My friends paid a boy to kiss me. I was sweet sixteen and never been kissed – a fact that I remain unapologetic about to this day – but my friends decided that the best birthday present they could give me would be a soft-lipped hottie to revoke my VL membership. It didn’t quite turn …
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. …
“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 …
Really I should have just called this the Doing Whatever I Want Experiment. It was fun. Truly. After the Primal Debacle, I needed a bit of a break so, to paraphrase Adam Sandler (which every self-respecting blogger must do at least once a year – it’s a rule somewhere), I went back to my home. …
Or you could just cut to the chase and do this. Whether you like group fitness or running solo through your neighborhood, the cool thing about exercising is all the opportunities you get to completely humiliate yourself. So it is with some trepidation I share my top ten ways to embarrass yourself whilst exercising. Because …
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My Friend P: I just finished my first triathlon! It was great!! Me: Way to, P!! I’m so proud of you! So – important question – did you pee in the lake? I like to ask people, both relative strangers and intimate acquaintances, overly personal questions. Some call it bad manners. I call it my …
Here you go Fitarella! Gym sexiness at its best. You’ve seen the lists. Every few months or so it seems to be a blogger ritual to come out with a list of the most annoying people in the gym. And they’re pretty funny because, hey, who hasn’t been confronted with Grunting He-Man or Cell Phone …
Inhibitions are funny things. I have one friend who says she could never do a hip-hop dance class with me because she’s “not sexy like that” and yet has no problem asking the male cashier at Walgreens if the temporary tattoo she is buying would look better on her left ta-ta or her right. It’s …
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THIS is my kind of inspiration. Plus, the woman’s expression? Priceless. Celebrity diet-and-exercise pieces are the bread and butter of the gossip rags. There are whole websites devoted to how celebs take care of (or abuse) their bodies. The Skinny Website, not well loved by this blogger, as well as the more innocuous Healthy Hollywood …
