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Mom Hard at Work

Tell me if this sounds familiar (and exhausting)

1. Up at 5:30;
2. Shower for 15 minutes;
3. Dressing and grooming;
4. Get Kids up;
5. Dress kids;
6. Fix breakfast;
7. Make lunches;
8. Feed family;
9. Drop off kids
10. Grocery shopping;
11. Put away groceries
12. Gather laundry;
13. Rinse and put dishes in dishwasher;
14. Clothes to dryer;
15. Car to service – oil change;
16. Friend for lunch;
17. Pick up kids;
18. Take child 1 to soccer;
19. Child 2 to dance;
20. After dance back to pick up child 1;
21. Get kids snack;
22. Fold laundry;
23. Prepare dinner;
24. Eat;
25. Dishes (again);
26. Watch TV 1-hour;
27. Kids to bed;
28. Read 30 minutes;
29. Bed.

So whose day looks like this? Mom’s that’s who.

And amongst all this, moms also need to find the time to take care of themselves and exercise.

The next time you take your mom for granted. Think about this list.

Moms Rock.

Spotlight (Dennis Wallace)

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Dennis is a warrior.

I’ve been training him for close to a year and a half now. Not once has he ever questioned what we do, he does it. He works hard. He puts himself, and all of himself, in every workout that we do. Some succeed, some don’t. Sometimes he’s got more than enough, sometimes he doesn’t. But through it all, Dennis never stops moving forward.

In June of 08 Dennis was doing modified deadlifts. Today he can pull 240# for a 1RM. In Aug 08 Dennis was doing modified pushups on the squat rack (at #3 for those who know what that means.) Today Dennis can bust out sets of 20 or 25 full pushups, depending on the call of the workout. In March of 09 Dennis rowed 1k in 4:39 seconds. On 7/20/09 Dennis rowed 1k in 4:10. 0:29 second improvement, but the real testament to how good that time is comes from the workout after the warmup row.

Dennis’s body composition has dropped approximately 5% in this year. He’s leaner, he’s more toned and folks who knew him a year ago see it.

Dennis is someone I love to train. He’s all heart. He knows that the only way to achieve is through hard work. There are no shortcuts. There are no workarounds. Bust your butt, rest and then do it again.

Dennis Wallace is a warrior.

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Mike Babbitt, M.F.A, M.A., CSCS, ACSM-HFI
USA Triathlon Level 1 Coach, Master Trainer
Mike is a Master Level trainer at Empower Personal Training. He has a unique approach to fitness that combines his scientific foundation of research and applied exercise physiology with his artistic experience as a professional stage actor. For more information about Empower Personal Training please call (919) 401-8024