Cardio queens, adrenaline junkies, runners with a constant high and cardioholics, please stand up! (Then sit down. And then plyo jump back up. Repeat down and up until your heart rate is in zone 4.) New research is afoot in the great cardio debate and — I’m going to break this to you gently, so …
“Wait, I know you!” The teacher stared down at me quizzically as we both waited for the recognition to come. “You are… the girl with the questions!” The last time I came to this Jujitsu class they refused to let me try it so instead I peppered them with questions for half an hour – …
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Nicknames have always been a tricky thing for me. First, everyone wants to call me “Char” which I hate because it sounds so ’80’s and also, no, if I’m going to be a Bender I’d for sure be Air and not Fire. (Yes I know Air is taken. This is my fantasy, hush.) If you’re going to …
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See? He’s so cool he doesn’t even need a mat! The Times was right! Scorpio? Libra? Who needs a sign to make unfounded snap judgements about strangers? The zodiac is sooo 70′s! According to the NY Times, the new thing is to judge a girl by her yoga mat. (Because yoga is soooo, uh, ’70′s?) Actually …
Favorite Overheard Gym Conversation of the Week: Trainer to woman lifting heavy weights: Don’t forget to breathe! Woman: Is that even possible? Has anyone ever actually stopped breathing on you? Trainer: Well… Woman: One of these days I’m going to faint just to freak you out. Trainer: You can faint on command? That right there …
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Carly Rae Vader!!! Totally unrelated: Turbo Jennie has a theory that every girl’s middle name is either Marie, Ray, Lee or Anne. True for me! Raise your hand if you’ve ever given another person – not a plastic torso named “BOB” or “ANNIE” – CPR. I have two fingers raised for the two times I’ve …
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I dread the day when this sweet little girl looks in the mirror and sees anything but a gorgeous miracle. In the meantime, this butterfly made her feel so happy! For days, even after it washed off, she’d touch her cheek and whisper “So pwetty!” There comes a day in every girl’s life when she …
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“Ooh, that looks good! Can I have a few bites?” These words sparked the one and only time in my marriage I nearly punched my husband out. I wish I were exaggerating but it was in the depths of my eating disorder and I’d spent all day being “good” and counting every calorie and this …
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You’re welcome. Happy Monday morning! Due to a tragic laundering error involving a potty-training* toddler’s underwear and the family’s general laundry comingling in the dark recesses of my washing machine, I went to the gym the other day smelling like… At first I couldn’t figure it out as the scent of fecal matter was …
Do you know how hard it is to workout without pulling your hair back?! This week I learned that I have taken hair bands for granted lo all these years when I got to workout with the Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders — because not only do they have to do every single workout in their dance …
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