Yep, I finished yesterday, on schedule. Woo! Stage 7, Workout 12. It still hasn’t really sunk in yet, probably won’t until I don’t go to the gym on Monday (I’m taking a bit over a week off weights - the bod has earned it). I started the program on January 4 and have basically done it straight through, sometimes taking mini-breaks (3 - 4 days) between stages, and sometimes not, when I had mini-breaks (again, 3 - 4 days) handed to me to recover from oral surgery, of which I had my share this past spring. As some of you might recall, I decided to do this program because I felt as if I were starting over, in a sense, in working out. I was sick for quite a while last year and spent some time in hospital. I came out deconditioned, to put it mildly, and overweight, and wanted a comprehensive program that would go a long way toward reassembling both my strength and cardio fitness. I read NROL several years ago and basically agree with much of what is presented there, in terms of a general approach to weight training for someone like me - a recreational athlete who takes that recreation pretty seriously.
I used some of the workouts from that original book previously, but they really didn’t seem to apply to my situation. I had picked up the Women’s version of NROL somewhere along the line, and in it I saw a progressive, varied program based on the same principles - the perfect solution. I also liked the fact that the would not have to think about what I was going to do in the gym for the next six months, more or less (heh, almost exactly, as it turned out), which is a huge bonus for me. I like to think (OK, agonize), settle on a plan, put a schedule on the fridge, and follow it for as long as it’s working.
And, this worked. Did I follow the plan exactly? Yes and no. The workouts, I did almost to the letter. The notable exception was the abdominal exercises, which for some reason got easier as the workouts progressed (I strongly suspect this was an oversight/brain cramp on the part of the program designer), and around stage 3, I abandoned them pretty much in favor of whatever seriously challenging exercises I could find on my own. I also cheated on a few rest periods in Stage 5, which should very much be noted for its long-assed workouts, but not by much. Other than that, it all went according to Hoyle (or Alwyn, as the case may be).
Granted, I was starting from what was, for me, a below baseline state, but it was clear that I put on some serious strength. My squat and my deadlift both improved. My capacity for pushups went from (this is embarassing)2 sets of 15 with more than half done from the knees to 4 sets of 20 with good (full) form. I haven’t tested my dead hang pullup/chinup capacity lately, but it’s gone from nil to some, and I don’t plan to let up on it. My stomach has never been flatter. I have, as mentioned, an ass. My arms look good, my legs - well, they never look great, but they look at least as good as they ever have, perhaps better. My body fat percentage has dropped. I lost 18#, and am in what I refer to as my normal happy weight range. Overall, I’m very happy with the way I look and feel. (Do Iook like a goddess, as the subtitle of the book implies? I have no idea what a goddess is supposed to look like, so I have no idea.)
Did I follow the diet? Nope. I’ve never followed a diet from a weight lifting book, and frankly, there was nothing in the diet section of the book that even vaguely interested me. The recipes were uninspired. I don’t think the section is BAD so much as I’ve read plenty on sports nutrition outside this book, and really wasn’t looking for tips. And, my goal of getting back in to “happy range” was achieved entirely without it. Which is not to say it won’t work, just that IMO if you have something that works for you, stick with it.
Did I do more than he calls for? Yep. I started back in karate not too long after I started the program. I knew my cardio would suck at first, and it did, and I had hoped that the cardio in the program (all interval work) would be enough to get me through a full-out class, with sparring, drills, kata, the whole nine yards. It became apparent to me that it would not, so I started running again in, I believe, March. I started running about half an hour on my non-lifting days, and when the workouts got shorter and no longer included cardio (Stages 6 and 7), I ramped up the mileage to mid-high teens per week. I also started a glute activation program at some point. I took a very simple test described in an on-line article and failed miserably, which was a slap in face. (Me? No glute activation? But - but - but I do deadlifts and step ups and split squats and full squats and lunges and... and I failed the test.) So I started using the program described here: Dispelling the Glute Myth. I didn’t do this exactly according to plan, in that I’ve stayed in each Phase roughly twice as long as recommended, just moving on when it felt about right to do so. I’m beyond thrilled with the results I’ve seen and felt, as you’ve probably guessed if you’ve read any of my recent blog entries.
