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Recommend me a strength training program!
In Fitness
Hayley
May 12, 2023
I used to do the Lift with Sohee program (https://soheefit.com) where you could do a 3 or 4 day split that offered both an at-home and gym version. You kept the same workout for a month with a focus on progressive overload, but her workouts always took me about 45 mins. I switched over to RISE (https://shop.achievefitnessonline.com/products/rise-program) primarily because I wanted something that incorporated mobility, power, agility AND strength and I love it! I started following Jason and Lauren Pak on IG and their take on fitness in general is sound and sane (IMHO). I do the 4 day version, but there is a "RISE Lite" that is a 3 day version and can be done at home. I think a lot of people do the home version, but I've never delved into it because I've only ever done the 4 day gym one. I love that every day is full body of some sort that starts off mobility warm-ups proceeded by some sort of power move (that can be easily modified to suit your fitness levels/abilities) before delving into strength. They provide TONS of options and alternatives if you don't have specific equipment. Again though, the workouts always take me 45-60 mins depending on the day, how much time I spend on mobility, resting between supersets, etc. I don't know if that helps much, but I thought I'd throw out my two cents. Actually, here's my third cent that piggybacks on what @skwiggs already mentioned. If you're looking for well-rounded, balanced workouts that incorporate mobility, strength, power, stretching, etc, with various options and take 30 mins or less than Zuzka is probably your best bet. Granted, I don't have much to compare her to other than Sohee and Jason & Lauren and I haven't checked out anything Zuzka-related in a while, but her approach always seemed pretty balanced.
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Trashy TV/ Addictive TV
In Fun
Hayley
Feb 20, 2023
I'm glad you resurrected this thread @sarah too ! Chloe never did finish watching Stranger Things (or Wednesday for that matter). She got really scared and would only watch it with her dad but then I think too much time passed and she hasn't gone back to it. TV shows have been on my mind lately and most recently I've been watching Physical. There are only 2 seasons and I just started the second but I'm completely addicted. It hits home for me because of the fact that the main character (Rose Byrne) finds happiness & meaning in aerobics and becomes an instructor, but her struggle with bulimia is a strong undercurrent in the show, too (there's the trigger warning in case anyone was interested in watching but unsure). There are a lot of f-bombs and her self-judgment and judgment of others is sometimes a little hard to take, but overall I can't stop watching and am thoroughly enjoying it. I seem to have a strong pull towards shows that offer at least some level of dysfunction (see my previous post about White Lotus 😁) I had brunch with a couple of friends last Friday and we started talking TV shows. Here is the list I came up with based on their recommendations- I'm curious to know if anyone has watched these and/or your thoughts: -Abbot Elementary -Shrinking (I've seen commercials for this on AppleTV. It has Harrison Ford & Jason Segal and looks pretty funny) -Firefly Lane -Moms -Trying -Love My parents are trying to convince me to watch a British detective show called "Happy Valley." I've added it to my list but as you can see I have a long ways to go (esp seeing as I can only handle one at a time) Ted Lasso is for sure next on my list once it comes out! I kind of let House of Cards fall by the wayside. I like the show but my mind wanders a lot and I find myself having to rewind and rewatch a lot (and I still don't understand what's going on).
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Curly Girls
In Fun
Hayley
Jan 12, 2023
I literally LOL at your last comment. I'm actually still smiling as I type this because I honestly don't know where else I can have these random discussions about my hair. 😆 Truly - the struggle is real. My straight-haired friends (which I realize now are about 99.9% of them) will never understand. It makes sense not to switch products, despite seasonal changes, if you find something that works. I've always noticed that I need to use more/less of something depending on if it's summer or winter, but I've never gone from some hold to zero hold in a matter of days. What's interesting is that I started thinking exactly what you wrote - in many ways I'd rather have more frizz and touchable hair than "perfectly" (that will never happen) defined curls that don't move. Or they move a little bit but full like straw. So while my hair may have looked quite a bit frizzier after my dog walk it still felt really, really soft which I did enjoy. We can't have it all, right? 😂 I will say that last night before I applied my gel in the shower I wrung out quite a bit more water and I definitely noticed more hold. It was still nice and soft once I messed with it a bit and removed some of the crunch but we'll see how it goes today. Usually when I take it out of a pineapple pony tail once I get home from the gym I have to use a lot of water to prevent it from looking like I have a beehive. I like the idea of using some styling balm so that I'm not completely rinsing out all of the product. That makes sense! Despite the fact that so much of this curly haired stuff doesn't..LOL.
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Curly Girls
In Fun
Hayley
Jan 09, 2023
I feel like I am in a curly hair conundrum again. It seems like I find something that works fairly well, stick with that routine for a while, then I wash my hair again and suddenly things stop working. I generally find this to be the case when the seasons change and I have to switch out products, but it has still been fairly cold with low humidity, so I’m not sure what’s going on.  About a week ago I noticed that I was doing my usual routine of using clarifying shampoo, and the conditioner Skwigg said she uses (Aussie brand) because I liked how soft it made my hair feel, followed up with a kinky curly girl curling custard. Then, suddenly I noticed my hair wasn’t having any hold. It would feel incredibly soft, which I loved, except as soon as I’d go outside to do anything, it would get very frizzy and puffy, despite the fact that the humidity is still low. I tried several more wash attempts to see if I’ve done something differently with applications, but the results were the same. I tried using a different gel, but still very little hold. I thought maybe I was rinsing out too much of the product (I do like to apply it when my hair is soaking wet in the shower), so I applied my gel outside of the shower on less soaking wet hair. This definitely gave me more hold but I had less curl definition and more frizz. I thought maybe it was a protein imbalance (I’ve read that when your curls start feeling really soft and you don’t have a lot of hold or definition it means you need more protein). So I went back to using the innersense curl radiance conditioner, and while I love the results, I have no hold and know that my hair will probably look very frizzy again in two hours. It seems like as long as I stay inside my climate controlled house eerything is fine but that is definitely not realistic 😆
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Random Thoughts
In Fun
Hayley
Jan 06, 2023
I was skimming through recent threads and realize I only get notifications to the ones I actively follow. I thought this was one of them but I guess not. :) @Joyce I feel you on the holidays. They're meant to be a joyous, warm, loving, celebratory occasion but for many they can leave you feeling down and sad. I'm sort of a mixed bag with that time of year, although when January comes I find I'm both happy to have a bit more structure and "normalcy" and sad because the holidays are over and this time of year always feels gray and cold. As I was reading further down the thread I saw what @skwiggs said about carbs+fat=bloat/puffiness. I feel like bloating is always one of my big issues and that might just be due to gluten, which I am really careful about but understand that I live with 3 other people who *do* eat it so maybe there's cross contamination here and there. I definitely find I am way more satisfied when I eat protein+fat. I still eat carbs throughout the day, but if I don't have butter, cheese, salad dressing, whatever, I'm never really satisfied. The weird thing is that when I eat something like GF pasta or rice (I made a Hello Fresh chicken fried rice the other night for dinner) I find that I'm insatiable. There wasn't a lot of chicken to go around (I feel like they always skimp on the protein 😁) and I went back twice for more before I finally thought I'd had enough. It's one of the reasons why I think I generally don't eat a lot of pasta. It's not my favorite thing in the world, but it always seems to take bucket loads for me to feel full and satisfied.
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