by Kristen Perillo | Jul 22, 2019 | strength training, women
You’re having a tough work day, and you’re looking forward to smashing your squat session afterwards to get some stress out. You’re more excited about adding weight to the bar at the gym than you are about anything else in your day, and you breathe a sigh of relief...
by Chris Rombola | Jul 15, 2019 | general health, injury recovery, motivation, strength training
I had my four-month checkup with my surgeon last week. It has been just over four months since my Achilles tendon ruptured and needed surgical repair. I was given a stellar review and told I was ahead of schedule in my recovery. So long as things continue on a...
by Chris Rombola | Jul 9, 2019 | strength training, general health, motivation
“I’m sick of being fat!” she exclaimed. As I listened to her, an out of town acquaintance who stopped by to say “hello”—and yes, I have her permission to share this story—my mind started making calculations. By her own declaration, she was “thirty f’n pounds”...
by Kristen Perillo | Jun 25, 2019 | strength training, women
Ladies, are you a laughter leaker? A jumping jack trickler? A squat spiller? So many women suffer from mild to moderate incontinence—also known as inappropriate urination—both during workouts and in everyday activities, and because so many women experience it, we have...
by Chris Rombola | Jun 24, 2019 | injury recovery, strength training
Did you miss part 1 of this series on Chris’s Achilles rupture and subsequent recovery? Check it out here. Surgery was a blur. I don’t remember much after I was given anesthetics. I only recall pondering aloud, as my wife drove me home, “Who put my pants back...
by Chris Rombola | Jun 23, 2019 | strength training, stress
A few weeks ago, Kristen Perillo wrote an article discussing the cumulative effects of stress on her life. You can read this here. She’s a full-time teacher and personal trainer and was struggling to balance end-of-the-year school mayhem, family losses and maladies,...
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