In the final analysis, I can’t say I can attribute ALL of my “results” strictly to NROL/W, but it played a big role in the collaborative effort. I kind of wish I could have run the pure experiment, but frankly, the pure experiment wasn’t going to suit my needs. My goal, when it comes to gym work, is that it contribute to my performance in other areas, namely in the dojo and on the road. I think the program did its job.
AAAAAAnd for my next trick, a half marathon!
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
The end is near...
The end of NROL/W, that is. TOMORROW will be my last workout. Wow. I'm sure I'll have a ton of shit to say about it once it IS done, but right now I just can't wait to get to the gym to actually DO the workout. I'm somewhere between proud of myself, relieved that this high rep stage will be over, and thrilled at the outcome of the project. But, I'll yammer on about that when I'm actually done.
In the mean time: I said I'd been playing around with a few things. I actually got very curious about a couple of new DVDs - curious enough to actually buy and try them. Yes, me, actually doing a DVD workout! Hard to believe I used to do them all the time. For all I know I'll do them again in future, but for now, these little add-on things are probably all I'll be trying. The first thing I tried is Tracie Long's Focus: Lift Higher
(and yes, that link takes you right to Amazon... I'm trying out the Amazon Associate thing, and if I like something, I'll link to it - for your convenience, of course. :p ) Because the glutes are my new plaything, I figured I'd try this WO. I have a lot of respect for Tracie, even though I generally have not gotten heavily into her workouts. I believe she constructs her workouts with a lot of forethought; she's very pre-hab/rehab focused, and as a result, if you're used to maxing out weights and blasting through workouts (and I am), the result can be a WO that feels light and unsatisfying. If I were using Lift Higher purely as a leg/glute workout, I'd definitely feel that way, but as an occasional change of pace from my usual glute stuff, I like it, believe it or not. There's a ton of variety in the workout, which makes the time fly by. One of my criticisms of Tracie's style has been that there is almost too much variety, to the point where you never really have a chance to get into an exercise; she just jumps to the next thing. LH isn't free from that, but for whatever reason (perhaps because my legs were already tired) it didn't bother me too much.
LOL, I don't know if that counts as a ringing endorsement, but it's as positive a review as I've ever given one of her workouts!
I've also tried something called V-Core, but haven't done the whole thing so that review will wait for another day.
My major project, however, has been the addition of a near-daily yoga practise. (Yes, me, yoga.) I tried something like this before, a couple of years ago. I did something called a yoga sadhana, or 40 days of yoga. For me, that looked like me trying to cram in a yoga DVD or part thereof on a daily basis. By the end of it, I was so sick of yoga, I'm surprised I ever went back to it. However, I've really come to enjoy my live class, and I just wanted to play with it a bit more. So, I got a book: Moving Toward Balance: 8 Weeks of Yoga with Rodney Yee
. It assumes you are a complete yoga newb, and while I'm not, in the sense that I've done DVDs and taken classes, I have no problems with calling myself a beginner. The book is, as suggested, an 8 week program. The first day goes through the poses/movements of the week, all of which you practise (this winds up taking a good while, but isn't very intense). The next four days, you do a practise that sequences you through the poses, and the sixth day is devoted to relaxation and meditation. (There's one day off each week.)
I must say, this has been a revelation for me. I can go at my own pace, move in my good time, play with what I want to play with, not listen to what for some instructor passes for good yoga music (my regular instructor uses a waves and windchimes track, and I can take that - but some of her subs... yuck!)... It's not what I'd call a strenuous practise, but that's not what I'm after in yoga. I run and hit the gym and hit the dojo - I'm not looking for more intensity, and this is just perfect for me.
And speaking of intensity, a major storm is rolling in, so I'm going to end now in case the power cuts out. I'll post more tomorrow, after the end of NROL/W.
