The 2013 2nd Annual Charm City Strongwoman Contest: There is always Strength in Numbers
“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.” J.K. Rowling And united we were. On Sunday, September 15, 2013, Fivex3 Training of Baltimore, MD and McKenna’s Gym of Red Lion, PA, hosted the 2nd Annual Charm City Strongwoman Contest in Baltimore, MD to benefit the Susan Cohan Colon Cancer […]
Training for Life: Charlotte’s Story
A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double. ~Toni Morrison “Ha! how many times can this change??? Although, I think we have it now. I really hope that I will be running/ walking with you for that 6.5 miles so that […]
Breakfast: To Eat or Not to Eat? That is the question.
Last week, I posted an article called 5 Reasons to Skip Breakfast on my Facebook page. You can read the article here. The article was written by Dr. John Berardi, founder of Precision Nutrition. As many of you may know, I am a Precision Nutrition Level One Coach. 😉 As someone who has had a […]
Inchworms and Spiders and Bears, Oh My! Why We crawl and You Should Too
In addition to all of our lying down and getting up, we also do a fair bit of crawling on the floor. Inchworms, bear crawls, spider crawls, monkey hustles. It doesn’t really matter what you call it. Just get down on the floor and move across the room. You may be asking yourself, “Why Crawling”? […]
Good Eats: Precision Nutrition Super Shakes
The other day, I posted an article/video from Dr. John Berardi of Precision Nutrition on my Facebook page about Super Shakes. You can watch the video here. I thought I would follow up with that post with this Good Eats Post about three different Super Shakes that are just awesome and straight out of the […]
We lie Down. We get Up. Do you?
Lie down. Get up. Every day. We do a lot of getting up and down here at Fivex3 Training. It’s just routine by now. We lie down. We stand up. We squat. (We squat a lot.) We get into half kneeling positions practically Every.Single.Class. I don’t think we ever sit…unless maybe we are stretching at […]
How to Carry your husband out of a Burning Building
Disclaimer: “This is not meant to be the literal solution if your house is on fire.” 😉 This is a post about why it is good to be functionally strong. As some of you may remember, I recently had someone comment on my blog post about barre classes, telling me I was “completely wrong”. You […]
Good Eats: Peaches and Cream Omelet
“You CAN make an omelet without breaking eggs. It’s just a really bad omelet.” – Steven Colbert I have a confession. I really love eggs. Recently, I shared an article on my Facebook page about whether eggs are healthy or not. You can read about it here. Poor eggs. They get such a bad rap…..and there […]
Update on our training for the Ulman Fund Triathlon. Now we are training for life.
My sister is amazing. She was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer in September of 2011, had surgery in October, started chemo in November. She finished chemo in July of 2012, volunteered at the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults Half-Full triathlon in October, the anniversary weekend of her surgery, and then immediately following the […]
Supplements: To take or not to take?
I get asked a lot of times from my clients about supplements. What do you take? What kind do you like? Is it worth taking supplements? Believe me, this is not an easy answer. We are all different and our needs are different. Some of us may need more iron in our diet. Others […]
