June 24, 2014
It’s four (4) weeks until the fitness competition and over the weekend I had a mild panic attack when I started watching YouTube videos and realized: (a) my music was...
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May 19, 2014
My first obstacle for the Spartan Race was signing up for the Spartan Race. That’s because last year I chickened out before even entering it. There were legitimate reasons: 1)...
April 16, 2014
The pole fitness competition is in less than 3 weeks! Yikes! Panic attack! FYI – this is a picture of one of my dance teachers, Brenna Wilder, who won the...
April 7, 2014
As my thoughts turn towards summer, I can’t help but fantasize about taking a vacation. But since I am crazy a fitness enthusiast, a dream vacation for me includes hardcore...
April 4, 2014
Remember how I told you that when I turned 40 I decided to enter a pole dancing competition, even though I can’t dance, don’t know gymnastics, and got no game,...
March 25, 2014
Pole dancing has been around for over 800 years. It started as a sport in India. From their it spread to China, where men (not women) would climb up 20...
March 20, 2014
If you were to look at me in a bikini right now you might think I’ve been reading 50 Shades of Gray or something. Why? Because I’ve been practicing pole...
March 8, 2014
Remember how I told you that I was auditioning for a pole dance competition for my 40th birthday, and I had no idea which division to submit for? So I...
March 6, 2014
Gymtimidation is slang for being intimidated to go to the gym. Planet Fitness has exploited this common insecurity to great success. Here is an example of one of their commercials:...
February 24, 2014
This morning I was working out back/biceps/shoulders with my friend from the pole dancing studio and I was commenting how much my forearms hurt from yesterday’s session (more on that...
February 17, 2014
Yesterday we videoed my audition for the Novice division of the Capital of Texas Aerial Championships. Novice means it has to be on a static pole, at least 2 minutes...
February 4, 2014
I f*&$#@ love to curse, only I use the real words and not cute symbols like @#$%. This little habit had to be reeled in with the arrival of my...
January 27, 2014
I was on the R subway travelling from Queens to my temp job in Manhattan in the frigid darkness of a winter’s Monday morning. Stressing over student loans and not...
January 25, 2014
One of my Hey I’m Turning 40/New Year’s Resolutions is to enter a local pole fitness competition in the Novice division (that’s fancy for “people who have no idea what...
January 21, 2014
My trainer is on maternity leave (it’s a boy!) so the girls from the team are breaking into smaller groups of workout buddies and it’s been a lot of fun....
January 14, 2014
A lot of times I write my little blog posts and forget that people other than my friends and family read them too. (Ah, the internet!) Well, remember how I...
