Shaking Your Moneymaker – All In the Name of Fitness

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 …

August’s Great Fitness Experiment: Kickin’ It Old Skool

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! …

Running Scared: How I Got Into Fitness

We should institute a paper-bag mask and trench coat uniform for all would-be pervs. Make them so much easier to spot! Photo Credit. It started with running away. The BackstoryAt nineteen I was sexually assaulted by a boy whom I was dating, hereafter referred to as Very Bad Boyfriend. The physical toll it took on …

My Life As a Fitness Model

The photographer described this final shot as “the perfect blend of femininity and strength.” I have to agree. I have a new respect for fitness models. You know, the girls in your fave ab-mags like Women’s Health or Shape that manage to do a one-fingered plank or even something gynecologically humiliating and still manage to …