In the mean time: I said I'd been playing around with a few things. I actually got very curious about a couple of new DVDs - curious enough to actually buy and try them. Yes, me, actually doing a DVD workout! Hard to believe I used to do them all the time. For all I know I'll do them again in future, but for now, these little add-on things are probably all I'll be trying. The first thing I tried is Tracie Long's Focus: Lift Higher
(and yes, that link takes you right to Amazon... I'm trying out the Amazon Associate thing, and if I like something, I'll link to it - for your convenience, of course. :p ) Because the glutes are my new plaything, I figured I'd try this WO. I have a lot of respect for Tracie, even though I generally have not gotten heavily into her workouts. I believe she constructs her workouts with a lot of forethought; she's very pre-hab/rehab focused, and as a result, if you're used to maxing out weights and blasting through workouts (and I am), the result can be a WO that feels light and unsatisfying. If I were using Lift Higher purely as a leg/glute workout, I'd definitely feel that way, but as an occasional change of pace from my usual glute stuff, I like it, believe it or not. There's a ton of variety in the workout, which makes the time fly by. One of my criticisms of Tracie's style has been that there is almost too much variety, to the point where you never really have a chance to get into an exercise; she just jumps to the next thing. LH isn't free from that, but for whatever reason (perhaps because my legs were already tired) it didn't bother me too much. LOL, I don't know if that counts as a ringing endorsement, but it's as positive a review as I've ever given one of her workouts!
I've also tried something called V-Core, but haven't done the whole thing so that review will wait for another day.
My major project, however, has been the addition of a near-daily yoga practise. (Yes, me, yoga.) I tried something like this before, a couple of years ago. I did something called a yoga sadhana, or 40 days of yoga. For me, that looked like me trying to cram in a yoga DVD or part thereof on a daily basis. By the end of it, I was so sick of yoga, I'm surprised I ever went back to it. However, I've really come to enjoy my live class, and I just wanted to play with it a bit more. So, I got a book: Moving Toward Balance: 8 Weeks of Yoga with Rodney Yee
. It assumes you are a complete yoga newb, and while I'm not, in the sense that I've done DVDs and taken classes, I have no problems with calling myself a beginner. The book is, as suggested, an 8 week program. The first day goes through the poses/movements of the week, all of which you practise (this winds up taking a good while, but isn't very intense). The next four days, you do a practise that sequences you through the poses, and the sixth day is devoted to relaxation and meditation. (There's one day off each week.) I must say, this has been a revelation for me. I can go at my own pace, move in my good time, play with what I want to play with, not listen to what for some instructor passes for good yoga music (my regular instructor uses a waves and windchimes track, and I can take that - but some of her subs... yuck!)... It's not what I'd call a strenuous practise, but that's not what I'm after in yoga. I run and hit the gym and hit the dojo - I'm not looking for more intensity, and this is just perfect for me.
And speaking of intensity, a major storm is rolling in, so I'm going to end now in case the power cuts out. I'll post more tomorrow, after the end of NROL/W.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Crazies come, Crazies go
And peace is restored to the world. My world, anyway.
Upstairs neighbor moved out yesterday, just about two months after she moved in. She actually didn’t move away, just to another unit in the apartment complex. I’m not sure why; I did see her and we chatted but I didn’t ask, and she didn’t offer an explanation. Either way – yay! Although she and I had reached an easy truce, it’s still very nice not to have anyone overhead. Of course that means I will eventually get another neighbor who could be worse, for now, I’ll enjoy the situation.
Also, Drama Girl officially moved away about two weeks ago. To give credit where credit is due, before she left she did stop by to apologize for what happened the night of the art show, and to let me know she was leaving. I didn’t ask where she was going, but I presume she went to Philly, as she’d mentioned she might move there one day when we were out walking. (And then, she wasn’t moving; and then, she was going to stay with her parents; and then….) She dropped her lawsuit against the building management, and dropped her campaign against the guy who allegedly assaulted her (I presume he’ll still be prosecuted, but by a real lawyer on behalf of The People, not by her as a part of a dog and pony show it’s not even worth my trying to describe here). So, that weird life chapter is done!
I haven’t been motivated to blog that much lately, obviously. I belong to a couple of fitness boards and am in two check-ins, and I post my daily stuff there; probably what I should do is post my dailies here, and C & P them there. However, I’d probably bore y’all stiff in no time. Maybe I’ll do them in a sidebar… hmmm. I’ll play with that one.
I’m about to start my final week of New Rules of Lifting for Women. It’s very hard for me to believe this is almost over! And if I hadn’t decided to do two laps of Stage 7, it would be over. This stage has been a bit more grueling than I expected. The workouts consist of one or two “big” exercises followed by a circuit of four exercises, 15 – 20 reps each, done four times. Let me tell you, that is a lot of counting. I usually do it half in Japanese, half in English, and vary the way I count (i.e., twice to ten, four times to five, five times to four) so I don’t go insane. Adding sweat to the fest, the AC in the gym has been on the fritz, so I’ve come out of there absolutely drenched the past few times. I hope to hell it’s fixed by tomorrow; temps are back in the 90’s (grrr) and that place has got to be getting pretty rank.
