Managing Male Expectations: Me Jane, You Jerk

A friend called me today with an interesting conundrum. Simply put, despite her best efforts, she gets hit on at the gym all the time. Now, before you go off rolling your eyes and muttering about how pretty people need real problems, she brings up an interesting point. As women, we have to walk a …

Crazy Comment Day at the Gym

Aww! I miss the ’80s! Who doesn’t love a furry loin cloth that requires a bikini wax to wear??It finally happened: I got the “you look too muscular” comment from another woman in the gym. Gym Buddy Allison and I were minding our own business, finishing up our second set of 10 reps of 135-lb …

Good Touch Versus Bad Touch: Gym Edition

My friends paid a boy to kiss me. I was sweet sixteen and never been kissed – a fact that I remain unapologetic about to this day – but my friends decided that the best birthday present they could give me would be a soft-lipped hottie to revoke my VL membership. It didn’t quite turn …

New Research: Music Helps You Run Faster

Photo Credit: Natalie Dee In another edition of research confirming the obvious, a new study has come out to report that “scientifically chosen” music will amp up your workout by – are you ready – 15%! I’m not sure exactly how they arrived at that very precise number but I definitely agree with their findings. …

Old Navy Special of the Week: Rib Removal, Only $10 !

9 am on a Random Monday Morning. Gym Buddy Allison Calls. A: I have an idea. Let’s skip class today and go to the mall! me: Oooh, will you make me a mix tape too? And then maybe we can hold hands? A: Funny. I’m serious. Let’s play hooky from the gym. me: Um, mall …

Sleep Creep: Is Exercise the Reason for Your Midday Crash?

Exercise is often touted as the antidote to everything from depression to insomnia. “Take a brisk 10-minute walk on your lunch break and power through that glass ceiling!” magazines often advise (note to mags: What does one do about the sweat on one’s power suit? Because I’m not changing into my Lululemon and nikes for …

Would You Pay $48 A Week To Be Thin?

My Fave Target Commercial. What? Like you don’t have one. I was recently accosted in Target. Really it was my own fault. Gym Buddy Allison and I were in the Sports Nutrition aisle looking for gels to take on our long runs. (And, let’s be honest, to look at those sassy running skirts they had …

Mini-Experiment: Sweating Like Matthew Mcconaughey

Except my (pilfered) vest was way tougher than this wussy one! Yeah I eat nails for breakfast. When I say “sweating like Matthew Mcconaughey” I do not mean in the way that he does not wear deodorant. I’m a big fan of deodorant. In fact, with the way I sweat I should just roll Secret …