August’s Great Fitness Experiment: Kickin’ It Old Skool

Nothing will make you choke on your morning oatmeal worse than logging on to CrossFit to discover the WOD is to run 15K (9.3 miles). Just as I was hacking up a whole raspberry that I’d inhaled, my phone rang – which is awesome, you should totally hear my ringtone, makes me dance every time! …

Primal Blueprint Experiment Results and a Plea for Help

This would normally be the post where I sum up the previous month’s experiment and list my stats along with the pros and cons. However, seeing as the Primal Blueprint was a rather spectacular failure (my fault, not theirs) – I’ve spent the last week or so licking my wounds and pouting – this will …

Running Scared: How I Got Into Fitness

We should institute a paper-bag mask and trench coat uniform for all would-be pervs. Make them so much easier to spot! Photo Credit. It started with running away. The BackstoryAt nineteen I was sexually assaulted by a boy whom I was dating, hereafter referred to as Very Bad Boyfriend. The physical toll it took on …

Prophylactic Surgery For… Eating Disorders?

A 15-year-old had prophylactic surgery to prevent an eating disorder. (Yes, I know you’re all now thinking of condoms but “prophylactic” actually means any medical procedure or practice done to prevent a disease or a condition. You’ll thank me someday.) In this Today Show piece, via Jezebel, the girl and her mother talk about how …

Who Wore It Best: Pint-Sized Edition

“Who Wore it Better?” is a common fixture in today’s gossip rags and sites but it’s usually limited to people old enough to (theoretically) be responsible for their own fashion choices. However, to feed our bottomless celebrity fashion appetite, some are taking the fashion fights from the merely twee set down to the simply wee …

The Nasty Side Effect of Sit-Ups

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 …