Natalie Tootie

I watched The Wrestler last night. It was very hard for me to watch because while I bet most of the people watching might think it was just a story, at its core it was very very true. The bodybuilding world is a lot like the wrestling world in that movie. It’s two sided. On [...]

So a few friends and I have been talking about the benefits high heart rate exercise vs. low heart rate exercise. I was promoting low heart rate exercise for fat burning because Michal had told me that was the case, but I didn’t have exact numbers as to what low heart rate exercise was or [...]

Kody and I are back at Bridle Trails. He can’t take the heat of direct sunlight for more than five minutes really. So that makes Bridle Trails perfect for sunny days. It’s shady and cool and when it’s warm the trails are dry instead of muddy and the horse poop dries faster. He loves it. [...]

I haven’t talked about bodybuilding in some time. I went though a sort of down period recently, but am just getting back into it. Down only in the sense that I was losing some motivation, not that I stopped. I have said it before, and I’ll say it forever. The hardest part of bodybuilding, or [...]

I may have mentioned it before, but I’m going through this phase where I still like bodybuilding, still like the working out, but am really getting tired of the food. Michal says this is to be expected where I am in my progress, and I believe it. But I told him today that I need [...]

I went to Staples today and bought a bell so I could start bell training Kody. It’s the latest in doggy potty training. He rings the bell when he wants to go out. Since he’s had more access to the house, there have been a couple of mistakes although he’s not bad. I can read [...]