No, I’m not drinking Monkey Milk now (although I wouldn’t put it past me, so long as I didn’t have to milk the monkeys myself. That sounds messy.) It’s about time for an experiment update! Milk Experiment After being vegan, I was finally persuaded back to the land of the dairy (but still not meat) …
This may be the best news I’ve gotten all day (of course all it has to compete with so far is a) that I’ve gained a pound, which is not good news or b) grapefruit is on sale and I happen to really really love grapefruit): My Turbokick instructor Jennie e-mailed me that she is …
Eat With Your KidsFresh-squeezed research from the Cold-Toe state (Minnesota, sigh) says that eating family dinners five times a week or more drops a girl’s risk of an eating disorder significantly. And the results go well beyond adolescence: “Adolescent girls who frequently eat meals with their families appear less likely to use diet pills, laxatives, …
I held scorpion for 5 (albeit fast) breaths! And I have photographic evidence. Wheee! Note the extreme purple color of my face though – that’s how hard I was working to hold that sucker:) I would also like to introduce my best gym buddies Allison (left) & Candice (right), doing full-lotus headstand (You rock, girls!!!!): …
Elastic Waist is currently looking for “anti-diet” tips, a concept which I love both for the opportunity of turning the diet industry’s sound bites back on them and for the opportunity to practice being witty and pithy. However, despite my being both witty AND pithy (in my own esteemed opinion;)) they have not chosen any …
I love monkeys. Almost anything is funny to me if a monkey is doing it. And most of the people at my gym this morning probably feel the same way! You wouldn’t believe all the comment Allison and I got as we completed Day 1 of the Monkey Bar Gym workout. At first glance, I …
Believe it or not, I’ve actually had a few people ask to be e-mailed when I put up a new post (which is pretty much daily). So, if you’d like to be added to my e-mail list, I put in a handy-dandy little sign up box right under my picture on the right hand side. …
In my previous post, I mentioned really liking a few exercises I found in a magazine courtesy of the Monkey Bar Gym. The Internet being what it is, one of their net admin, Sarah, left a comment telling me that I could get more of their fun workouts for – gasp!! – FREE! Free might …
I decided to practice what I preach. So after my post Weight Machines Are For Losers, I decided to go totally “FT” (which stands for Functional Training, not “fttttttt”). Boy howdy am I sore!!! Yesterday, I kept my same circuit of weights with descending sets but instead did all of my exercises on the bosu …
Specifically, machines are for people who want to lose muscle, joint mobility and flexibility. Fitness, like everything, goes through fads and weight machines (like the leg press, seated military press, lat pull-down and even the venerated Smith Machine) are definitely on their way to the “Don’t” list. According to this article (thanks, Allison!), you are …
