Tell me if this sounds familiar: You’re getting ready for a workout. You’re all dressed, shoes are laced, shades are on. But you’re not ready. Not even close. You still need music. A heart rate monitor. A gps. Your phone. Okay. Maybe it’s just me. But I’m a complete gadget-a-holic. I once forgot my GPS when [...]
1,890,000 Kenyan children are infected by jiggers, burrowing fleas that cause painful infection. 30,000 people live on one landfill in the Philippines, where many are without shoes and are exposed to broken glass, syringes and debris. 4,000,000 people have podoconiosis, a debilitating and disfiguring soil-based disease. 740,000,000 people are affected by hookworm which can cause intestinal pain, weakness [...]
Is it just me or did the first week of this challenge fly by? Maybe it’s because I was super busy or because I’m just getting older. It just seems like the older I get, the faster time goes. Whatever the reason, I can’t believe it is time for our first weigh in. We have [...]
This is my first time to host Toot Your Horn Tuesday and I’m kind of excited! See today is the day where we get to share something good that we’ve done over the past week and really, how much fun and powerful and positive and encouraging is it to focus on the good? Am I [...]
I’ve had a little problem with motivation to exercise lately. Seems like when my plate is full, my workouts are the easiest things to toss off to the side. Drastic times call for drastic measures. 3 Sure-Fire Ways to Get My Your Ass Up and Moving Get a friend. Whether you call up your bff, [...]
“I’m training for a 5k/10k/half-marathon/marathon” sounds really cool. You don’t have to think…everything you need is already spelled out for you. You can use an excel spreadsheet (happy sigh) and color code it for each time of training run (NERD ALERT!). If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere [...]
Last month we focused on our abs… you are probably rocking a six-pack by now, right? This month, we are going to shift our focus a little lower. You guessed it! During the month of April, we are going to kick some serious ass. As in, firm up our legs and gluteus, yo. (Pssssst…. we’ve [...]
With the return of spring comes the return of an exciting fitness event – SELF Magazine’s Workout in the Park! There are three events in San Francisco (May 5), New York (May 12) and Chicago (June 2). Local fitness fans and I are invited to join Dolvett Quince (trainer on The Biggest Loser) at Grant [...]
How’s this for last minute race registration? I signed up to run the Capital 10K (Austin, TX) that is happening as you read this (or if you are reading later on Sunday, look- I am already done running!)….. I registered today (Saturday….as in the day BEFORE the race, at 3pm to be exact). How’s THAT [...]
Good morning runners, walkers, woggers, joggers, ralkers, and everyone else! Today we are kicking off our Couch To 5K training for our Run The ‘Hood race happening on May 28, 2012! If you’re joining us, in 9 quick weeks, you’ll be RUNNING a 5K! Are you shaking your head and thinking ‘huh, I’d never run [...]
Once again, on Monday, May 28th, we’ll lace up our shoes for another awesome Sisterhood Virtual Race! On Memorial Day, we’ll all run our own race, in our own place, at our own pace! It’s a Race to Remember! Registration is now open, and we’ll begin the Couch to 5K and Couch to 10K programs [...]
The Athlete’s Kitchen Copyright: Nancy Clark MS RD CSSD January 2012 Recovering from Hard Exercise: How to Refuel What’s best to eat for recovery after a hard workout? That’s what marathoners, body builders, and fitness exercisers alike repeatedly ask. They read ads for commercial recovery foods that demand a 3 to 1 ratio of carbs [...]
Does this look familiar to you? It looks very familiar to me. It has kind of become my new best friend. I’ve got some horn tooting to do, girlfriends. So, listen up because I’m proud of myself this week. Last month, I did the Fab Ab February ab workout. Bari had posted it and I [...]
I exercise quite a bit and have been since The Sisterhood challenged me to my first 5K in 2009. The only reason I took that challenge back then is because of the peer pressure- I thought, if all these non-runners can take up running for the next 8 weeks, then so can I. If I [...]
Is it just me or does it seem like running is the new craze? Every where I look, people are becoming runners. People who never thought they’d ever dream of running are now signing up for 1/2 marathons, running 12 races in 12 months, and some are even qualifying for Boston!! There are grandma’s running in [...]
