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Boot Camp for Beginners

This is a guest post from my friend, Xandros. Xandros has been attending a fitness “boot camp” in recent weeks and I asked him to write a little something about his experience. I’m so grateful that he did! Boot camps were a bit of a mystery to me, but now I’m curious to check [...]

Pining for Protein: Tamagoyaki and Tofu Smoothies

I wanna get hard. I wanna get strong. Getting there sounds easy enough: do some butt-kicking exercises and eat well. I’m still figuring out the butt-kicking part, but the eating well is coming along.
As a veggie, I’ve gotta think a little harder about getting enough protein. I’d be fine if I [...]

Weighing In On Weighing In

MizFit has sparked an interesting discussion about scales on her blog.
Should you weigh yourself everyday? Every week? Not at all?
I weigh myself every morning. My weight doesn’t change much, and usually I don’t remember what the scale says five minutes after I’ve looked at it. I don’t know why [...]

Wall Sits and Shin Splints

Not these Shins!

Before I enchant you with a quad-burning good time, a quick update on my shin splints.
Last September I wrote about some shin pain that put the kibosh on my 7km daily walks and eventually interfered with my swimming mojo. Seven months later, I still experience near constant pain localized in the area [...]

GetFitPod: Podcasts for your workout

Do you wish you had a personal trainer but don’t have the money to hire one? Getfitpod may be able to help…
Getfitpod is a podcast that features specially designed workouts in addition to other information about fitness, diet and health. I’m impressed by the number and variety of workouts they have available for [...]

Weak Bladder = Major Bummer for Sporty Spices

Weak bladder. Incontinence. Urinary stress. Leakage.
Could there be a more awkward topic? No wonder so few people talk about it. But despite this silence, some research suggests that as many as 46% of women suffer from a weak bladder. And new research shows that this condition is discouraging many women from participating in [...]

A mix of exercises

Just a quick note, I’ve been walking and running and swimming. Doing some push ups and even and few pull ups of late. That’s really good and all but not very interesting in and of itself.
It’s just that my ankle started to get really sore with all the walking and running.
And because I’ve started blending [...]

Harder than 100 Push-ups

Last June I blogged about the 100 Pushup Challenge with the sincere intention of joining you all in the effort. Well, after a summer of silly mishaps*, I’ve finally recuperated enough to hit the floor and push my way up to a hundred. I’m currently on my second round of week 2 (I [...]

100 Pushups or Bust

A little over a week ago, JD at Get Fit Slowly announced that he was starting the “one hundred pushups” training program. Loads of people have followed his lead and I think I’m inspired to join them.
It’s been a while since I’ve done any resistance exercise, over a year, in fact. Since I I [...]

Ladies, wanna get strong? Then stack on the weights.

Don’t be scared to lift the heavy boulders… just don’t drop them on your head!
Hey girlies, if you’ve been wanting to build muscle but have been hesitant to push yourself with the weights then think again. A recent study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research shows that women who want to build [...]

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