Hey all! I just found darebee by the enthusiastic recommendation of ncQ and am having so much fun checking it out. I'm looking forward to meeting folks and generally having a better idea what the heck is going on here.
Plus the auto-selector told me I'm fighting for the dark!
Here's my backstory:
47 years old. Was active in my 20's (soccer, rugby, mountain biking) then fairly inactive (had a baby and a not-great marriage) from about age 26-36. Starting walking & hiking a lot more about 10 years ago, but really found my way back to my body about 6 years ago when I began doing yoga. Injured my shoulder after 2 years of regular ashtanga yoga practice and did PT to recover. That awakened me to many body issues that yoga was not helping me address: core, small muscle strength in my back and shoulders, persistant hip pain, and not-great cardio. I started doing Pilates and TRX classes.
But the real gamechanger was saying yes to that first rock climbing class. I was terrified but I was one of those kids always up a tree or up a basketball hoop pole or a lightpost or a doorframe... And climbing made me feel like a kid again. That was fall of 2016 and I now teach beginning rock climbing, in private classes and for university PE. I couldn't mesh the TRX with the climbing, so dropped TRX and replaced Pilates with Barre. Then in 2018, added a couple of miles of running twice or so a week to keep my cardio up with zero injuries.
My goals in 2019:
Meditate 20 minutes a day 4x a week (currently doable - maintaining is the goal)
Run (however far or long) 2x a week (currently doable - maintaining and non-injury is the goal)
Do 3 reps of 10 pull ups at body weight 3x a week (currently I can do almost 3 sets of 10 at 40 pounds assist, 10 pounds less than last week!)
Climb better (that's just always a goal - more skill, less flail)
and now:
I think I'm going to try Age of Pandora!

Here's my backstory:
47 years old. Was active in my 20's (soccer, rugby, mountain biking) then fairly inactive (had a baby and a not-great marriage) from about age 26-36. Starting walking & hiking a lot more about 10 years ago, but really found my way back to my body about 6 years ago when I began doing yoga. Injured my shoulder after 2 years of regular ashtanga yoga practice and did PT to recover. That awakened me to many body issues that yoga was not helping me address: core, small muscle strength in my back and shoulders, persistant hip pain, and not-great cardio. I started doing Pilates and TRX classes.
But the real gamechanger was saying yes to that first rock climbing class. I was terrified but I was one of those kids always up a tree or up a basketball hoop pole or a lightpost or a doorframe... And climbing made me feel like a kid again. That was fall of 2016 and I now teach beginning rock climbing, in private classes and for university PE. I couldn't mesh the TRX with the climbing, so dropped TRX and replaced Pilates with Barre. Then in 2018, added a couple of miles of running twice or so a week to keep my cardio up with zero injuries.
My goals in 2019:
Meditate 20 minutes a day 4x a week (currently doable - maintaining is the goal)
Run (however far or long) 2x a week (currently doable - maintaining and non-injury is the goal)
Do 3 reps of 10 pull ups at body weight 3x a week (currently I can do almost 3 sets of 10 at 40 pounds assist, 10 pounds less than last week!)
Climb better (that's just always a goal - more skill, less flail)
and now:
I think I'm going to try Age of Pandora!
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