sugabear’s BodyBlog

I need some feedback please on personal trainer certifications..There are so many out there. I am aware of a few and I have in mind NASM which I understand is accepted by many franchise gyms. I intend to freelance and would be interested in your expert or personal feedback.

luv

Sugabear

If pain is weakness leaving the body well than damn I am about to be one strong lady!

I am having a hard time lately with my fybromyalgia…It’s so bad that sitting here writing this post is a struggle. Please don’t feel sorry for me and know that I will never give up my quest to compete.

Does anyone have any help or advice that they could lend me? What are some good supplements for joint pain and stiffness? I work through the pain and the endorphins seem to help me but when I sit at my desk for 7.5 hours five days a week I begin to stiffen up and i have to kick my own butt so I won’t give in to the weakness.

I once lay in my bed 4 years ago in so much agony I wanted to die. I begged God to take me and it was not my time. I finally decided to not give up and to get up out of bed and start to live again. I began some physical therapy and some massage. I was finally able to take up martial arts and begin to lift weights again. I promised I would never ever give in to pain ever again and that my mind was stronger than my body and I would command my body to be strong.

This time around is pretty bad and I refuse to give up but I am starting to realize I need some help. If anyone knows what Fibromyalgia is and if you can point me in the right direction for some relief I would greatly appreciate it. I don’t take pain pills and maybe the occassional ibuprofen for stiiffness.
Take care, keep up the hard work and never ever give up.

Love

Sugabear

I was doing so well and I just had the most stressed morning at work so I broke down and started to drink coffee.

Man I love the stuff…coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee….thankfully I only will drink it in the morning and I’m pretty happy with only one cup…sometimes two…=P

Don’t worry I still am not drinking alcohol….I can’t have everything, I’m not a princess but I do have my little guilty pleasures…hee heee

I guess it’s the sugar…hence the name…sugabear…mmmm luv the sweet stuff…

=)

Monni

For those of you who take the time to read this I hope it’s worth your while. I can’t tell you how much stress I have been under lately. I am starting to feel it in the gym lately too. Not that going to the gym stresses me out. It’s the opposite, it takes the edge off of my already overloaded nerves.

I guess I’m feeling nervous because I know I only have 3 months before my potential first amateur contest and I don’t really know what the heck I am getting myself into and what I am doing. I search this site for training tips and diet plans. I talk to as many people that I can and read tons of magazine articles trying to eductate myself on fitness and nutrition.

What used to work no longer does anymore. I am getting older and I feel it not just in my muscles but in my joints too.

My finances are not good right now. I am working on that but it seems with less and or no money I’m not able to buy the right kinds of foods and supplements I need. I also wanted to hire a trainer especially for the posing and direction for my first show. Someone to guide me along the way I guess and be my friend too.

I’m basically on my own right now. I hope to make more friends that are interested in bodybuilding and especially shows. Most people give me a strange look when I say I am training to compete. One, I don’t look like a big muscle bound person and my age too. I won’t let either stop me but going to the gym alone sure gets old. I’m not saying I don’t like my alone time either. I sometimes prefer it that way but it would be nice to have someone for motivation and encouragement…

 Wow, don’t I sound like a mamsy pansy feel sorry for me…I’m not..just trying to find another way to vent and get this stuff off my shoulder so I can get over it already!!

I seriously am looking for friends…gym rats if you will..lol..muscle heads…just regular joes and jills like me that want more out of life than couches and potatoes…

With that said, I am going to the gym tomorrow and tear it up!!

Monni

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