The running is going very well. My speed is going up, pretty much without much effort on my part. In fact what feels slow now is a half minute plus per mile faster than fast felt last month. To that, I am crediting both general increased fitness, plus my glute exercises, which still have me thrilled beyond belief. I cannot get over the fact that I have an actual ass – it’s like having a new toy. In fact I’ve changed my plans for weight training during the half marathon prep because I don’t want to give up these exercises.
To that end, I’ve decided to use the workouts from the first two stages of Female Body Breakthrough instead of workouts from NROL because the FBB workouts have built in glute exercises; I can do them as-is or ramp them up to the necessary degree of difficulty, but in either case I don’t have to add them on, as I’m doing now. I don’t plan to do her warm-up; in fact I wouldn’t say I’m doing her program at all, but I am using what amounts to four workouts from the program for my own purposes. At some point, possibly even right after the half, I’ll do the program properly, but for now it’s just not what I need or want.
I think the scale has finally stopped moving, although I haven’t remembered to step on it in some time. I quite honestly don’t think I’ve dropped any more weight, nor do I now think I’ll even try to. I’m fitting into clothes that used to fit when I was about 5 pounds lighter than I think I am and they’re falling off; I almost need a belt for my favorite shorts. My stomach has never been flatter, and it’s very clear to me, by sight and by feel, that I’ve added muscle. My body fat is – if accumeasure calipers are to be believed – 15%, and if they’re not to be believed, it’s significantly less than when I started this program. Could I lose a few more pounds? Sure, but I really don’t have the motivation to try. My face is close to the border of looking, well, closer to my age, and as is, I can without a shred of self consciousness run around the neighborhood in a bra top, which is something I’ve never dared to before. Lots of credit there to both NROL/W and the glute exercises.
I’ve been playing with a few other things, as well – mostly out of curiosity – but I’m about written out for today, so I’ll hit them later this week. Probably. :p
Upstairs neighbor moved out yesterday, just about two months after she moved in. She actually didn’t move away, just to another unit in the apartment complex. I’m not sure why; I did see her and we chatted but I didn’t ask, and she didn’t offer an explanation. Either way – yay! Although she and I had reached an easy truce, it’s still very nice not to have anyone overhead. Of course that means I will eventually get another neighbor who could be worse, for now, I’ll enjoy the situation.
Also, Drama Girl officially moved away about two weeks ago. To give credit where credit is due, before she left she did stop by to apologize for what happened the night of the art show, and to let me know she was leaving. I didn’t ask where she was going, but I presume she went to Philly, as she’d mentioned she might move there one day when we were out walking. (And then, she wasn’t moving; and then, she was going to stay with her parents; and then….) She dropped her lawsuit against the building management, and dropped her campaign against the guy who allegedly assaulted her (I presume he’ll still be prosecuted, but by a real lawyer on behalf of The People, not by her as a part of a dog and pony show it’s not even worth my trying to describe here). So, that weird life chapter is done!
I haven’t been motivated to blog that much lately, obviously. I belong to a couple of fitness boards and am in two check-ins, and I post my daily stuff there; probably what I should do is post my dailies here, and C & P them there. However, I’d probably bore y’all stiff in no time. Maybe I’ll do them in a sidebar… hmmm. I’ll play with that one.
I’m about to start my final week of New Rules of Lifting for Women. It’s very hard for me to believe this is almost over! And if I hadn’t decided to do two laps of Stage 7, it would be over. This stage has been a bit more grueling than I expected. The workouts consist of one or two “big” exercises followed by a circuit of four exercises, 15 – 20 reps each, done four times. Let me tell you, that is a lot of counting. I usually do it half in Japanese, half in English, and vary the way I count (i.e., twice to ten, four times to five, five times to four) so I don’t go insane. Adding sweat to the fest, the AC in the gym has been on the fritz, so I’ve come out of there absolutely drenched the past few times. I hope to hell it’s fixed by tomorrow; temps are back in the 90’s (grrr) and that place has got to be getting pretty rank.
