Step One: Find an elephant… Because you need instruction in this, right?? The multi-talented Jen Sinkler (Senior Editor of Experience Life magazine and competitive rugby player) gave me the opportunity to introduce The Great Fitness Experiment and my Gym Buddy crew over at her blog, Survival of the Fittest. So definitely check out my guest …
People often take up running as a weight loss tool. And for many it helps. Until it doesn’t. Aside from the previously discussed myth that exercise alone produces weight loss, there is another interesting facet to this idea: after a certain point that seems to be individual to each body, adding mileage can actually produce …
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Any Experiment that ends with old ladies running across the gym to my aid screaming, “Oh my dear, are you okay?!?!?” is my kind of Experiment. And the Kettlebell Experiment does not disappoint in this area. It was the renegade rows that did me in. Also called floor rows or plank rows, they’ve long been …
You swung them, pressed them, cleaned them, and loved on them – in a totally plantonic and non-creepy fashion – all last week. I mean, you did do Week 1 of the kettlebell Experiment, right?? It was a butt kicker. I thought I’d picked an “easy” beginner workout. Not so much. Anyhow, week two’s workout …
Photo Credit So many of you asked – and were so polite! – that there was no way I could not do a kettlebell experiment. If you are addicted to candy-colored balls of iron with little handles or were one of the fortunate recipients of all the kettlebell giveaways in the fitosphere (thanks TA for …
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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. …
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 …
Nothing will make you choke on your morning oatmeal worse than logging on to CrossFit to discover the WOD is to run 15K (9.3 miles). Just as I was hacking up a whole raspberry that I’d inhaled, my phone rang – which is awesome, you should totally hear my ringtone, makes me dance every time! …
Read more “August’s Great Fitness Experiment: Kickin’ It Old Skool”
This would normally be the post where I sum up the previous month’s experiment and list my stats along with the pros and cons. However, seeing as the Primal Blueprint was a rather spectacular failure (my fault, not theirs) – I’ve spent the last week or so licking my wounds and pouting – this will …
Read more “Primal Blueprint Experiment Results and a Plea for Help”
My stars, you people have opinions! 41 comments and counting on my “Primal Problems” post and every single one of them well thought out, passionate and informative. And that’s not even counting the incredible number of you who e-mailed me about this. It’s taken me all day to read and process them all in my …
