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I, Shirley is Shirley Siaton-Parabia‘s blog that covers sundry topics and issues that pique her interest, most with online references and links.

I have blogging since 2001, back in the day when Pitas.com was the automated journaling platform of choice and if you had Greymatter or B2 running on your self-hosted domain you were the bee’s knees of geekery. Weblogs pretty much started out with short-form posts chock-full of links to various articles and memes online, much like Twitter these days.

In December 2019, during Christmas break, I was browsing through my old links list and came across Kottke.org, arguably the grandfather of blogs, which still retained the old-school flavor of hypertext link sharing rather than long-form ramblings (the latter may have been perpetuated by Blogger and LiveJournal midway through the Noughties).

IShirley.com was purchased on 3 August 2019, but was eventually launched as a more traditional style of weblog on 20 April 2021. My more structured personal journal is at ShiSia.blog. The rest of my websites are listed at Very Shirley.

This domain was purchased at NameCheap, with web hosting services are provided by MDD Hosting. This blog is powered by WordPress. The following plugins are used: F2 Tumblr Widget, Instagram Feed, JetPack, Really Simple SSL and Regenerate Thumbnails.

Our current design is named Dreams, with very special thanks due to Sky and Stars, Haute Stock, Pixabay, StudioPress and Unsplash. All other original source/s of articles, images and other resources are always credited and/or linked back, whenever available.

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Shirley Siaton-Parabia is an award-winning athlete and author. She is a Karate black belt, a CrossFit Trainer, and an Assessor and Tribe Coach for Les Mills International. She works as a fitness & martial arts coach, finance advisor, and procurement specialist. In her downtime, she powerlifts at the gym, writes fiction, runs various websites, cooks passionately, and enjoys afternoon tea. She lives in Oman with her husband and children.

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Currently #27weekspregnant and still at it 🀰

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Note: Please do not try this whilst pregnant without your practitioner's approval. I have been doing pull-ups regularly before we conceived so my doctor said it was okay for me to exercise reasonably using gym machines for safety ❀️
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A little #weekday fun with 10kg #dumbbells for sin A little #weekday fun with 10kg #dumbbells for single arm #cleanandpress πŸ’ͺ

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Note: Please do not try this whilst pregnant without your practitioner's approval. I have been carrying way heavier loads than this before we conceived and I got the okay from my doctor to lift reasonable amounts ❀️
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Mama doing a bit of #olympicweightlifting at 25 we Mama doing a bit of #olympicweightlifting at 25 weeks #pregnant with a 55 lbs #cleanandjerk to cap off a #weekend #workout πŸ’ͺπŸ‹β€β™€οΈπŸ€°

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Note: Please do not try this whilst pregnant without your practitioner's approval. I have been carrying way heavier loads than this before we conceived and I got the okay from my doctor to lift reasonable amounts ❀️
One of my favorite #dumbbell #supersets during #pr One of my favorite #dumbbell #supersets during #pregnancy is this:

16x alternate arm #snatches
12x one-arm #shoulderpress left
12x one-arm shoulder press right
40 reps total

I usually do at least 4 rounds of this. Feels great in maintaining my #functional #strength as well as giving me a good #cardio kick πŸ’ͺ❀️

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Note: Please do not try this whilst pregnant without your practitioner's approval. I have been carrying way heavier loads than this before we conceived and I got the okay from my doctor to lift reasonable amounts 🀰
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