You know how when you open up a magazine and read a interview of some random celebrity one of the questions that’s inevitably asked is “what’s your ideal day like?”
I’m not gonna lie: yesterday was that day for me.
Granted it didn’t involve waking up in the French Riviera, lounging poolside eating a plate full of exotic cheeses while high-fiving Matt Damon as we discuss our roles as Master Jedis in the upcoming Star Wars movie being released in 2015.
Nope it wasn’t anything close to that. But it was reaaaaaaaaaally close.
As hinted at yesterday it was Lisa’s birthday, and as such we both played “hooky” from work and well, enjoyed a day of decadence together.
We slept in, headed to the gym and trained together (which we rarely ever get to do), and then followed that with a little cameo appearance at the spa (she got a, well, I don’t know what she got, and I got an “extreme” sports massage).
Going to the spa is always an adventure for me because I always end up feeling like a bull in a china shop. Everything is so pretty and smells nice (a far cry from the facility), and I can’t help but feel self-conscious about what the hell am I doing there?
What do I do? What do I say? Where do I put my hands? Is the cucumber water, like, free? Shit, I need to burp. Am I allowed to burp?
Needless to say the spa was wonderful and served as a gentle reminder that I (we) need to do that more often.
After that the birthday girl wanted chicken wings, so who was I to get in her way!
To my more observant readers out there, yes, that’s a Lulu Lemon bag to Lisa’s left (no woman’s b-day is complete without a little Lulu, right?).
We then topped the day off with a little fro-yo, went home and chillaxed. Perfect.
I’m still kinda in “vacation mode” after yesterday so instead of writing some new content (I do have some doozies lined up), here’s this week’s list of stuff to read……
Unsexy Training Methods Produce Sexy Results – Artemis Scantalides
This was a knockout of a post written by Artemis (with a brief shout-out to who else? My girlfriend, Lisa. Woot woot!).
Artemis pretty much covers all the bases here: everything from why women shouldn’t be reticent to lift weights, why “cleanse diets” are a crock of shit, and eating REAL food is the real key to results.
I loved this comment in the article itself:
MYTH: 700 minutes of cardio per week will help you to achieve the body you want.
FACT: Moving around 7,000 pounds during your daily training session will give you the body you want.
Lifting Weights is Only For Boys….NOT – Emily Socolinsky
Like Artemis, Emily is another “go to” figurehead that I love to refer back to as a perfect example and role model for women to aspire towards.
She’s about empowerment, encouragement, and providing information…..but she doesn’t sugar-coat things.
In this article Emily highlights a “quick” back and forth between she and myself on the topic of women and lifting heavy things.
And by “quick,” I mean the opposite of that.
The WSJ’s “Get Over It” Column, Translated – Mark Remy
This was an article that was sent my way on Facebook by a lovely women named Kristine who reads my blog (who also qualified for next year’s Boston Marathon!).
I honestly had no idea the original article existed – namely because I don’t read the WSJ (mostly in part because the stock market is Klingon to me).
While I can somewhat commiserate with the original article – and sometimes catch myself throwing the ol’ stink eye to runners myself (much like the kettlebell crowd, they can be an elite group of uppity snobs sometimes – I felt as a whole the “intent” of the article was woefully ignorant.
The retort, however – which is what I link to above – was/is the balls. I don’t think I laughed this hard while reading something in a while.
