After each Christmas I start looking ahead to the new year. I’ve been thinking about goals relating to church, work, kids, home projects and this year in particular, I’ve been spending a lot of time pondering health and fitness goals. Beth and I are coming up on our two year anniversary of working out at UFC Gym. … Read More »
Everyone has a favorite pair of jeans. You know the ones that fit perfectly and make you feel awesome when you wear them? The ones you hold on to even when they don’t fit anymore because you keep hoping that someday you’ll be able to get those puppies over your thighs again. Mine are a pair of Joe’s Jeans that I bought about 10 years ago.… Read More »
I don’t really think of summer as swim suit season because I hardly ever wear one. My kids are old enough to go to the pool alone, heck one is a lifeguard! When I do go swimming, I don’t really mind that my suit is a tankini with a cute skirt rather than a bikini that requires a Brazilian wax. … Read More »
These gloves (my gloves) were drying out on my kitchen table. Boxing gloves are a foreign object in our home. Therefore, I heard these same two questions three times. (Once from each of the males living in my house as they entered the kitchen separately.)
When Denise (my fabulous UFC Gym Trainer) says “We’re going to do Tabata today” I’m never sure whether to laugh or cry.
Tabata training is a high-intensity interval training workout, featuring exercises that last four minutes. … Tabata training was discovered by Japanese scientist Dr. Izumi Tabata and a team of researchers from the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Tokyo.… Read More »
Fat Darrell works at UFC Gym-Perimeter. Okay, so Fat Darrell isn’t so fat at all. In fact, he’s in awesome shape. He told me recently that he’d give me a sandwich recipe for our “recipe of the week”. I was thinking it was probably a cucumber sandwich on rice cakes with protein powder or something gross like that. … Read More »
written by Beth Dubsky (Audra’s workout BFF)
I am a practicing Catholic. (Don’t worry. I will not be talking about religion.) As a practicing Catholic I am obligated to go to mass on the weekend. Now, the Catholic Church makes this pretty easy for me by offering six different times that I can attend mass from Saturday evening to Sunday evening.… Read More »
One year ago I would have never been able to figure out what this acronym stands for:
“IBJJF”
It only took about 5 seconds though and the answer popped into my head…. International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu FederationBeth and I haven’t practiced any Jiu-Jitsu but we seem to arrive before, after and sometimes during Jiu-Jitsu lessons and it looks very intense but fun. … Read More »
Beth and I are in our 11th month of training at UFC Gym and are still going strong. One year ago I would have NEVER DREAMED of working out during the holidays. I’d be too busy eating yummy food and planning my new year’s resolution to get in shape the next year. I did this for many years and am so thankful to report that I stuck with it during 2016 and feel better and younger than I have in years! … Read More »
So, I went for my annual physical last week and my doctor was THRILLED with my progress over the last 12 months. My gluten free diet has KILLED all of my Celiac symptoms, my exercise routine has melted off a few pounds, boosted my energy and helped me sleep better at night. I’m here to tell you that diet and exercise have REALLY made a difference in my well-being! … Read More »
Note from Audra…I don’t want y’all to get tired of me so I’ve asked Beth to help me write a few Fitness Blog entries. I definitely wouldn’t still be working out if it wasn’t for her. Check out w what she has to say about what motivates her!
Submitted by Beth Dubsky (Audra’s Fitness Friend) Last month was my wedding anniversary.… Read More »
Note from Audra: Click here for the UFC Gym Class Schedule…I dare you to join Beth for a class!
Written by Guest Columnist Beth Dubsky
I saw a T shirt the other day that said, “buck furpees“, and I came this – close to buying it . I hate, hate, hate burpees. Hate them.… Read More »
Note from Audra: Beth Dubsky has turned out to be the PERFECT fitness partner! Plus, she agreed to write a few blog entries for me so you can get her perspective on our experience!
Beth’s Fitness Blog Entry #1
“I am not a gym person.” This is what I used to tell people when they asked me where I worked out.… Read More »
I don’t always complete all of my summer goals but made sure that “Biking the Beltline” was a goal that my family completed before school started back! Finding time for the four of us to do this together turned out to be impossible so I settled for just me and my boys.
Ordinarily I would have been very nervous about keeping up with my two very healthy and athletic teenagers. … Read More »
Entry #9
So.. it has been a full week since our private sessions with Jose ran out. I’m proud to say that I’ve been to the gym twice anyway! It’s so hard to find time to go in the summer, especially when your non-driving teen has so many baseball games and practices and you are his personal chauffeur! … Read More »
