“I like weights. You know where you stand with them. Well, sometimes you’re lying under them, trying not to let them crush you, but you see, you know they’d crush you if they could. There’s honesty.” – One of my all-time favorite quotes about fitness (truly, nothing is more honest than weight lifting!) from my …
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If we’re sincere in our desire to “just be healthy” that may mean embracing more fat – both in our diets and on our bodies. Psst, Adele – LOVE you. Lose the cigs!! “Get ripped in the new year!” “Have the lean body of your dreams!” “Six-pack abs in 6 weeks!” “Burn fat up to …
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Okay, I give up. Who is the layer with the fish scales and trident supposed to represent?! And also, no way does Batman trump Spiderman. Sorry. Image credit. I can kill a mouse with just the sound of my voice. I believe everyone has a super power inside them – something they are uniquely, and …
I like to think we patented the “pee-pee pose”. And with 20 (!!) kids between us, it gets used A LOT. Happy Holidays from all of us at the Great Fitness Experiment! We’ve already got some great Experiments lined up for 2012 (hint: it rhymes with “wee mighty next” 2!!). Thank you so much to …
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Sorry, couldn’t resist! Is this not the saddest holiday card ever? Blue Christmas indeed. And they made Kim stand next to an empty chair!! “It’s the hap- hap- iest season of all!” Unless, you know, it isn’t. The holidays can be a wonderful time but for a lot of people they can also be a …
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I am to food bloggers what Iowa is to beachfront property. Be warned, the following photos were not taken in a light box and don’t even look all that good but do not be deceived by the shabbiness of my photog skills: these cookies are AMAZING. I didn’t make up this recipe. I didn’t even …
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See – she’s fine now! Check out that core strength!! Compare Jelly Bean’s fab plank to this woman’s – this has got to be the worst “fitness” photo I’ve ever seen! (And no comment about the two binkies. We’re working on it!) I love her one boot/one plaid sandal combo. She cracks me up every …
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I think vitamin D is the least of this guy’s worries in the sun… At first I thought his nipples were stickers. If my life were perfect I’d live near the equator and get plenty of sunshine every day that my body would then naturally use to produce all the vitamin D it needs to …
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Maxipad slippers!! If only I had thought to Google “hilarious maxi pad gifts” before I gave the Gym Buddies their presents! Ah well, there’s always next year… (Image and idea courtesy of Homemade Gifts Made Easy.) Who gives their friends panty liners for Christmas? I do! And I would have given them the panties to …
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I so totally did this. It’s been an interesting, slightly emotional week for me around the Internets. I wrote a piece for Redbook about Michelle Duggar’s recent miscarriage of her 20th baby and while the Redbook/Shine readers didn’t have much to say about it, my post about it for The Huffington Post got a little …
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