This is one way to ensure you are running at maximal ability. Not that I recommend it. 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest. That’s one Tabata interval or “Tabata” if you’re in the gym and want to sound like all the cool kids. Sounds simple, right? This little gem, a staple …
Oh this? Just a one-handed bar push up. No biggie. Couple more reps and you can go back to hanging by your knees. Pansies. “Kettlebells…” That right there would have been enough to grab my attention but then he added, “IN THE POOL.” It was as if someone had shouted “Fox just un-cancelled Firefly!” at …
Things would have gone better for me had I had one of these caps, I know it! Either you’re a swimmer or you’re not. False dichotomy though it may be, there is an easy test to see which camp you fall in. When someone tells you, “Let’s swim half a mile.” do you answer, “Sure! …
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Manscaping your nipple hair to attach to your nostril hair won’t help you lose weight butI admire his willingness to change things up! Also, I think this dude shaved a swatch down the top of his head. That might be my fave part. Sprained ankles. Broken bones. Gym Hottie rejection. Stolen spots. The occupied state …
Today I experienced one of those weird occurrences that have baffled me ever since I seriously got into fitness – call it the Bermuda Triangle of Exercise, if you will. Just like Amelia Earhart – but less heroic and revolutionary and without the rubber helmet (just what exactly was that supposed to protect you from …
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I’m running away to join the circus. You will forgive my impending abuse of hyperbolic punctuation, then: OHMYGOSH YOU GUYS I HAD SOOOOO MUCH FUN!!!!!! Last night was my first – and definitely not last – circus class at Gleason’s Gymnastics (for any of you locals looking for a fun time). For some reason nobody …
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I said I’d never do it. (Of course, I also said I wasn’t blogging anymore and apparently that means a one-month hiatus to my chatty self. I’m baaack. I don’t know how frequently but I have to have somewhere to post the pictures you KNOW I’m going to take during my CIRCUS AERIAL CLASS next …
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She may look like an abusive boyfriend but really this is the face of love. My cheeks hurt after my workout this morning. And yes, I know after all the discussion about Toilet Sore around here as of late you all are assuming my butt cheeks are sore. (Okay, they are. They still really really …
You’d think that I of all people would have tried every conceivable piece of gym equipment out there. And trust me, that’s on my list of 100 things to do before I die. It falls somewhere after making a cheese souffle (which requires something called a “ramekin” which I totally don’t have) and before figuring …
Bloody rampages can really get the blood pumping – in more ways than one. The hottest new fitness trend coming out of Japan (where else do all slightly demented yet meteoric trends come from these days?) is Samurai Training. The aerobics class, which is open to both genders but is almost exclusively dominated by women …
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