The efficacy of personal training can be distilled down to one factor: the person in the “personal” trainer. This was the downfall of April’s Great Fitness Experiment wherein I tried out Women’s Health Magazine’s online personal trainer. The problem was that other than me, there were no actual people involved and their computer wasn’t any …
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Now, if I’d only had these babies… Like many of my ideas gone awry, it seemed like a good plan at the time. First, it involved walking on a beautiful day and that alone can mitigate many a bad consequence. Second, walking is a time honored bipedal tradition – and one I’m learning to embrace …
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April’s Great Fitness Experiment was testing out the online personal training service from Women’s Health Magazine. I did it for a month. It was lame. But not so bad that it would make an interesting post. Confession time: it’s 10 o’clock at night and I’ve been dreading writing this post all day. And everyone knows …
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“What is it?” Gym Buddy Allison kicked the nubbly, hot pink, semi-inflated disk. “Breast implant!” Gym Buddy Lisseth held it up to her chest. “It’s lumpy so it feel more realistic.” “You stand on it,” I instructed, grabbing it from her (blind-leading-the-blind concerns duly noted.) “One under each foot? That seems a bit unstable,” Gym …
Me with my gym purse. And my awesome hat. It was St. Patrick’s day in Turbokick! And no, I didn’t work out in the hat. (Thanks to Johnathan for the pic!) I carry a gym purse. This is separate from a gym bag – you know, the thing that normal people take to the gym. …
Although this elephant probably just lost 10 pounds in 10 seconds. There’s just something about doing handstand push-ups on the weight floor that brings it out in people. Brings what out, you ask? Eye rolls, high fives, stares, giggles… wedgies – trust me, we got it all today! But before we get to our crazy …
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Reader Maggie made an astute observation in her comment on my post “Can You Be Too Old To Exercise?” Smart girl, she writes: […] it really bothers me when a fitness magazine has an article about loving yourself and your body the way you are… and on the next page there’s an article telling you …
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Thank you all so much for participating in my week of fitness giveaways! We had some awesome discussions going on in the comments and I was happy to see many of you de-lurk and introduce yourselves! I discovered that I have good company in my sweatiness, that lots of you love to dance too, that …
Is that back sweat or did you sire a turtle? My body has a very efficient cooling system. At the first sign of a road race or a rack of weights my pores open right up and sweat starts shooting out. Literally. I’ve been known to soak my shirt so completely that it changes color …
Yep, that’s a wee me being leap-frogged by one of my hyperactive dance partners from the Lindy Hop team. Good times. Attention all nether rock dwellers: You might not have heard but we’re in a recession. And the long arm of the recession has been particularly tough on the fitness industry. Gym memberships are down, …
