{Disclaimer: The following post discusses my sexual assault. No graphic details are mentioned.} Regret. They say it is the saddest word in the English language. In fact, I’ve heard many a person say their goal is to “live without regrets.” (Winner of the irony award is “Hero” Hayden Paniettiere. She got this phrase tattooed in …
More comic genius from N8! In one of the funniest stories to come out of Hollywood recently, Heidi Klum reportedly sent Victoria “Skeleton” Beckham a dozen of the decadent Sprinkles cupcakes for her birthday. It gets better: The attached note added that a dozen would be coming every Friday for the rest of the year. …
This comic is the first in a series drawn by professional comic and GFE reader N8 (sound it out) especially for The Great Fitness Experiment! I can’t tell you how excited it makes me that I have my own illustrator – I’d put it on my business card if I had any. Look for more …
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(Image unavailable to do extreme prejudice. I searched for an hour and couldn’t find any unoffensive pictures to appropriately illustrate this story. Which is a story in and of itself.) In one of the saddest examples that perverts will use anything to justify their crimes, a pastor (a pastor!) recently explained that the reason he …
It’s inevitable – go to any starting line, fitness class or gym and you’ll find people in various stages of stretching. Almost always, people are stretching before their exercise. It’s what we were all taught by our elementary P.E. teachers, right? You gotta warm up those muscles so you don’t pull something! While my elementary …
“It’s official. You are the whitest person on the planet,” Gym Buddy Dennis said to me after we finished Turbo Jennie’s annual outdoor birthday TurboKick extravaganza tonight (seriously, it’s her birthday and she brings us treats!). As I stood there, sweating so profusely in the near-90 degree weather that my shorts looked as if I’d …
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If I’m being totally honest, I can probably think of many ways that I am hypocritical (for example, I simultaneously hate global warming and love air conditioning) but the one that is niggling most at my conscience is music. I know, I know, in a world where children are dying in sweat shops & I …
I think this little guy can safely rule out peanut allergies. Although he may have seen a few too many KISS shows… As a Woman with Uneasy Relationships to Food, let me tell you: the easiest way to restrict your diet is to take out a whole group of foods. And nothing cuts food pushers …
It turns out that Sammy Sosa and Floyd Landis may not be lying – new research says they may really not remember how all those drugs got in their system. Apparently all the exercise got to ’em. For myself, not being a professional athlete, I thought my steadily declining memory was all my children’s fault. …
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That’s Jennie in front. I’m the one in the dorky hat. (It was St. Patrick’s Day Turbo!) Those of you that read this blog know all about Turbo Jennie – YMCA’s Group Fit Instructor of the Year, kickboxing teacher who helped me face my sexual assault, teacher who does all those crazy “theme” TurboKick workouts …
