11-23-03, 07:47 AM | |
Community Manager
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Northern VA, USA
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VF Moderator introductions
I am starting this thread so that VF members can get to know the dedicated moderators of our forum. I couldn't do it without this dedicated group of women, who commit a great deal of time and energy to help keep VF a pleasant place to be.
I'll start this off by introducing myself for those who don't know much about me. I started VF, or as it was known back then "The Exercise Video FAQ" nearly eight (!) years ago. If you want to know more about the history of VF, see this article , written a few years ago. I also wrote my bio as part of that same feature, and although it was written a few years ago, I won't repeat a lot of that information here. My relationship with fitness and exercise has definitely evolved over the years. You could define it in three phases: 1) Disdain, 2)Enthusiasm, and 3) Frustration & Compromise. My original <a href="http://www.videofitness.com/success/wnk.php">success story</a>, written quite a while ago during my gung ho "Enthusiasm" phase, talks about my transformation from couch potato to fitness enthusiast. The past five or so years, however, have been full of compromises when it comes to my exercise program. Parenting an unusually demanding child, injuries (mostly unrelated to my home exercise program), surgery and a painfully long recovery, and some health issues such as poorly controlled asthma and serial sinus infections have created a situation where I have unfortunately become a perpetual "restarter." Thanks to you all and your enthusiasm, however, I always get back on the wagon despite these challenges, and I manage to do enough exercise that I'm able to rebound pretty quickly when I get a stretch of time when I am able to work out regularly. I can't say that I'm at my fittest right now, but I have learned that it doesn't take as much effort as I thought to maintain strength and cardio endurance. I'm sure chasing after a 4 1/2 year old helps! I have recently gotten back into running after quite a long hiatus, and the endorphins I've got flowing from the running are doing wonders for my enthusiasm for all my workouts. Now I'll turn the floor over to the other mods, so that they can have their say...
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Wendy Niemi Kremer Community Manager DISCLOSURE: I have a professional relationship with a seller or producer of fitness videos or products. For details, please see my profile. |
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