because someone asked why...

Lift off

The Facebook Group is taking shape.  We have 69 members and are growing by the moment.  Well, maybe that is a stretch.   I did not want to lose the outlet here on the blog, but I am so glad that I started the group.  Now - if I can just get everyone to understand that the group is the one place that it's pefectly acceptable to be supercilious and haughty, then we can really get this party started.  haha

Today, I changed the name from "Momma Mud: Motivated by Mud" to just "Motivated by Mud".  It is no longer MY group... it is OUR GROUP!

Keep it going, please add your friends.  The more the merrier.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/motivatedbymud/

The weight of the world

Secrets from the pro's-
So you have the sexy abs and the fitness model booty, but you want the shoulders to make your waist seem even smaller, to give you that desirable hourglass shape. In order to do that, you must build up your shoulders, capping your lateral delts, having a nice round curve, front to back.

Building beautiful shoulders

Ass to grass? Almost

 



New Personal Best: 
175 pounds - 1rep max. 


 

I shall not flag nor fail.

I don't think that I could necessarily consider this a "Flex Friday" photo but it is Friday, and I am flexing.  In an effort to commit myself to this new lifestyle, I wanted to very literally and tangibly commit. Whelp... can't get more committed then a tattoo.

So you ask, "Why 'Flag nor Fail'"?.  Originally... the phrase is actually a quote by Winston Churchill, but it is a little more then just the initial phrase. When I started googling all this fitness stuff at the start of my journey, I came across several quotes, websites, fitness blogs and competitor photos.  I was in sensory overload.  One thing that I kept running into was photos of Dana Linn Bailey.  I have blogged about her before.  Long story short, she's hot!  When Xavy and I were training together, he wanted me to get an idea of the physique that I was working towards.  He could make anything happen, I just needed to show him what direction I was headed in.  In my searches through hundreds and hundreds of photos on google, I found it.  I found it over and over again.  Each physique that caught my eye was coincidental the same person.  So... I made my pick.  I wanted to find out a bit more about Dana and I found that she owned a company called, "Flag nor Fail".  They hand print shirts and stuff with some bad ass motivational phrases and saying.  A sign?  Maybe.  I also noticed that their logo was very similar to the logo that I created for Motivated by Mud.  Another sign?  I think so. 

There ya have it.  I shall not flag nor fail.  I am in this for the long haul.  No matter how hard, how long, how grueling this journey is.  I shall not flag nor fail.  With its placement, if I plan to show it off ever and not look like an epic fail, I don't have much of a choice either.  How is that for motivation? 

Thanks Chris at Stone House.  Fantastic work!

Instagram

This app is magic!  I cropped out my grunting face.  NOT CUTE! lol

MY facebook

So, it maybe is or isn't my issue, but I have found that some of my old friends have completely squeezed me out on Facebook.  Perhaps me posting on MY page has caused me to isolate myself.  Recently, I have made a conscious effort to limit the motivational and inspirational posts and photos on my personal Facebook page.  I have saved them all for my Motivated by Mud page and blog.  It is almost a shame that I am giving in on this but I think its necessary in order to maintain some connection with the outside world.  (The world that does not see my pursuit of fitness the way that I do.).  I am uncertain about how I feel about this.  I almost feel like I am selling out.  Do you know what I mean?  Anyone else have this issue?