Wow, 100 followers! Thank you Skinnyrunner 
Welcome new readers, thank you for coming. I am excited to check out all of your blogs
If you are new to the blog, there are some things you need to know:
~I recently completed my 2nd marathon.
~I have been having knee problems ever since. (Part 2)
~I am cross training in order to prepare for Boston Marathon training.
So if you don’t see a lot of running on the blog right now thats why. Hopefully I will be running again soon!
Thank you for all your feedback on the diet pills/smoking issue. You all were torn as much as I was! I have to admit, I am feeling guilty about not saying anything. The next time we see them I will probably ask how its going and warn her to be careful or something along those lines. I don’t want to preach but I feel like I should say something. Just to clear things up, she isn’t my good friend. If she was I definitely would have said something to begin with. She is my boyfriend’s good friend’s wife.
Anyway…Its time for the…
Workout Move of the Day!
The Hover
The hover is a great way to build up enough strength and endurance to do pushups.
1.) Start in a plank position with your hands under your shoulders and space between your feet.
2.) Slowly lower yourself to the mat as if you were going to do a push up. Try to keep your elbows in and shoulders down.
3.) When your chest is about a fist away from the mat (go even lower than the picture above), drop your knees, but keep your booty in the air. Hold for a few seconds and then push up with a flat back.
4.) You are now in the up version of a modified push up. Pick up your knees to return to a full plank. Hold for 5 seconds.
5.) Repeat 5 times.
This exercise is meant to be done slowly, especially in the lowering phase. Do not just drop to the floor. Take your time going down, hold, drop your knees and then push up. In the beginning, you may have to do a little wiggle (worm?) with your body to push yourself up and thats okay but aim for to push up with a flat back. Of course, remember to squeeze your core in throughout the entire exercise.
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