Jill McCauslin, Author at Becoming Elli

Happy Healthy Holiday

December 19, 2019

Let me wish you a happy healthy holiday! Here it is, the end of 2019 and we’re in the midst of holiday fervor. I hope you’re enjoying time with family and friends and reaping the benefits of your year-long efforts to be fit and strong. We are having a different kind of Christmas this year and I am getting to see my sister, nephew, and two grand nieces, as well as my parents, brother, and son and his fiancée. I don’t often spend the holidays with all of them so it’s a treat. This year has been a challenge for me, health-wise. I didn’t realize until this December just how much pain and discomfort I’ve been in. I’ll save that discussion for the Fit Strong Women Over 50...

#Christmas #holiday

Nuun Sport for Replenishing Electrolytes

December 12, 2019

Fit and Strong, Food and Drink, Product Review

I first picked up a tube of Nuun Sport tablets at the expo for the Akron Marathon. Boy, do I enjoy a good race expo. You can see what’s new in the world of running and choose from a variety of products. Lots of gadgets and accessories galore. There’s also lots of energy gels and electrolyte options. I bought a tube of Nuun tablets from one of the exhibitors, along with some other goodies. Nuun tablets are meant to be dissolved in your water bottle. They’re similar to Alka Seltzer in that you drop a tablet into water and it fizzes until eventually the tablet dissolves. It can take a while for the tablet to completely dissolve. I find myself sometimes shaking the bottle, trying to hurry...

#electrolytes #nuun

Benefits of the Bench Press

November 14, 2019

Building Muscle, Fit and Strong, Work Outs

Benefits of the Bench Press? Really? Yes, I’m going to talk about why you might do a bench press at the gym. I have been trying to up my strength training lately. I felt like I was not progressing as I should be, or, really, that I was sliding backwards. That’s one thing about being my age. It’s easier to lose muscle than to gain it. Plus, here in Ohio, it's heading into winter. It's becoming more difficult to run outside and it's easier to spend more time at the gym. It's the season of strength training. I need to get upper body workouts in and the bench press is a great way to work on it. If you do a push/pull schedule, the chest press falls...

#benchpress

Adventure Travels with Denise Wakeman

November 12, 2019

Podcast

Episode #45 of the Fit Strong Women Over 50 Podcast for the Becoming Elli Community Download | Play in New Window Please Subscribe: Apple Podcasts (iTunes) | Google Podcasts | Android-Google Play | Stitcher | Player FM | Castbox | Tunein | Spotify | RSS Adventure Travels with Denise Wakeman In episode 45, Chris and Jill talk about adventure travels with Denise Wakeman. They discuss her travels, training for adventure, and how she began her business, Globetrotting Adventure Travel. Denise Wakeman's motto is "Just say yes!" After a life-changing trek in the Peruvian Andes, she embraced her inner Adventurer and ditched the black business suits for a knapsack and hiking boots. As long as there’s wifi, Denise is a happy camper. Denise’s love of travel began when she traveled around the world as a child with her family. She has spent over 20 years as an online marketing business consultant. So,...

#Adventure #Denise Wakeman #Travel

Recap of Buckeye Half Marathon and 10K

November 7, 2019

Races

Last weekend I ran the 2019 Buckeye Half Marathon and 10K. Well, I ran the 10K part. Others ran the half marathon. The 10K ended up being a bit longer than it was supposed to be because the course was set up for the half marathon and then they figured out the 10K. Instead of running 6.2 miles, I ran closer to 6.5 miles. I didn't think that was all that unusual because races often seem to go long. The last race I ran was in April. It was the 5K Hop for Hope. I went back and looked at my results from the spring race. My pace for the 10K was a bit slower than it was for the 5K but that makes sense since it...