The running is going very well. My speed is going up, pretty much without much effort on my part. In fact what feels slow now is a half minute plus per mile faster than fast felt last month. To that, I am crediting both general increased fitness, plus my glute exercises, which still have me thrilled beyond belief. I cannot get over the fact that I have an actual ass – it’s like having a new toy. In fact I’ve changed my plans for weight training during the half marathon prep because I don’t want to give up these exercises.
To that end, I’ve decided to use the workouts from the first two stages of Female Body Breakthrough instead of workouts from NROL because the FBB workouts have built in glute exercises; I can do them as-is or ramp them up to the necessary degree of difficulty, but in either case I don’t have to add them on, as I’m doing now. I don’t plan to do her warm-up; in fact I wouldn’t say I’m doing her program at all, but I am using what amounts to four workouts from the program for my own purposes. At some point, possibly even right after the half, I’ll do the program properly, but for now it’s just not what I need or want.
I think the scale has finally stopped moving, although I haven’t remembered to step on it in some time. I quite honestly don’t think I’ve dropped any more weight, nor do I now think I’ll even try to. I’m fitting into clothes that used to fit when I was about 5 pounds lighter than I think I am and they’re falling off; I almost need a belt for my favorite shorts. My stomach has never been flatter, and it’s very clear to me, by sight and by feel, that I’ve added muscle. My body fat is – if accumeasure calipers are to be believed – 15%, and if they’re not to be believed, it’s significantly less than when I started this program. Could I lose a few more pounds? Sure, but I really don’t have the motivation to try. My face is close to the border of looking, well, closer to my age, and as is, I can without a shred of self consciousness run around the neighborhood in a bra top, which is something I’ve never dared to before. Lots of credit there to both NROL/W and the glute exercises.
I’ve been playing with a few other things, as well – mostly out of curiosity – but I’m about written out for today, so I’ll hit them later this week. Probably. :p
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Dream a little dream...
OK, this was a weird one.
The dream, or at least what I remember of it, starts with me, in some strange, very large bedroom. I am setting it up for what is clearly a nuit d'amour, although I have no recollection of whom the amoureux was. (Drat. Although I suppose it's nice to have room to add fantasy to a dream...) When I'm in the last stages of the prep, a party breaks out. Family and friends are there, as is Don Drysdale. Yes, Don Drysdale. I guess he got an invite to the dream because we were discussing pitchers at a Memorial Day picnic yesterday, a conversation sparked by Roy Halladay's perfect game this past Saturday. My little nephew, Matthew, asked me who the strange man was, and I said, "Oh, that's Don Drysdale. Go up to him and call him Dandy Don." Which, little nephew did, promptly. Later in the party my father told me Don wasn't so up on the Dandy Don thing, so I go up to him and apologize, and we have a good laugh.
I leave the party, and find myself in what appears to be an academic building crossed with a shopping mall. I meet up with a couple of old co-workers, and we set about looking for my missing lover. They vanish, and I find myself NOW walking out of the mall and onto a baseball field, then into a trailer. And who is there, but Tyra Banks. Apparently, I am a contestant on America's Next Top Model, and we just had a lingerie photoshoot. Instead of handing out copies of photos, she's handing out boxes of chocolates, and if your box of chocolates has lingerie in it, you move on to the next round. I get the most massive box of chocolates, which does not contain lingerie. Tyra informs me that I'm just a bit too old to be America's Next Top Model (ya think?) but she likes me and suggests I could become a cameraman for the show.
I take that all as a bit of a massive win, and return to my bedroom to find the party has broken up, and my mystery man is still nowhere in sight. The dream dissolves there. I'm not big on dream interpretation, and all I can say about that one is, it was entertaining.
Back later to post on workouts.
OK, here we go:
As it happens I’m glad I was able to build so much during Stage 6, because Stage 7 is a whole new ball game. Stage 6 was supposedly about building strength in relation to body weight, hence there was an emphasis on working toward chin-ups and working on push-ups. I believe I prattled on about this in the past so I won’t do it again. The workouts tended to be short, and while they were generally challenging enough during the work, they didn’t leave me feeling all that taxed. Hence, I started adding short runs (2 – 3 miles) after a couple of them per week. That helped me get the weekly mileage up. It was also good, I thought, to try out lifting and running on the same day, something that’s on tap for the half training.
