Cross Training

03/02/2020 Comments Off read Health & Fitness

For those of you who have been following my Instagram since era 2009/10, including my deleted posts, you know I have been cross-training for quite some time. I ran, cycled, lifted weights, yoga, etc. Then life happened. Unfortunately, stress makes me lose weight, no gains. What is even crazier is my metabolism is super fast. I am not asking my metabolism to slow completely down, but if it can slow down 15% or even 10%, I will be happy. I miss cross-training and for people who say, oh you should not be biking or running, makes me wonder if they are a truly certified trainer. No offense, but a lot of people sit around and pop supplements of CoQ10. Cardio is good for your cardiovascular health and you should never take that out of your cross-training. That is why you also must lift and increase your calorie intake (the caloric surplus).

I finally had gotten my bikes serviced. I have a total of three bikes: 1 mountain bike, which can also be used for on road biking. I used this bike at one time for both. Very heavy. Now my other 2 bikes are Trek. I am just excited to be back and the gym, riding bikes, and focusing on getting back to the lb club of at least 130/5+!

Health Hiatus

04/28/2019 Comments Off read Health & Fitness

Due to health issues I am taking a break from my blog. I promise to be back soon. Maybe sometime in May or June.

Sempervirens

04/05/2019 Comments Off read Adventure, Health & Fitness, Nature, Travel

Sequoia, girl, your eight feet palmar flexion creases chokes the fog around you. Having the thickest skin and run miles and miles from NorCal to SoCal. Your tallness and redness can be seen from miles and miles away, even in the thickest heaviest fog. I cherished you as a child. I hugged you. I have mourned you. I am always reminded, there is no other tree in the world that could put me in much awe as you. When I walk into your redwoods, I know I am in a place of gracefulness. A place of reflection. A place to fill a room.

Sequoia Sempervirens, also known as, California Redwood is one of the most awe eye dropping trees!! They are amazing and I photographed these beauties up and down the coast along HWY 1 (Pacific Coast). Big Sur is also beautiful and a place I always love to go to tackle down my creative writing as a writer (poetry). Hwy 1 is also gorgeous. It is something very special about this place. I biked it and it is considered one of the most dangerous roads to bike. The bike shop was very concerned about me biking alone. However, I knew and told myself over in my head, you got this! I literally biked Big Sur; I did it! I can take it off my bucket list and I am looking forward to doing it again.