What To Do When Your Workout Plans Get Thwarted

Every family has their seasonal traditions and today we are commemorating a big one at our house. It’s annual Pink Eye Day. We celebrate this special day every year come winter – sometimes more than once! While this day doesn’t usually involve festive decorations or special foods, it does involve missing school (and, for me, …

And Now For the Talent Portion: Finding What You Are Good At

I got a fabulous compliment the other day. My friend R, a hilarious Brazilian woman that can Samba like nobody’s business, pulled me aside after Turbokick. “I have to tell you something. Did you see those ladies in the back in Zumba the other night? Well, they wanted to know who you were because they …

Confessions of a Compulsive Over-Exerciser

Most people have a hard time getting to the gym. I have a hard time getting out of the gym. My love of everything fitness has become my defining personality trait. That is often what people know me for. It doesn’t help either that my hobbies include reading about fitness, writing about fitness and talking …

November’s Great Fitness Experiment: Suspension Training

Conclusions About Low Volume WorkoutsLast month’s Experiment saw me take my overall workout time down from the certifiably insane range back into ordinary fitness buff land. In addition to lowering my overall training volume, I took the advice of Rachel Cosgrove and dropped the running altogether. Except for 5 minutes or so of some jogging …

How To Enjoy Your Workout in Three Easy Steps

Gym Buddies Andrea (who will never ever get hit by a car while running at night), Sarah, Allison, Sunshine, Me, and Serena People sometimes ask me, “How on earth do you find motivation to workout every day? Don’t you get bored?” The next time someone says this to me I’m going to whip these pics …

One Year of Great Fitness Experiments

It’s official! September 2008 was experiment number 12, concluding an entire year of treating myself like a lab rat! It’s been quite the ride. I’ve been in more compromising positions than a Hooter’s waitress, tweaked my diet so much I got a new-fangled eating disorder, and typed so many blog posts (300 exactly!) that I …