{"id":3187,"date":"2014-12-29T09:25:33","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T14:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=3187"},"modified":"2014-12-29T09:25:33","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T14:25:33","slug":"back-grind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/29\/back-grind\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to the Grind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas has ended and I&#8217;m back home and back at work.\u00a0 Unlike most of the city, if traffic is any indication.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in I don&#8217;t know how long, I did my best to stick to my workout plan while at my parents&#8217; house. 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