See the dude in the red pants? Everyone else is all Swan Lake and he’s getting his ninja on. I heart him. Pelvic thrusting is involved. And it’s every bit as awkward as it sounds. Especially when thanks to a lack of studios, the Gym Buddies and I were forced to use the railing next …
The Gym Buddies and I having a little fun with our first T-Tapp workout. Note: this is NOT supposed to be a demonstration of good form or whatever. It’s just us being silly. Skip to 1:50 if you want to see me get my sexy back;) Thanks to Allison for secretly taping us and editing …
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Health blogging rule #1: The fastest way to tick people off is to stomp on their favorite diet or workout. I have learned this the hard way (I’m still getting irate e-mails over what I wrote about the Every Other Day Diet 3 years ago) so I am going to tread lightly here. I wanted …
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mouse over reads: “I’m as surprised as you!” Socks with sandals. Sleeping with the window open no matter the weather. If pool can be considered a “real” sport. Husbands and wives don’t always agree and this month finds me right smack dab in the middle of a doozie of a disagreement between fitness power couple …
Read more “September’s Great New Rules of Lifting For Women Experiment! [Plus MMA results are in!]”
Oh well if I can have a rainbow mowhawk and a fancy nickname like Dan the Outlaw Hardy, I’m sold! Tapout. It’s not just a clothing and equipment line for Mixed Martial Arts practitioners and their ring girls,it’s also the password into the very serious, highly entertaining and slightly strange sub-culture of MMA. What, …
Read more “Blood, Sex and a C-Section [Mixed Martial Arts Experiment Update & Videos!]”
See? Babies are already better at this than I am. Make a dress out of a pillowcase? Cinderella’s mice ain’t got nothing on me! Entertain a room full of preschoolers for an hour with nothing but shadow puppets and the contents of my purse? Won’t like it but I can sure do it. (True story: …
Embarrassing: (Me) “Hey Al! Check out that guy in the squat rack! He totally has a butt wink too!!!” (Gym Buddy Allison) “Oh yeah, that’s a bad one! But look how deep his squat is!” Embarrassing-er: Gym Buddy Allison and I, temporarily deafened from our TurboKick class (it’s not Turbo if the music isn’t loud …
Read more “My Embarrassing CrossFit Experiment Results! [Plus July’s Great Fitness Experiment]”
Andrea may look tiny but girl can squat all 3 of us Gym Buddies put together. Plus she’s a mom of 1-year-old twins – if that doesn’t say strong, I don’t know what does! Butt wink. Andrea (long A) from CrossFit St. Paul hadn’t even known me for 30 minutes when she first told me …
Read more “June’s Great CrossFit Experiment [For real this time]”
YOU GUYS. HULA HOOPING IS RIDICULOUSLY FUN! See? It’s making me all scream-y and caps-y. But I cannot tell you enough how much fun we had this month. Not only that but this has got to be one of the most commented-on Experiments we’ve ever done (and we’re used to getting a lot of comments/stares/crazy …
Read more “Great Hula Hooping Experiment Results! [Pics! VIDEO!!]”
I may never be as awesome as Chuck Norris but that doesn’t stop me from trying to push the earth away when I push-up. I have great news! I just signed the contract for the second Great Fitness Experiment book! It’s scheduled to be released January 2012!! So more public humiliation, overshares and of course …
Read more “GFE Book #2 Coming At You January 2012!!! [SQUEEEE! Giveaway!!]”
