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How I’m Healing from a Knee Injury as an Active Person

June 18, 2018

Knee Injury RecoveryA knee injury sucks. Trust me, I know first hand. It was early Friday evening around mid-January of this year. I had just gotten home from work and was getting ready to settle in for the night. As I walked out of my closet and headed toward the bathroom, my right knee abruptly collided with the wall.

There was instant pain followed by a few choice expletives, but I brushed it off. I didn’t think it was a particularly hard hit so I elevated it for the rest of the night and carried on with business as usual the following day. After a couple weeks passed, however, I noticed a stiffness in my knee that hadn’t been there before. It was annoying, but I figured it was a delayed reaction to what happened and would go away soon enough. Fortunately it did, but then it also came back.

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Crush Comps: Prioritizing Health & Wellbeing

January 22, 2018

Studying for comps or qualifying exams can be very mentally (and yes, even physically) demanding. To do your best you need to be at your best, so you must take care of your health. This means eating foods that serve your body well, moving your body to counteract all of the sedentary time spent reading and writing, resting when needed, and having a strong support system. Continue Reading

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Go Gymless with Jessica Smith’s Total Body Balance!

September 18, 2017

Hey Guys. Happy Monday!

I’m still trying to find the right gym to join here in Atlanta. You’d think it’d be easy with there being so many gyms here, but it’s taking a lot longer than I expected. Ideally, I want to find a place that’s within a 5 mile radius of where I live, offers some strength training classes, and is reasonably priced. While I look for that mythical unicorn I’ve been making use of my apartment’s gym which is actually pretty nice, and my fitness DVDs.

I just did one on Saturday by Jessica Smith. Since it’s fresh on my mind I thought I’d do a review of it for this Go Gym-less series. Keep reading to find out my thoughts. Continue Reading

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Something New

August 14, 2017

Hey Guys! Happy Monday.

I’m currently in Atlanta apartment hunting (more to come on that later!) but I wanted to share some cool pics with you that I took recently. They inspire me but not for the reasons you’re thinking. Continue Reading

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Big Fitness Update!

June 12, 2017

Happy Monday Guys!

At the beginning of the year I told you all about my fitness goals for 2017 here. I started the year off strong with a few different workout classes (Reformer, CrossFit, and Cycling) in January and February. In March and April I incorporated more regular running into my workouts. Well in the past month I’ve kicked things into overdrive by making a drastic change to my fitness regimen. If you watch my stories on Instagram you probably already know what I did. Continue Reading

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Go Gymless with Tracey Mallett’s Functional Intensity Training

May 29, 2017

Happy Monday Guys!

Three day weekends are a thing of beauty. I’ve spent mine researching jobs, applying for jobs, and praying for a job (Ha!). But not just any job, the job that God is preparing just for me (or better yet, is preparing me for it). I also did some work for my summer research gig, and picked up brunch to go from this restaurant called Relish in Raleigh that I checked out last weekend. Their food is good!

It’s been a little while since my last Go Gymless post and I couldn’t leave you hanging. Especially not now, since this weekend marks the unofficial start to summer.

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