This image was titled “What Not to do in an Earthquake.” Good advice. What do I live for if not to be the poster girl for What Not To Do? In March, I was Fitness Magazine’s freakshow of the month in an article by Jessica Girdwain titled “Confessions of a Cardioholic.” You’d think after being …
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People run funny. It’s true. If you’ve ever set up camp next to a track and watched the funny mammals go round and round then you’ll know that you don’t need retinal scanning to uniquely identify someone – you just have to watch their running gait. (Although I hear it’s hard to make dead bodies …
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A first for me at the gym today: I actually got off my treadmill and moved to another one because of the person next to me. For some this might not be a big deal but I pride myself on being very tolerant of all different kinds of weird human afflictions. Bad gas, stinky sweat, …
Hee! They drew hair on his legs!! When Personal Trainers AttackIt was bound to happen. The gym can be like a family – both in good ways and bad – so when a personal trainer went on Attack today, I can’t say I was overly surprised. Well, that and he told me he was going …
“We’re having a moment! I feel it, don’t you??” “I sure feel something!” There comes a moment in every young person’s life where a change begins to stir inside them and they come to a crossroads where the choices they make will impact the rest of their lives. No, I’m not talking about the Moment …
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It’s big, it’s bad, it PUTS THE X IN EXTREME!!! (It also puts the yelling into infomercials!) That’s right, after over a year of pleading from you guys, I’ve finally got a hold of a copy of P90X for a Great Fitness Experiment! At $140, this workout is a little out of my budget and …
Sometimes when a man and a woman love each other, they make a baby. (I know you were confused – you’re welcome.) In this whole scheme, women get all the glory. After all, we’re the incubators. But you know who gets lost in all of the gestating, birthing, bleeding and nursing? Men, with their pittance …
In an effort to keep their large geriatric clientele happy, my YMCA has recently added a floor show for their morning entertainment. A show so gripping that it even tops Ellen. (Note: not really. Nobody can top Ellen. I just wanted to work that in here somehow to tell you to check out MizFit’s hilarious …
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Today an old friend and I were reunited at the gym. It was a glorious moment – shouts of delight, introductions all around and a tight hug. A really really tight hug, right around my chest. No it wasn’t Charlie Sheen on the rebound again. It was my trusty heart rate monitor, dug out of …
If you have time to conquer rogue planets from your swimming pool, you definitely have time to fit in a quick workout! “I don’t have time to exercise.” Probably the most oft used excuse of all time when people are explaining their lack of working out. And I believe them! Sort of. While it is …
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