No, Protein Enhanced (look closely!!) Salad is not on my list. A few days ago I was lounging around in my pajamas (a pair of Target special flannel PJ bottoms and a free YMCA sweatshirt so big I could belt it and call it a dress – remember this, it will be important later) and …
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I have a disgusting confession to make. I went 54 hours without a shower. But wait, it gets worse – I did five workouts during that time period. So in addition to leg stubble that could cut a brotha and armpit hair that would have made me the envy of the Lillith Fair, I had …
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Confession time: A trip to the bathroom at my house can not be considered successful unless reading material is involved. Now, before you get all judge-y about my bowels, let me reiterate that I have three small children who think nothing of barging into the potty with bread, peanut butter and a knife (a sharp …
“Okay, everyone get warmed up because today we start our new Karate Experiment.” Holding up two small pieces of wood, I continued in my most serious voice, “We will begin by breaking these boards.” You should have seen the Gym Buddies faces! Until Gym Buddy Megan busted up laughing. That girl never takes me seriously. …
photo credit: Natalie Dee So I spent most of November just hanging around the gym. Literally. As in from cables suspended from the ceiling (or the chin-up bar, or the cable machine, or my really tall friends…). I think my favorite part of the Suspenion Training Experiment besides the massive amounts of weird looks we …
Socks and jellybeans. My two favorite things. If my feet are wrapped in the pelts of Muppets and my belly is full of sour simple sugars then I am a happy girl. Unsurprisingly I have a wide assortment of both but today I’m just going to talk about the socks. I have furry socks, loud …
First, I am proud to announce that The Great Fitness Experiment has search functionality back (see top of page)! Due to my stellar computer skills (er, google search skills) I have fixed my own glitch and now you can happily search for all the weird keywords you like. I’m talking to you Mr. or Ms. …
Sarah Tieck! She writes, “I think my big scale issue happens when I go for the weekly WW weigh in … it is so hard to face that scale each week and have the number recorded.” So hopefully this scale will help take some of the fear out of your weekly weigh-in. Drop me a …
Is (chosen via a random number generator)….. M!Apparently he/she has bypassed even the single name and just skipped Prince-style to a letter. Also his/her comment was hilarious: The Sprinter’s Start!Can I pretend I’m launching into some sort of Cirque de Soleil act while doing it?Or Cirque de Sore Legs?What do you think the exercise is …
Conclusions About Low Volume WorkoutsLast month’s Experiment saw me take my overall workout time down from the certifiably insane range back into ordinary fitness buff land. In addition to lowering my overall training volume, I took the advice of Rachel Cosgrove and dropped the running altogether. Except for 5 minutes or so of some jogging …
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