Fitness

Top Fitness Trends for 2010 Part 2

A couple of weeks ago I blogged about the top 20 fitness trends for 2010 as predicted by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the leader in the fitness in...

You are NOT Your Past

You are not your past.  That is the last line I read out of a book this morning, before sitting down to blog.  How often we are judged by what we have done in the pa...

Quality Over Quantity

Last weekend I attended the funeral of a 76 year old woman.  She was the mom of my friend Ron,  the man who owns a gym I have worked out for almost 30 years.  Ron, a...

Spinning our Wheels

When it comes to fitness, the wheel continues to be re-invented, over and over again.  Hey, if you ask my son Derek,  which wheel you choose for your journey really...

Change it Up

What you thought before has led to every choice you have made, and this adds up to you at this moment. If you want to change who you are physically, mentally, and sp...

Stay in the Moment

One might think the surest way to combat holiday stress AND extra consumed calories, is to give 110% to their workouts.  In theory, this is very logical and would wo...

Keeping the Stuffing OFF our Thighs!

Wake up and get active!  On one of yesterday's talk shows,  I heard that we take in about 5,000 calories at a typical Thanksgiving feast.  Good news, though, as a  s...

The Top 20 Fitness Trends for 2010

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has released it's predictions for the hottest fitness trends of the new decade.  Personally, I am happy to find Pilate...

Giving the Gift of Fitness

With the holidays rapidly approaching , why not give the gift of fitness?  In every single price range there are fantastic gifts that can be purchased for all the pe...

No Wonder They Call it INSANITY

Back in May, when my son Kyle asked me for my opinion on P90X,  I quickly began doing the videos and loved them!  Now beachbodies.com offers us the newest program, I...

Fun Runs

If you are thinking about running in a 3 miler (5K) for the first time, or if it's been a while, this is always the perfect time of year to find a fun run.  All over...