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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 16th, 2010

Fitness Lies Exposed

There was an article in January/February issue of Fitness Matters about kettlebells.
Fitness Matters is an industry publication for personal trainers.
The article is about the benefits of kettlebell training. It’s entitled ‘Kettlebells: Twice the Results in Half the Time?”
The results were very favorable for kettlebells. The subjects in the test burned over 20 calories [...]

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 [...]