Thanks Gym Buddy Dennis! Think hard – when was the last time you saw a high dive outside of the Olympics? Our local pool sure doesn’t have one. Indeed, the last time I can remember seeing one was in my high school pool when I was on the diving team for about two seconds. (Although …
‘Tis the season to be gifting and as many of you know, health nuts can be difficult people to shop for. The usual standbys of holiday goodies don’t work unless you know whether they fall into the Everything in Moderation camp or the Sugar is the White Satan camp, something that can be hard to …
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Him: Do you have any idea how many calories are in that thing?! Me: [out loud] Um…Me: [silently] Yes you idiot. I know how many calories are in everything. I’ve internalized the nutritional information of so many things that it’s practically written on my DNA. In fact, it’s impossible for me to even be in …
Once upon a time I could do a push up. Many, even! But then I got pregnant and had a baby and the phrase “shredded, ripped abs” took on a whole new meaning. You never know how much you use your core muscles until you no longer have any. I discovered this the other day …
On the Help a Reader Out post “How to Choose the Right Fitness Shoe” there was much discussion in the comments about Turbo Jennie’s recommendation to wear shoes with “closed shox” for high-impact activities that require a lot of lateral movement, like kickboxing. She e-mailed me to clarify that what she meant was to wear …
Whether it was some quirk of the Google gods or my Internet karma coming back to smack me for writing about Will Ferrell, a post I wrote about trying (and failing) the Every Other Day Diet has come back to haunt me. Some people get ghosts in chains that inspire them to buy large turkeys …
Lance Arm-who?? THIS man inspires me. Encouragement is powerful. To be perfectly honest, I’m a people pleaser and have been willing to do pretty much anything to get praise since the second I slid out of the womb. (Doctor: “Baby Girl Hilton, APGAR at one minute – 10” Me: *squeeee*) However, I became acquainted with …
Be honest: how many pairs of athletic shoes do you own? (Notice I did not ask you how many total pairs of shoes you own. I learned my lesson freshman year of college when asking that question found me helping my roommate pack up her 85 (!!) pairs into boxes on moving day. And those …
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