Before I give you my numbers, I wanted to add something from our two experts: Andrew: “exercise scientists as well as practitioners in the field have been using one rep maxes on big lifts to determine overall strength for years and my understanding is that this measure is pretty reliable and accurate. i’m sure there …
This is an actual gauntlet, in case you were wondering. I don’t know about you but I said that phrase (“Throw down the gauntlet”) for years without knowing what an actual gauntlet was. So this is to spare any of you readers a similar embarrassing fate. Although, now that I look at it more it …
Diet fads come and go, and they’re fun to laugh at after they’re gone. Here are a few ads (and one from the present!) that will at the very least make you scratch your head with wonder (unless you have fleas, then you’ll be scratching your head with a vengeance) and hopefully give you a …
Besides monkeys (kidding!), I would totally milk a goat. I wish I had my own. For reals. Leslie asked a very interesting question in the comments. Specifically, “I saw Goat’s Milk Yogurt for sale. What’s up with that??” Her question is interesting because I have goat’s yogurt AND cheese in my fridge at this very …
No, I’m not drinking Monkey Milk now (although I wouldn’t put it past me, so long as I didn’t have to milk the monkeys myself. That sounds messy.) It’s about time for an experiment update! Milk Experiment After being vegan, I was finally persuaded back to the land of the dairy (but still not meat) …
This may be the best news I’ve gotten all day (of course all it has to compete with so far is a) that I’ve gained a pound, which is not good news or b) grapefruit is on sale and I happen to really really love grapefruit): My Turbokick instructor Jennie e-mailed me that she is …
Eat With Your KidsFresh-squeezed research from the Cold-Toe state (Minnesota, sigh) says that eating family dinners five times a week or more drops a girl’s risk of an eating disorder significantly. And the results go well beyond adolescence: “Adolescent girls who frequently eat meals with their families appear less likely to use diet pills, laxatives, …
I held scorpion for 5 (albeit fast) breaths! And I have photographic evidence. Wheee! Note the extreme purple color of my face though – that’s how hard I was working to hold that sucker:) I would also like to introduce my best gym buddies Allison (left) & Candice (right), doing full-lotus headstand (You rock, girls!!!!): …
Elastic Waist is currently looking for “anti-diet” tips, a concept which I love both for the opportunity of turning the diet industry’s sound bites back on them and for the opportunity to practice being witty and pithy. However, despite my being both witty AND pithy (in my own esteemed opinion;)) they have not chosen any …
I love monkeys. Almost anything is funny to me if a monkey is doing it. And most of the people at my gym this morning probably feel the same way! You wouldn’t believe all the comment Allison and I got as we completed Day 1 of the Monkey Bar Gym workout. At first glance, I …
