fitness – Page 3 – Chronic Radiance

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Start a Group and Never Be Alone. Here’s How.

Bychronicradiance October 7, 2022

I was talking to a friend of mine at the gym in between walking from machine to machine, and we were talking about how nobody really gets to talk and get to know each other at the gym. There are a few women in the early a.m. hours that I come, and we all inspire…

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Back on the Smith Machine

Bychronicradiance October 3, 2022

Before I even go into my excitement for getting on the Smith machine once again, let me explain what a Smith machine is first. The Smith machine is a large machine that has a bar and slots that you can lock it into for safety. You can do a variety of exercises on it standing,…

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Chronic Distraction versus Chronic Empowerment

Bychronicradiance October 2, 2022

The title chronic distraction vs chronic empowerment is a mouthful. Luckily I do these posts voice to text, with my phone automatically translating my words. Then I get distracted somewhere through the voice translation to laugh at how it thought I said one thing, but was a completely different Word. There is no flow yet…

Resilience & Mindset

Mind Framing – It’s all in the mind. Make it good.

Bychronicradiance September 26, 2022February 26, 2025

I return to the gym on Monday and see another member who I know also has MS, and asked her if she had off today. It is a Jewish holiday, Rosh Hashanah, and I had off, too. She said no she didn’t because she had appointment after her appointment after her appointment after her appointment….

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Aim High. You’re stronger than you thought you were.

Bychronicradiance September 23, 2022February 26, 2025

Let’s face it some days are just better than others. When it comes to energy, strength, nothing is ever predictable with a chronic illness like MS. One thing that keeps me motivated is keeping track of what I’ve done the last time I was at the gym, and and working around that number. For me,…

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Why You Should Sometimes Sweat the Small Stuff

Bychronicradiance September 15, 2022

Sometimes you have to focus on the small things. I’m not talking about The little things that might stress you out during the day, i’m talking about the smallest details that mean improvement. That means that you were better than yesterday. Yesterday something pretty remarkable happened. I was able to see a marked improvement. this…

Fitness Empowered

The Early Bird Gets the Worm

Bychronicradiance September 12, 2022February 26, 2025

Wow. I roll up at 4:40 AM, with extra time because of my time management experiment in the previous post, and I don’t want to sit in the car just waiting, so I figured I’d write a blog post. It’s pretty dark still in the parking lot, daylight savings time hasn’t kicked in yet, so…

Fitness Empowered

Why I Became an NASM Personal Trainer Again

Bychronicradiance September 9, 2022February 26, 2025

Early on in my career, before an MS diagnosis was even a thought, I made the choice to become a personal trainer as I was really interested in the fitness industry and was always in the gym. I was a gym rat. I was addicted to working hard and and was always trying to beat…

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New Beginnings.

Bychronicradiance August 29, 2022

It’s been over eight years since I’ve had my first blog post. I’ve had different blogs over the years, I’ve had different careers over the years and it’s at this time in my life that I feel like I’m really focused and ready to move up to the next level. My son is turning eight…