L & G's amazing adventure is about to pick up speed

Serious Speed.

But more about that later.

This week we decided to have fun. All week long. Coach A gave me a cool new book of exercises and I've been making up our weight routines. Our bodies hurt in a whole new dimension!! And we're having a blast. And to cap it all off - today our friend Adam was in the gym at the same time, and put us through some incredible ab work to finish off our workout. That was awesome.

Life is sooooo good.

How to do assisted pullups properly

In this month's program, we have, surprise surprise, pullups. No matter how many of them you do, they're still hard and not much fun. Luckily, coach said we can use assistance to get back up this week. So we decided on this method. Efficient (both of us in one shot) and damn cool to boot! Bet no one else has a super-awesome-strong gym friend like us :)

Less than 2 weeks to another fit test

We've got another fit test on the horizon, and then training camp, and we've been working our you-know-what's off to be ready.

So this morning when I saw this cartoon as I was trying to motivate myself to ignore my throbbing head and instead get it together and go train, I was instantly reminded why we do what we do :)

Off to the gym I go then!

best border crossing ever

Ok so maybe it's just the best one of 2013 - so far. But it was hilarious nonetheless.

I drive up to the booth. New (to me) guy greets me and we go through the preliminaries.

"Where are you going?"
"Home, to Burlington."
"Where are you coming from?"
"Montreal."
"What were you doing there?"
"Dragon boat training."

He does a visible double take, turns to look at me closely, eyebrows raised.
"Dragon boat? Do you ever sink?"
"No!" I say, adding a little indignance (and maybe just a tad of "you idiot") to my tone. I'm about to tell him I paddle with a world championship team thank you very much, when he cuts in.
"No? Aren't they made of cardboard?"
"Cardboard? No way!" I don't know who is more surprised at this point - him or me.
"Ok, well what IS a dragon boat then?" Keep it simple girl.
"A 40-foot, fiberglass war canoe."
"OH COOL! I thought they were made of cardboard."

There's a first for everything right?

Missing my twin :(

G is in sunny Miami (while I am stuck in this stupid deep freeze in VT) to run her annual half in the marathon.... And I am a wreck without my bff, training partner, sister, twin. Weird. Is it a full moon or something? Good luck G!!!!!! I know you can beat your previous time and then some, you little rhino!

Our debut appearance on TV!

Psyched to share this fun piece with you highlighting our amazing journey, our awesome sport and our beloved team... check it out, we're featured just a few minutes in. Thank you Vermont Public Television!!

Watch Episode 3 on PBS. See more from Out & About.

What do we have in common with The Biggest Loser?

Bob's workout!! For a little variety we decided to model our circuit on Bob Harper's deck of cards workout this week. My daughter M joined us. Halfway through as we were sweating hard we all thought "shit, if 400lb people can get through this without dying so can we." And we did. Then for good measure we did it again!