Photo Credit: Natalie Dee In another edition of research confirming the obvious, a new study has come out to report that “scientifically chosen” music will amp up your workout by – are you ready – 15%! I’m not sure exactly how they arrived at that very precise number but I definitely agree with their findings. …
Photo Credit Our society is warped. Twisted. A veritable fun-house of fat and thin mirrors when it comes to body image. We’re all well aware how the media accustoms us to starlets sylphlike on screen and sacks of bones in real life. Because the camera adds 15 pounds these days, you see. Even Kim Kardashian, …
“Mildly obsessed.” This was Kelly T’s, of Grounded Fitness, personal assessment of me and one I take as quite the compliment. Although I think she underestimates me. I’d call me “majorly obsessed.” And if I’m being really honest I’d call me a bit of a compulsive exerciser. Which can be a problem. As a few …
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I actually went to a NKOTB concert. I was 11. I went with my dad. Poor man. Some things just don’t make sense. Like The New Kids On The Block much-hyped comeback song “Summertime.” I mean the girl in the song is walking the beach in “flip flops, half shirt, short shorts, mini skirt.” Who …
If we’re going to be friends, there is something you should know: you must never, under any circumstances, give me a diet/nutrition book. Even if I ask you for it. First of all, I’ve probably read it. I’ve read them all. Or if I haven’t read it, I’ve read something very similar to it because …
Here’s something you don’t see very often in our Photoshopped, airburshed and Dermablended world: stretch marks. And not just a couple discreetly tucked away on a hip or breast. Oh no, these are full-on I’ve birthed a baby and no amount of Mederma will ever fix them stretch marks. A woman named Deelishis from, unsurprisingly, …
Doing what I do here at The Great Fitness Experiment, one of the questions I get asked the most is “So which diet/exercise program is the best?” closely followed by the inevitable “And which one is the worst?” My answer is generally not what people are looking for: “Um, all of them.” See, the thing …
“Those are, um, quite the shoes,” my friend B said diplomatically, staring at my feet. “Wow, you sure are, uh, taller today!” commented P, staring at my feet. “I bet those are real…comfortable,” the night manager at the grocery store chirped, staring at my feet. “Your mom has ROCKER shoes,” exclaimed my son’s friend C, …
9 am on a Random Monday Morning. Gym Buddy Allison Calls. A: I have an idea. Let’s skip class today and go to the mall! me: Oooh, will you make me a mix tape too? And then maybe we can hold hands? A: Funny. I’m serious. Let’s play hooky from the gym. me: Um, mall …
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The Uncomfortable Telling, Part I“C…c…can I come in? I need to talk.” Crying the ugly cry before Oprah ever coined the term, I stood shivering in the sunlight on his doorstep. There was snow but I wore only a thin green t-shirt and jeans. I couldn’t remember where I’d left my coat and sweater. He …
