Fitness

Exercise IS Medicine. Get YOURS!

I just read a fabulous article by Jordan D. Metzl, M.D., titled Pain-Free for Life.  Metzl is also the author of The Athlete's Book of Home Remedies and an athlete h...

The Great Outdoors

Now that it's not too cold outside, and before it gets to hot outside, why not take advantage of exercising in the great outdoors.  Sure, I love the gym, I teach at...

Always a Balancing Act

In the midst of this holiday weekend, it's a great idea to get in some exercise when you can.  It will burn up some calories, fire up the metabolism, burn off some s...

The More We Know

Skimming through some health and fitness articles the past few days, I found the following tidbits worth sharing... **According to science out of New Zealand, cyclis...

The Great Outdoors

If we only kept ourselves physically active on a regular basis, we would probably never need to "go" work out.  I say this because with as much working out as I do,...

The Day Before and The Week Ahead

Good morning and welcome to the day before spring.  As mentioned in a recent quote, this is the time to take our winter dreams and make them into reality.  If you ha...

Walk This Way

Yesterday was one of those days where nothing was really going on, yet everything was going on at the same time.  My plan for VFT revolved around my training Jane la...

Faster than a Speeding Bullet

We surely have plenty of good reason to exercise, but here's more!  According to a study done at Texas Southwestern Medical Center, "trash" is actually eliminated fr...

Small Change

As some of you already know, a few years ago I slipped in mud and did a major job on my left hamstring.  I actually heard the tear as my body did a full split.  Luck...

Outside and Inside the Box

Every once and a while I like to change up my exercise "routine."  Though I get more than enough HOURS of exercise, teaching 9 classes a week and working out with so...