A new use for MapMyRun.com
Saturday, May 2, 2009
I blogged about this great site back in June of 2008 but - because I don't run unless someone is chasing me - haven't actually used it until this morning when I mapped my bicycle ride.
Can't afford a trainer? Jump online!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Personal trainers can run you upwards of $200 month, but there’s an increasing number of training services available online, at more affordable rates.
Coveting the First Lady's arms
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
While on vacation, I missed the whole "Sleevegate" brouhaha. Thank goodness. So what if Mrs. Obama chooses to show off her chiseled arms? I would kill for biceps like that. Here's how to get them...
Don't just sit there, move a little!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
What's the good of hitting the treadmill for 30 minutes every morning, only to sit stagnantly at your desk for the rest of the day? Here are some exercises you can do in the privacy of your own cubicle to keep your body from atrophying.
Life by number: Stop and give me 300
Friday, Feb. 27, 2009
Twenty minutes into my workout yesterday, MPT (my personal trainer) handed me a jump rope and said, "Give me 300 reps." I laughed hysterically, until I saw that he was dead serious.
Change up your exercise routine....for free!
Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009
I'm going on two months with Marty, my personal trainer, but I only see him twice a week and I'm getting a little bored with my at-home treadmill routine. Time to revisit a Web site that offers free exercise videos on everything from yoga to jazz dance to pilates!
Never underestimate an old salsa dancer
Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
The following video is just in from a friend. Word has it, the woman is 87 years old. Watch it till the end, then sign yourself up for some salsa lessons!
A little Monday morning yoga
Monday, Jan. 12, 2009
I'm tight. Not 'tight,' as in cheap...although, Lord knows, I've got a good dose of that these days. I mean 'tight' as in not loose, muscularly speaking. That's why I've been doing a few basic yoga poses before and after my workouts.
30 minutes of treadmill hell
Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009
MPT (my personal trainer) says it's not necessary to walk for a full hour on the treadmill....IF you turn up the intensity. So, he replaced my old routine with a new one that has me, literally, hanging on for dear life.
To weigh or not to weigh, which is the way?
Monday, Jan. 5, 2009
After a holiday hiatus from the bathroom scale, I sucked it up and faced the music this morning. Now that the pain has subsided, I'm wondering how often I should weigh myself going forward. Daily? Weekly? Just on federal holidays? What do you do?
Dumbbells and DOMS
Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009
Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness is a deceiving and humbling thing. The first day, you bound out of bed, thinking, “Hey! Those weights I lifted didn’t affect me at all! I could have gone another 10 minutes on that elliptical machine. Mrs. Universe pageant, here I come!”
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