclature aspect of the equipment today. Chris called it a “bell” but I definitely think it’s shaped like a “ball.” No idea whence comes the kettle. No ringing, no cooking within, no bouncing ( Read more... )

Since Lynda made a surprise appearance on Tuesday for strength training, I didn’t bother to write it up. Everyone was delighted to see her, and Chris made us do a bunch of core activities along with our usual strength training, just so Lynda would feel special. Oh joy. Needless to say, we did a lot of strength and core stuff ( Read more... )

Today was a day of conversational zingers. Jaynie had the exercise-stopping one, where we were discussing all the stars who had been in Tropic Thunder. Matthew McConnaughy (sp?), Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Tom Cruise … you get the picture. We were in the middle of doing mountain climbers where Jayne casually referred to the cast as ( Read more... )