Sharing is Caring!

Today I had the pleasure of meeting Miss Kerry for RPM and a cuppa which was great fun. Kerry and I met for the first time at the INBA Nationals in 2008 and have seen each other briefly since then. If you check out Kerry's blog you'll see she's a Crossfit babe (aka can work very hard without throwing up), so I threw down the gauntlet and invited her to come and try out RPM.

I was a bit unsure of how I'd go, because I had filled in the 6.00am class and here I was backing up again at 9.30am, thinking of the two classes I did yesterday and the two I did the day before. However the thought of not giving my 100% when I had a wonderful workout to share was unbearable and we managed to thrash it out to the end.

I knew Kerry had worked hard because I could hear some heavy breathing at the end (I was thinking "have I tamed the Crossfit chick?), so I casually asked her how she enjoyed the class and how she was feeling.

"There was one stage where I wanted to spew," said Kerry. "Oh, goody," I thought, "mission accomplished!"

We had a great old chatter and a nice Chai Latte and Hot Chocolate and chewed the fat about workouts, nutrition, blogs and everything in between. Being 40 and mothers, there's a lot of common ground between us, fun, fun ,fun!

Kerry, if you're reading this, I hope you can meet me for an RPM workout again (plus a complimentary triceps workout! Yeah, I'll take ya!.....)

Anyway, bottom line about why I'm writing about this is to say that blogging is a great way to meet up with others who share the same interests. And whilst climbing the performance mountain is great, it's always a wonderful thing to share the view at the top....

Words or Workouts?

Hubby and I are having a laugh at this book which is all about how the corporate world, in its' desire to become more efficient, have come up with the most laughable play on words to describe the world of business. No doubt you've heard of the concepts of "Mission Statement, Key Performance Indicator and now, "Bendable Learnings". The current ones from the office apparently involve "getting traction on a problem", and the word "appetite" - ie our business doesn't really have the "appetite" for that venture. I think it's hilarious and then started to think about the fitness world and the some of the ridiculous words and phrases that come into play when describing exercise, fitness and supplements.

Try phrases and words like:

*"iron clad guarantee" ( please, if anyone sees what iron cladding looks like please email me, I'm intrigued)

*guaranteed results" ( if you do any sort of working out, you're going to make some sort of change, thereby you're automatically guaranteed of a result"

*Supplement Gobbledegook -"Amino Acid Transportation System", "Protein Matrix", "guaranteed pump"(they should therefore market it to the Viagra seekers of the world), "100% bioactive peptides" (uh, do you mean whey protein?) "nitrogen positive supplement for superior anabolic action " (eat protein and lift heavy shit for best results!)

*"metabolic conditioning" (what, do you mean circuit training and going so hard you want to throw up?)
*"Raise the Bar" (where? how? to infinity and beyond?)

*"a workout complex" (coined by Alwyn Cosgrove, I hate this term, still haven't figured this one out - personally I prefer "KISS - Keep it Simple, Stupid")

* "working into deficit" (could be akin to singing "How Do I Know" by Whitney Houston ie do, don't think!)

Do any of these words make the concept of getting fit any more technical? No matter what the words, the basics remain the same. Have a good giggle, have some fun - can anyone relate? I think the supplement stuff is hilarious - an entire industry built around clever word play......

Speaking of having fun today, I taught Step this morning for poor Miss C who has been sick with swine flu - we were having so much fun that I think we all forgot how hard we were working until the end - shattered, but in a good way.

On that note, I'm going to take my learnings and make up a special carb protein matrix sourced from natural ingredients (ie no barcodes lol) and ingest it into my rather large (yet bendable) digestive tract.

Bon appetit and have fun!

Quick Post

Training today - "The Return from Slugdom Official Workout" - teach RPM , then teach Bodystep, making sure I have a nice big serve of oats, protein powder and a nice tall Gloria Jean's tea in between....nice!!!



I will use a combination of stored muscle glycogen, fat and circulating blood glucose for fuel and I will not care what HR training zone I am. I will complete the job knowing I have kicked butt and I will ensure I have BCAAs and glutamine with my post workout meal which shall otherwise be known as Portuguese Chicken, with cabbage, carrots and snow peas followed by strawberries for dessert.



I am strong, I am fit and most importantly I am having fun!