THIS. Just. I have no. Ah. Okay, what in the 7th circle of Dante’s nightmare IS THIS?! (Seriously, pause and take a guess – I’d LOVE to see in the comments how many of you got this right just from looking at the picture!) This picture? Is the back of a man who has just …
kinda doesn’t look so sexy now… Image from Oprah.com Peeing while camping. Opening jars. Changing in public. The freedom to have pit hair long enough to braid and not even care. There are some occasions when it would be pretty awesome to be a dude. And now I can add running to that list. While …
Disaster struck at the gym this morning. We were doing the P90X fitness assessment to prepare for February’s Great P90X 2 Experiment (I know!! Squee!!!) that we start Wednesday. The test has you check your performance against the P90X standard in pull-ups, push-ups, in-and-outs (abs), vertical jump, biceps curl max, wall sit, flexibility and a …
No Gym Buddies, no classes, no Experiments (we do NROLFW on M, W, F) – this morning at the gym I was left to my own devices. This happens to me so rarely that when it does I get a little giddy. What would I do if I could workout any way I wanted to? …
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Somersaults gave me my first official magic power: I have a built-in snow-scraper thanks to my pinkie and ring fingers on my right hand being almost completely numb! Who needs hot pads or full gloves or thimbles when your fingers are devoid of feeling? (Okay, be honest – who ever needs thimbles these days anyhow?) …
If this is how you hydrate, then I think we found the problem… Seeing as you all did such a great job with Laura’s question last week regarding buying cardio equipment for a home gym, I thought I’d throw a bit tougher question your way this week. (Yeah, yeah, you can take the teacher out …
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You could always go the Mariah Carey route (hint: it involves an airbrush, several colors of spray tan, and a drastic underestimation of the observational abilities of the general public.) Sit-ups: they’re the one exercise everyone has tried. Mostly because you can’t help it. Even as a baby it was one of the first things …
I really do have the smartest, wittiest, most erudite (but not pretentious), caring AND helpful readers/commenters. And sadly, sometimes some of what you guys say gets lost in the shuffle. I do read and enjoy every single comment you guys make (and don’t worry about correcting me – I’m all about the learning! So call …