#Buckeye10K #CuyahogaValley #RaceRecap

Ten Tips for Being Healthy at a Desk Job

November 1, 2019

Fit and Strong

Here you go: ten tips for being healthy at a desk job. I’ve been working in a cubicle for the past few months and I’m finding it to be hard on my body. Plus, my commute right now is about an hour each way. You figure, eight hours at work and a two hour round trip commute and I’m sitting at least ten hours a day. It’s amazing how tiring it is to sit all day. It’s draining. Besides fatigue, sitting at a desk is hard on the body. My neck and shoulders are sore, my arms need a good stretch, and my hips ache. I try to move around but it’s not enough. I struggle with not getting in enough movement each day. My Fitbit tells me...

Gatorade for Replenishing Electrolytes

October 24, 2019

Fit and Strong, Food and Drink

It’s hard to have a discussion about replacing electrolytes without mentioning Gatorade. I wrote about electrolytes recently and thought I’d talk about some of the different sports drinks on the market. Gatorade created the market for sports drinks. It was created by a team of scientists to help the football coach at University of Florida. His athletes were training in the Florida heat and were struggling. Gatorade was created and the football players performed better. Gatorade is now owned by Pepsi and is one of its best selling products. Ingredients According to the Gatorade website, the following ingredients are in the lemon lime flavored regular (original) Gatorade: WATER, SUGAR, DEXTROSE, CITRIC ACID, SALT, SODIUM CITRATE,MONOPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, GUM ARABIC, GLYCEROL ESTER OF ROSIN,NATURAL FLAVOR, YELLOW 5 Here are the nutritional facts for a 20 ounce (591 mL) bottle: Nutrition Facts Serving Size 1 Bottle (591 mL) Amount...

#electrolytes #Gatorade

Condescending Compliments or Am I Too Sensitive?

October 17, 2019

Fit and Strong

Did you ever get what you thought were condescending compliments? It sure seems to happen to me. Boot Camp Recently, I’m at boot camp and the very fit looking 30-something-year-old woman who is paired up with me looks less than pleased. But we proceed to work through the different stations and we speak pleasantly to each other. She asks me if I want her to put a lighter weight on a bar for me. I say no thank you. She asks me if I need help putting a harness on for pulling the prowler sled. I say no thank you. She periodically says, “oh, you’re doing so well.” At the end of the class, she said she couldn’t believe how well I did with the prowler pull. I said...

Nita Sweeney Depression Hates a Moving Target Podcast 42

Depression Hates a Moving Target with Author Nita Sweeney

September 24, 2019

Fit and Strong, Mental Health, Podcast

Episode 42 Depression Hates a Moving Target with Author Nita Sweeney Download | Play in New Window Please Subscribe: Apple Podcasts (iTunes) | Google Podcasts | Android-Google Play | Stitcher | Player FM | Castbox | Tunein | Spotify | RSS In episode 42, Chris and Jill talk to Nita Sweeney, the author of Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running with My Dog Brought Me Back from the Brink. Nita Sweeney is a writer and runner who lives in Columbus, Ohio. Her memoir was published this year and an audio version was recently released. In it, Nita describes her transition into a runner and how she overcame both physical and emotional obstacles. Nita earned a journalism degree from The E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University, a law degree from The Ohio State University, and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Goddard College. A product of best-selling author...

End of Summer

September 19, 2019

Fit and Strong

It’s now the end of summer and in just a few days it will be the first day of autumn. Summer in Ohio is key training time, if you do anything outdoors related. Soon, it will be time to get back on the treadmill or head to the gym for more strength training. Before I do that, however, I thought it is worth looking back at the summer to see what I accomplished. Summer Activities I managed to keep attending boot camp and training sessions at the gym. Did I really gain any strength? I don’t know but I went often enough that I don’t feel that I lost anything. I ran a fair amount and managed to run in a variety of places. In the early summer, I spent a...

running summer

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Happy Healthy Holiday

Nuun Sport for Replenishing Electrolytes

Benefits of the Bench Press

Adventure Travels with Denise Wakeman

Recap of Buckeye Half Marathon and 10K

Ten Tips for Being Healthy at a Desk Job

Gatorade for Replenishing Electrolytes

Condescending Compliments or Am I Too Sensitive?

Depression Hates a Moving Target with Author Nita Sweeney

End of Summer

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