The dream, or at least what I remember of it, starts with me, in some strange, very large bedroom. I am setting it up for what is clearly a nuit d'amour, although I have no recollection of whom the amoureux was. (Drat. Although I suppose it's nice to have room to add fantasy to a dream...) When I'm in the last stages of the prep, a party breaks out. Family and friends are there, as is Don Drysdale. Yes, Don Drysdale. I guess he got an invite to the dream because we were discussing pitchers at a Memorial Day picnic yesterday, a conversation sparked by Roy Halladay's perfect game this past Saturday. My little nephew, Matthew, asked me who the strange man was, and I said, "Oh, that's Don Drysdale. Go up to him and call him Dandy Don." Which, little nephew did, promptly. Later in the party my father told me Don wasn't so up on the Dandy Don thing, so I go up to him and apologize, and we have a good laugh.
I leave the party, and find myself in what appears to be an academic building crossed with a shopping mall. I meet up with a couple of old co-workers, and we set about looking for my missing lover. They vanish, and I find myself NOW walking out of the mall and onto a baseball field, then into a trailer. And who is there, but Tyra Banks. Apparently, I am a contestant on America's Next Top Model, and we just had a lingerie photoshoot. Instead of handing out copies of photos, she's handing out boxes of chocolates, and if your box of chocolates has lingerie in it, you move on to the next round. I get the most massive box of chocolates, which does not contain lingerie. Tyra informs me that I'm just a bit too old to be America's Next Top Model (ya think?) but she likes me and suggests I could become a cameraman for the show.
I take that all as a bit of a massive win, and return to my bedroom to find the party has broken up, and my mystery man is still nowhere in sight. The dream dissolves there. I'm not big on dream interpretation, and all I can say about that one is, it was entertaining.
Back later to post on workouts.
OK, here we go:
The Fitness Stuff
Two things of note from last week: First, I finished Stage 6 of NROL/W, and I also put in a 20 mile running week. The second was a landmark I had hoped to hit this week, but we didn’t have karate this past Saturday due to the holiday weekend, so I too advantage and went for what for me constitutes a long run right now, over 7 miles, bringing the weekly total comfortably over 20+.
As it happens I’m glad I was able to build so much during Stage 6, because Stage 7 is a whole new ball game. Stage 6 was supposedly about building strength in relation to body weight, hence there was an emphasis on working toward chin-ups and working on push-ups. I believe I prattled on about this in the past so I won’t do it again. The workouts tended to be short, and while they were generally challenging enough during the work, they didn’t leave me feeling all that taxed. Hence, I started adding short runs (2 – 3 miles) after a couple of them per week. That helped me get the weekly mileage up. It was also good, I thought, to try out lifting and running on the same day, something that’s on tap for the half training.
So, mission accomplished for the month of May. Special bonus: I lost a total of four pounds on the month, bringing the total to 15#. All with embarrassingly little effort on my part. Two more pounds lost, and I’ll be at the top what I always considered my comfort range. Four more will put me square in the middle. I don’t plan to change a thing I’m doing. Frankly I think this has gone so easily so far is because it was a bit of an artificial gain, all tied in one way or another to my illness – lack of activity when I was ill and a need to prioritize food basically without restrictions when I was getting well. That’s how the weight went on; resuming normal activities and normal eating is how it’s come off.
Too bad that’s not something marketable.
As mentioned I started Stage 7 yesterday. The workouts are different from the previous workouts in that they start with one or two “big” exercises (squat, deadlift, or a superset of bench press plus cable rows – and why cable rows instead of barbell rows, I’m not quite sure, but whatever) followed by a giant set of four exercises. These include two upper body exercises and two lower body exercises, all done for 15 – 20 reps, four sets of all exercises total. So it’s lower, upper, lower, upper, rinse, repeat – 30 seconds rest between all exercises. Heh, it was fun trying to dial in a weight for that many reps – I had no clue where to start and started too heavy for some things and too light for others. Oh well. Got it all figured out within two rounds and that IS why we keep logs, eh?
It made for a sweaty, partially aerobic workout that I definitely feel today, especially in the butt/hamstrings, although I’m sure my glute work played into that. I’m still really impressed by the results I’ve been getting from my glute activation exercises. Dare I say, baby’s actually got back? (Well, SOME back, but for me, this is a minor miracle.)
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