Holiday Survival Workout
When time is not on your side during the holidays, this workout can be done almost anywhere and uses mostly body weight.
Food Is Not The Enemy
I love food, but do the foods I love, love me back? Food is not the enemy, eating too much is.
Food and Family
Besides food and good cheer, there is one other thing that is synonymous with the holiday season. That would be family gatherings. image by Caitlinator For some of us, this is a wonderful thing. We may not get to see our loved ones much the rest of the year and we are...
Planning for Your Fitness Journey
I am writing this on the coldest day of the year thus far. When I awoke it was 2 degrees outside, at least with the wind chill figured in. Yet at 6:30 a.m. while it was still dark outside I got out of bed, put on my workout clothes and went to the gym. When I tell...
Monthly Workout Playlist Dec. 2009
The holiday season is in full swing. Every retail store and public gathering area is all Christmas music all the time. I like Christmas music, to a point. It’s fun to listen to while putting up the tree, wrapping presents, or driving to see the family. I don’t enjoy...
Too Fat to Graduate?
So here is something new. I saw an article on CNN called “College’s Too Fat to Graduate Rule under Fire”. Of course it caught my attention and I had to see what it was all about. image by Werwin15 It turns out that in 2006 Lincoln University, a historically black...
A Diabetic’s Perspective on the Type 2 Epidemic
Normally, I try not to get up on my soapbox. I see my role as a personal trainer as a motivator and teacher, not a preacher. However, I have one topic that presses my buttons and tends to launch me into “outrage mode” faster than anything. That topic would be...
Healthy and Fit Holidays
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope everyone is having a wonderful day with friends and family. Today starts the beginning of the holiday season, filled with family gatherings and office parties that provide us temptations and excuses to eat poorly and skip workouts....
Top 10 Health and Fitness Gifts 2009
I have tried to ignore it, but with Thanksgiving this week I can no longer pretend. The Christmas season is upon us (although I will not turn on the Christmas music till post Thanksgiving) and most everyone I know is starting their holiday shopping. I don’t actually...
Women and Weightlifting
I often see women at the gym, or hear from them on forums, that are working so hard yet aren’t seeing the results they think they should. They do hours of cardio and eat properly but the body they want just isn’t taking shape. The problem is they are missing a vital...
