Beauty is pain. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something. I realize that die-hard Princess Bride fans are firing up their e-mails at this very second to correct my misquote but I still think it applies here. Beauty is a highly prized commodity in our society and therefore we will go to great lengths …
In my first episode of Fitness Moves You Think You Can’t Do But Totally Can, I got all crazy and tried to convince you that handstand push-ups are a great workout, fun and an awesome party trick to boot. A few of you tried them. Many of you laughed. This time I’m hoping to up …
Admit it: Larry King is living out your dream right here. Larry King is my fitness muse. (There’s 6 words I bet you never thought you’d read.) This month found me breaking up with my cute new workout and before the ink was even dry on the gym schedule I already had my eye on …
Read more “Pilates: May’s Great Fitness Experiment Plus Experiment Results”
Weight lifting can be intimidating. While pretty much everyone can do a bicep curl or squat, things start to get tetchy when you depart from the standard five safe exercises – especially if you are doing something with a high potential for embarrassment. Fortunately, those are my very favorite moves to try. It’s a win-win …
Weight lifting can be intimidating. While pretty much everyone can do a bicep curl or squat, things start to get tetchy when you depart from the standard five safe exercises – especially if you are doing something with a high potential for embarrassment. Fortunately, those are my very favorite moves to try. It’s a win-win …
Weight lifting can be intimidating. While pretty much everyone can do a bicep curl or squat, things start to get tetchy when you depart from the standard five safe exercises – especially if you are doing something with a high potential for embarrassment. Fortunately, those are my very favorite moves to try. It’s a win-win …
Weight lifting can be intimidating. While pretty much everyone can do a bicep curl or squat, things start to get tetchy when you depart from the standard five safe exercises – especially if you are doing something with a high potential for embarrassment. Fortunately, those are my very favorite moves to try. It’s a win-win …
Embarrassment: My armpits are hairy. Part of it is because I am porcelain pale (that’s the nice person way of saying my friends call me Casper) with raven hair and while that sounds like a winning combo in romance novels, it’s more about 5 o’clock shadows – on my legs – in real life. But …
Read more “Core Performance: April’s Great Fitness Experiment and March’s Results (Giveaway Post!!)”
Gym Buddy Krista’s face says it all, I think. There was pain (like two nails driven into my butt cheeks, not to mention serious ham and quad soreness) but there was also much laughter. After FitJerk shredded our abs, you’d think I’d be leery of handing our delicate lady behinds over to him but you …
Read more “Blast Your Booty: 5 Moves to a Bodacious Backside”
This particular butt exercise is not recommended by me. FitJerk, maybe. The incomparable FitJerk (of ab burnout fame) has designed a butt-blasting workout just for GFE readers! The Gym Buddies and I will be doing it in the gym on Monday – for any of you local folk who want to join us – and …
