I did “intensive” training of 3x/week for 2 months (plus was seeing a physical therapist once a week). The trainer and PT both gave me exercises to do at home in between, and because this was to get well from an injury I am proud to say I actually did them! I was much more motivated after being in that much pain than…

I hear you! I actually ditched my gym for a few months and hired a trainer at a private facility. The cost is high enough that it was worth it to only have that while I got well and then do floor/body weight exercises at home on my non-training days. Then when I felt well enough to work out alone I weaned off the…

I have a new “hunker down” position that my trainer helped me with in preparation for a sneeze. Going into a quarter squat, brace your glutes, pelvic floor, and abs, relax your shoulders....and hope for the best! So far it has worked wonderfully, though it took a few months of personal training to build up glutes to…

I’d medal for sure!

He does have skills. I watched the whole video and he proposed on a baby bib! I don’t know why, but that made me burst into ugly-happy-sob tears. That is a really cute way to propose and a nice little “stunt” without being over the top. They seem happy, good for them.

I had a severe back injury a year ago from....sneezing. I had a giant body-convulsing sneeze that had me laid out for weeks because I didn’t have any muscle development in my body and other daily movements like sitting, bending, picking things up were being done unsafely for years. After PT (yes, really, it was that…

You’re awesome!

I was at the gym on January 2nd of this year. There were many heavy people on the sacred cardio machines, doing their things. There were a handful of already fit-looking people hovering around that area waiting for machines, getting huffy. (I was in the adjacent weight area for the first time, my…

I almost missed that because I was drooling at how well those gentlemen danced in heels. Delicious!

“I wish you’d save a little bit just for me...” Yeah, I even scoured Jez when that song came out like “WTF THIS IS LIKE AN EMOTIONALLY ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP” and found people talking about how much they like that song and “but it has a good beat so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯”

Hi Fellow Five-Twelver :) Whenever people ask me how tall I am (as in, 5+ times a day), I smile and say “5'12" and keep walking. It’s funny because you can hear them go “oh, wow” and then “uhhhh.....”

I’m a very tall and sturdy woman married to a tall and lanky man. Instead of having a celebrity sex “pass” list, I get a pass to be physically picked up by a giant man should I ever meet one. Just, like, lifted off the ground. Your story makes me want to ask if he picked you up so I can live vicariously through your…

Preach! I use the comparisons you mention in many of my sex ed classes. We do a series of questions that they answer one at a time before progressing to the next. These include “I’ve had my flu shot this season” “My partner(s) have had flu shot this season” “I’ve been screened for the flu” “I was my hands every time I…

Yes. Every time I get the flu, am run down from work, or have an otherwise compromised immune system I check for symptoms and potential outbreaks regularly. Usually when your body is already battling something the sores can pop up.

I recently had to get a blood test for a medical treatment. The test revealed I have HSV 2 — Genital Herpes. I have never had an outbreak, not even one that I mistook for something else. I am a sex educator and health clinic worker, I have every tool available to me regarding this matter. I asked the doc how long I’ve…

Wow, that’s hilarious! (And also hopefully safe for it to show up on your statement). Did you donate to ACN or directly to a certain clinic? My donations show up as ABORTION CARE NET which sounds like a really futuristic underground abortion agency in our not-so-far dystopian future.

Remember, these laws hit independent (non-Planned Parenthood) clinics the hardest. Indie clinics do not have name brand recognition like PP and rely heavily on patients being able to use health insurance. Clinics like Whole Women’s Health (who argued and won at the Supreme Court last year) are independent, non-PP…

In the three minutes I’ve been reading this post in my house with the cool breeze coming in though open windows on a lovely night, TWO cars have driven by blasting this song so loud it rattled the hanging pictures frames.

Pro tip: Wear pants if you want proper worship. They pick up and flip around women from the audience. All of the women chosen when I went were wearing pants, I assume because they don’t want accidental wardrobe malfunctions.

Ok, like, dads too? I know we’re ragging on her because she was interviewed and gave that quote, but why aren’t we holding all parents equally responsible for how their children end up as adults?

They were on a road trip and his stripper song came on the radio so he went with it (and also to show they still “have it” after being out of the game for a bit).