One would only consider it 'au natural' for an EndorphinGirl™ to have EndorphinKids.  In some families the Endorphin seed may bud with kids later in life while in others it can bloom as early as the teen years.  This is the case with today’s EndorphinGirl™’s story.  Her children have started budding in their teenage years!  Nature versus nature?  Well perhaps a combination of both.  Through a constant Endorphin-like state and exercise obsession EndorphinGirl™ (or shall we call her EMom) has managed to play some type of influence on the rugrats well-being. EndorphinMom seems to have 'rubbed’ off on her EKids; and, on a daily basis, the family experiences an invasion of the Endorphins. Yay!

Let’s look at two 'case studies':

Case study
– EndorphinDaughter:
Recently completed her first half marathon finishing under 2 hours . . .started seriously training 4 months prior to the marathon and decided, I've got this. She is now hooked and on to her next half marathon. She has also gotten EndorphinMom signed up, which is great as this will provide for a lot of Endorphin blog writing material! EndorphinDaughter also does some some form of run, 8-minute abs, aerobics combination - well you get the picture - daily!

Case study
– EndorphinSon:

Found a love for weight lifting along with other Endorphin-like interests such as basketball and serious boarding (e.g., skateboard, snowboard, surfboard, you get the idea). EndorphinSon can often be seen 'boarding’ in any season!

Yay - EndorphinKids!

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Without taking away from any other day in the week becausethey are all cool, Friday’s frankly are the best. The day starts with the 05.40am 16^thStreet Women’s Workout Club and only gets better and better.

This Friday is no different . . .Woke up at 05.36am in a startled fashion, looked out the window and the sky was still dark and sleepy . . .thought - oh crud must get to my 05.40am work-out across the street!  But first needed to assemble work-out garb, grab mat, find $20 for payment (was supposed to stop at bank prior to workout but oversleeping messed this up). Found 19 one dollar bills and a gold dollar in the emergency money jar . . . threw on mismatched workout gear . . .and ran. Arrival time was 05.46am. What a good endorphin morning start.  Workout is generally in the little park area in the building complex . . . but therewas a mist! [When it’s weather inappropriate, the workout takes place at the trainer’s apartment.] So got to the trainer’s place – and would usually walk up the stairs . . . but was running late so took the elevator .. .hit the 9^th floor button, got off and was about to ring in and noticed had gone two floors too many. Go down the stairs to the 7^th floor and bump into one of my endorphin friends and scare her half to whatever! Why was she in the stairwell you wonder? – well, that’s part of the endorphin warm-up. Several repetitions of stairwell heroics.

Okay so the day begins with the endorphins really kicking even before the workout. Pretty cool!



Speaking of my endorphin friend, let’s call her ET. She is one of my funny friends, funny in the sense of humor. She tells funny stories thatendorphin girls can so relate to. Case in point - one morning during some serious crunching (i.e., sit-ups not cereal) she starts to tell said story . . .”Last night hubby and I went to the theatre, great show, but it was
getting really warm in the theatre, so I attempted to take off my pullover sweater. . . I was successful. . . only to realize when the lights went on during intermission and hubby looking at me in a laughing-like manner (or was that panic?) that I was sitting there in my bra. Not only had I taken my sweater off, I had managed to also take off my blouse”. 

ETslayed us with laughter which of course is a good thing but not when you are in the middle of serious crunching! You know what else laughter does? . . .did you guess it?  Yes, that’s correct, it is an endorphin enhancer. Laughter triggers the release of endorphins, the body’s natural painkillers. So perhaps the good hurting from the crunching was balanced by the laughter! Hahahhahaha.

Bottom line really is that this group of 6 women (aka the 16^th Street Women’s Workout Club) were so pumped they no doubt will have a ‘freakin awesome day’.

So there you have it, another ‘typical’ EndorphinGirl™ story . . ..stay tuned and be prepared to meet some more Endorphin friends in the weeks ahead, to learn more  about EndorphinKids, and to get a glimpse of Jack Steel too!

Oh, by the way, today's ERate was once again off the charts,
clocking in at 197+++

Until Tuesday, signing off!

EndorphinGirl™