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Day 2 Boot Camp

My routine is to pick up my neighbor on the way to boot camp by 5:15 am Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.  She usually gets in the car with a big sigh dreading the activity that lays ahead of us.  We park, walk in and we are basically always just ...

My Treadmill, My Friend

My husband set aside the unfinished area of our basement as our home gym.  We have equipped it with a lot of stuff so if we chose to, we could workout downstairs vs. having to get in our cards and trek on over to the gym.  One of my most favorite ...

Boot Camp, Green Smoothies OH MY!

It's April 8th and we started off the April boot camp session today!  Wow, what a difference a week off makes!  I didn't really have an entire week off.  I did continue going to the gym, doing the stepmill and working on my cardio but this stuff ...

It’s April – Did You Vote Yet?

I entered a contest at the beginning of March that lasts until May 31st.  It is a contest (Social Treadmill Challenge) at my gym, Brick Bodies, and I am really trying to win.  Right now I am in second place with 404 votes and trying to take over ...

Zumba Virgin

I am so proud of myself.  I finally a Zumba class!!!  Yes, yup....I know - what took me so long?  I have heard a lot about this thing called Zumba since ohhhhh 2008!  I had a co-worker take the class and tell me she thought I would love it ...

Happy Resurrection Day!

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Inch by Inch

I have worked really hard to share amazing transformation stories with all of you.  The ladies who have been featured are nothing short of AMAZING!  In all of this I failed to take a look in the mirror at my own progress.  It is slow but steady ...

DOUBLES!

I double dipped today.  I already had plans to work out with my trainer at Brick Bodies Fitness Center in Reisterstown but I did something impromptu and also went out to run 3 miles afterwards!  It was exhilarating!!!!! Considering we had so many ...

We Hit 700 #LIKES on Facebook

The Femme Fitale Fit Club public page hit 700 likes on Facebook!  I am truly amazed, humbled and excited about this major milestone.  We are well on our way to 1,000 LIKES, 2,000 LIKES and then 200,000 LIKES!  Wooo hoooo! If you haven't already, ...

MVP!

Today was the last day of boot camp for me for the March session.  It was tough I ain't gon' lie.  We did the dreadful squats across the gym, walking lunges with shoulder presses and then these shuffle squats!  OOOOCCHHH! We had some awards ...

Heart Attack

That is what it felt like I was having when I sprinted my way around the gym today in boot camp.  This is the 4th week of boot camp and our instructor took it up a notch to TEST us on everything we should have improved upon from week 1.  Whether ...

I Am In Second Place – Please Vote!

I entered a contest at the beginning of March that lasts until May 31st.  It is a contest (Social Treadmill Challenge) at my gym, Brick Bodies, and I am really trying to win.  Right now I am in second place trying to take over first but it is an ...

Where Have You Been All My Life – Polar FT4 Review

If you have been following this blog you know I had an HRM I used that gave me less than stellar results.  You would also know I have been participating in boot camp since like August 2012 and am still in my last session (I plan to take a ...

I Don’t Ask For Much

But am grateful for everything God blesses me with.  I really want to be blessed with first place in this virtual contest.  It lasts from March 1 to May 31 (I know a long time but help ya' girl out). Please please please (yes I'm back to begging ...

Please Vote For Me!!!!

I know I know many of you have never met me in person or know me from a can of paint but I would really love your support.  I am pleased you support this page and now I am asking for 5 seconds out of your life to VOTE FOR ME!!  My gym is running a ...

March is Zumba Month at FFFC!

I have been hearing about Zumba for well over 4 years now.  My co-worker approached me after taking a class and told me that she thought I would love it!  Four years later I still haven't taken a Zumba class.  It has grown in popularity and now ...

Fitness Sisterhood

Many people enjoy working out alone.  It gives them time to concentrate on their mind/muscle connection and it is their "me" time.  They work out solo in the weight room or running inside or outside.  I don't fault them because if you get the ...

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Taking The Plunge

I've been a fitness enthusiast for years.  I remember being 12 and away at camp and working out on their nautilus machines and taking aerobics to the high-energy songs of the 80's like "Gloria" and "Maniac".  That was also the birth era of rap ...

BOOM BOOM POW!

Who used to watch Kung Fu theater as a child and secretly wished that was you up there on the screen fighting bad guys with cool karate moves?  Welp, I'm about to fulfill a childhood fantasy.  Well sort of.  No, I am not in a Kung Fu theater ...