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Wacky Workout Wednesday: Lady Gaga Flashmob Edition! (Plus I’m one of Minnesota’s To 5 Fitness Blogs – vote for me!)

August 23, 2011

Our costumes for the Lady Gaga Flashmob taping. We both made our own hats. (To see the video, keep reading!) When people say they don’t like to workout, I usually answer, “That’s because you’ve never worked out with us!” Sometimes we have so much fun I forget I’m even working out until I feel the sweat dripping disgustingly off my ponytail. Tutus, face paint and costumes are business-as-usual for the Gym Buddies and I but this past week found us with not one but three awesome events to glam up for. You know Gym Buddy Allison and I were in [...]

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Gym Staple: LBP (little black pants) [Plus winners of the GFE Book 2 title contest! And a GIVEAWAY!]]

June 13, 2011

You like my pull-up tree? This is the spastic pull-up, you might not have seen it done before. There is frog kicking involved. Fashion mags will tell you that every woman needs a “little black dress” or LBD, a blank canvas if you will for all your sartorial choices both present and future. If you get the right dress – one that fits like it was made for you – then you can dress it up with jewelry and heels for a black-tie affair or you can throw on a jean jacket (why yes they are back!) and sandals and [...]

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Doing Things I’m Totally Unqualified For [Plus: How To Find A Gym Buddy of Your Very Own]

April 18, 2011

Think fast: It’s two minutes until your favorite group fitness class is supposed to start, the room is packed with people ready to get their sweat on and all of a sudden you get the message: the teacher – a rockstar so beloved that people routinely drive a half hour past other perfectly decent gyms to take her classes – has been struck down with an intestinal bug and isn’t coming. Your options are to duck out and run for one of the treadmills before they’re all taken, try out the Active Older Adult class or throw the sweat towel [...]

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Do These Pants Make My Butt Look Big? A Day in Pictures [Giveaway!]

December 18, 2009

Props to Ice-T’s wife for answering that question with confidence! But what up with the shoes, Coco? I learned a long time ago to never ask my husband the infamous “Do I look fat in these pants?” question as the mere utterance makes him fake a heart attack. Which would be good entertainment, especially in restaurants, except that it scares the children. The problem, however, is that sometimes a girl just needs a straight answer to that question. I keep telling him that a simple, “Yes. Those pants are not flattering.” will not send me running to my closet in [...]

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My Unthankful Thanksgiving

November 26, 2009

I’ll admit I wasn’t feeling the gratitude today. (Which is okay, right? I mean I still have a few hours left to procrastinate my character improvement.) This morning found me walking the track at the gym, my baby in a front carrier and nothing to entertain me except my mp3 player… which was dead. So basically I spent an hour walking in small circles and muttering to myself like a crazy person, nary a Gym Buddy in sight. That last bit was the real problem. See, all the Gym Buddies were absent this morning because they were saving up their [...]

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Vote for Turbo Jennie!!

July 21, 2009

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 (see above), owner of the Rainbow Brite sneakers, etc. This year she’s going to TurboKick Camp – like summer camp but with mike packs and zebra pants – and she’s running for “TurboKick VIP”! So click here to vote her! (Click the purple link that [...]

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The Problem With Fitness Hair (Giveaway!!)

July 13, 2009

Well, this might do the trick. But then I might have more problems than I started out with… (photo credit) Turbo Jennie calls it her splash zone. Not because she has any resemblance to Shamu – quite the opposite – but because anyone within a certain radius of her gets sprinkled with her sweat as it gets flung off the ends of her hair as she teaches TurboKick. Admittedly cardio kickboxing is a very sweaty endeavor but Turbo Jennie is not alone in this problem. Another instructor has to wipe the mirrors in front of her off when she’s done [...]

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Burn 1,000 Calories An Hour!

July 6, 2009

You’ve seen the workout program ads: in between shots of glistening, contracting abdominals and hyper smiling people who only sweat in socially acceptable places – your amped up cleavage if you are a woman, your shaved pecs if you are a man – comes the promise. What, you ask, can a DVD workout/exercise book/smiling B-list celeb promise me when it comes to cardio other than a perfect body, chiclet teeth and a spray tan so authentic that real sunshine is jealous? Why, the promise of amazing ultra-high superbad caloric burn of course! I was reminded of this the other day [...]

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Bodily Functions & Fitness 101: Gaseous Emissions

May 21, 2009

I did yoga this morning. Per usual, it was a sweaty-yet-relaxing good time and I enjoyed myself immensely (fave part: the stares when I did my headstand inversion, pregnant belly and all). But there was one part at the end that got a little awkward. It’s called Happy Baby Pose:It ought to be called Embarrassing Baby Pose. Don’t know why? Try it. Just do it. I don’t care if you’re at work. Just tell your boss it’s an experiment for science. Still don’t get it? Pull down on your feet a bit harder and… ahhh. There you go. Hint: it’s [...]

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Assault: On Causing Pain

February 9, 2009

Yeah, I look all innocent here, punching BOB. It is an oft-repeated axiom that opposites attract. This is not true. At least not when it comes to people. Rather, as any social psychologist will tell you, like attracts like. I know that many people will protest “but my significant other is my exact opposite!” This is almost certainly false, else how would you have met in the first place? Most of us have quite a lot in common with those we love which is probably why the differences stand out so starkly in our minds. This truism has positive applications. [...]

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