Tag: strength

Monday Motivation- Hang in There With a Pull-Up Bar

Today’s pull-up bar sponsored post is a thinly veiled metaphor for life

Hang in there, don’t give up.  Come on, you can do it. The road seems long and perilous but don’t give up.  Hang in there…metaphorically.  And also…you should just hang there, literally.  Hanging from a pull-up bar is a fantastic exercise that can help alleviate shoulder and back pain, increase grip strength, and allow you to appreciate the fact that we don’t live in trees.

Do you have back pain? Shoulder pain? Zits?  Get yourself a pull-up bar and hang from it several times per day and most of your life problems will simply go away. Continue reading “Monday Motivation- Hang in There With a Pull-Up Bar”

5 Easy Ways to Get Back (and stay) in Shape- The 5-Minute Workout

Exercise is hard.  Trying to get motivated to do a 2-hour workout is mentally exhausting.   The older we get the harder it is to change our habits. The inactivity in our life builds on itself and before we know it we’re staring incredulously at pictures of our former selves. We sit there half hating/half admiring the person we used to be for their ability to constantly stay in shape no matter what they ate or how they lived.

For many of us those days are long gone.  You look down and see a little extra cushion around your belly and you want it to be gone.  Maybe you feel too embarrassed to even go to a gym.  Maybe you want to start at home where no one can see you workout. You don’t even know where to start.

Maybe you’re someone who has never worked out.  Nobody ever showed you an easy to follow workout and you didn’t know who to ask.  No matter where you are in your fitness journey this workout can help you. Continue reading “5 Easy Ways to Get Back (and stay) in Shape- The 5-Minute Workout”