April 2025 – The Angry Typist

April 29, 2025

Mogwai Lifts

I am a creature of habit, and I like routines. Monday through Thursday, every week, I leave the house no later than 5:10 pm for the 6 pm WOD class. About 10 minutes away, my air pressure light came on and I watched in horror as the air pressure started to drop rapidly, 46-42-39-35-30 … Continue reading

Back Squat, Body Recomposition, Creature of Habit, Crossfit, Deadlift, Fat Loss, Flat Tire, Lean Muscle, Nutrition, Personal Record, PR, Routines, Strength, Strength Training, WOD

April 27, 2025

Body Recomp: Day 98

NUTRITION: The week started out with a flat tire which not only resulted in me missing Monday night class, but I sat at a gas station parking lot for hours. The rest of the week I just felt off, and I opted for some comfort food choices over nutrition-rich ones. The best part is I Continue reading

self discovery

Back Squat, Body Recomposition, Deadlift, exercise, fitness, health, menopause, muscle hypertrophy, Nutrition, Perimenopause, Personal Record, PR, Sarcopenia, Strength Training, weight-loss

April 22, 2025

Menopause Nutrition: It’s a Thing

Recently, I was notified that the coaching staff nominated me as the ‘Nutrition Client of the Month.’ Unlike being nominated for ‘Athlete of the Month’ – which I was like ‘heck yeah, I’ve earned it!’ But with ‘Nutrition Client of the month’ not only was I very apprehensive, perhaps even embarrassed. *** Let me explain. Continue reading

Barbell, Clean to Overhead, Crossfit, Deadlift, Dumbbell, Kettlebell, Lifting Heavy, menopause, Nurtition, Nutrition Coaching, Orangetheory Fitness, Overhead Squat, Perimenopause, Sam Briggs, Samantha Briggs, Snatch, Start Your Engine, Weight Gain, WOD

April 8, 2025

It is I, the Harbinger

Years after Bàba’s passing, Māmā would randomly declare that this was a sign that she would be widowed at such a young age with two children. Or that was a sign that she would be widowed at such a young age with two children. These arbitrary outbursts would arise completely unprovoked, as if she Continue reading

Birthday, Cemetary, Death, Grave, Hallmark, Harbinger, Maine Coon, Mother’s Day, New York, Superstition, Universal Sign, widow

April 1, 2025

Becoming Independent

My relationship with Māmā has always been strained. Where other children may have been raised to be dependent on their parents, I never really developed such dependency passed the age of 8. We immigrated to New York in February 1978. I was 8 years old and knew only two English sentences telling anyone who had Continue reading

Apothecary, Cantonese, Eastern Medicine, English, English as a Second Language, ESL, Flushing, Hong Kong, Immigrant, Kissena Blvd, Learning English, Mandarin, Migraine, New York