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February 19th, 2010

Make Time Work for You

Does your workout look something like this…”3 sets of chest presses, 8-12 reps each, 3 sets of bent-over rows, 8-12 reps each, 2 sets of crunches, 20 reps each…”?
Most of you probably perform a specific number of sets and reps of an exercise at any given workout. Not that there is anything wrong with [...]

February 15th, 2010

Listen to Your Gut

Sometimes I wonder how many women head to the gym with a workout plan. I should do a survey, but I don’t belong to a gym. Oh well.
Anyway, when you go to workout, do you have your workout already designed? Do you know what exercises you are going to do and in [...]

February 1st, 2010

Fitness, fun, and roller skates

This weekend, I went to a Texas Roller Derby bout.  If you have never seen a roller derby, you have to check it out!  It’s a little hard to explain how the game works.  The bout takes place on a banked track and the girls wear the old time 4-wheeled skates.  Basically, one girl from [...]

January 22nd, 2010

Another expert, another gimmick

In my last post, I talked about fitness industry lies and how even some of the most reliable sources of information can often be misleading.  In that instance, I was referring to an article which stated that training with kettlebells will give you “twice the results in half the time”.  Part of that is true, [...]

December 22nd, 2009

I haven’t worked out for a week! Eeeek!

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted…I’ve been up north visiting family for the holidays. And when I’m home, there is no time for work! Lots of shopping, eating, household projects, and fun times, but no work.
I live in Austin, TX but am from northern Illinois. Here is the view [...]