Archive for November, 2008
Happy Turkey Day
Friday, November 28th, 2008Submitted by Advanced Workouts Blog
Happy Thanksgiving to all the American readers out there! I love this time of year. I just put my turkey in the oven and crossed my fingers. This is only my second time to cook a turkey (without the help of Mom or Mom-in-Law) so I’m hoping it goes well. This […]
Best Thanksgiving Day workout
Friday, November 28th, 2008Submitted by Advanced Workouts Blog
Who has the time to work out on Thanksgiving Day? There’s so much culinary preparation going on–or if you’re not cooking, most likely you’re traveling. How much can you shove into one day? But even so, of all days out of the year, Thanksgiving is probably the most important to squeak […]
Tracy Effinger’s Squeeze Lower Body Challenge
Friday, November 28th, 2008Submitted by Advanced Workouts Blog
I’m going to have to make this a quickie announcement, because I’m behind today — due to a major storm here in the Northeast, the power has been off for nearly 24 hours. Now that it’s back on, I’m scrambling to get everything done before the holiday tomorrow. That said, I […]
How To Not KILL Your Family (and Waistline) These Holidays
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008Submitted by Unity Home Fitness Blog
I received an email the other day from my friend Jeff Anderson (aka The Muscle Nerd). I thoroughly enjoyed it because it was composed of the perfect blend of humorous sarcasm and TRUTH. Those two things blended together always touch me in a way that nothing else can. I LOVE […]
Kettlebells and Chuck Taylors
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008Submitted by Fitness Fig Blog
Today I had planned to try my newest DVD–The Kettlebell Way, Vol. 2 (also called The Empire State–how many names does one DVD need?) with Anthony Diluglio. However, I decided to just stick with Anthony’s Art of Strength: Providence workout for the time being. I think I should be more comfortable […]
HYC Check-In and This Week’s Plan
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008Submitted by Fitness Fig Blog
Last week I felt really strong and pleased with my workouts. Actually, Friday ended up being a bust because I was so busy (including some unplanned tasks) but I made up for it on Saturday. Today I felt like my feet were made of lead as I did Cathe’s Step Blast, […]
Another Giveaway–This Time It’s a Book!
Monday, November 24th, 2008Submitted by Fitness Fig Blog
This week’s giveaway is a copy of the book Intuitive Eating. I still haven’t finished my copy (I am too easily distracted by the 5 other books I’m reading right now) but I can recommend it as a great read, anyway. I’m still working on my own intuitive eating, but the […]
Pyramid Upper Body
Monday, November 24th, 2008Submitted by Fitness Fig Blog
Today I did Cathe Friedrich’s Pyramid Upper Body. That is, I did all the exercises from the workout, but didn’t actually watch the DVD. For some reason I didn’t feel like using a DVD (probably because I would have to watch it on my little laptop since my hubby was ensconced […]
Winner of the Double Yoga Giveaway
Monday, November 24th, 2008Submitted by Fitness Fig Blog
The winner of our Double Yoga Giveaway is Darlene! Please email me your address and I’ll send the yoga socks and mat bag off ASAP.
Did I mention I have one of those mat bags myself? Mine is blue. I love it (though I don’t carry my mat out much).
Later tonight or […]
Sore Calves but Fun Stepping
Friday, November 21st, 2008Submitted by Fitness Fig Blog
I just finished a wonderful workout. It’s great to get my groove back and really get into my workouts again. For a while there I was struggling, especially with cardio.
I’ll start by telling you about yesterday’s lower body workout. I did Cathe Friedrich’s Pyramid Lower Body, which I hadn’t done in […]
Two Great Workouts to Start the Week
Thursday, November 20th, 2008Submitted by Fitness Fig Blog
Yesterday I did Cathe Friedrich’s Low Impact Circuit. This is one of my favorite circuit workouts–and I’m very picky about circuits–I generally prefer just weights or just cardio. It’s also one of the earliest Cathe DVDs I bought, so it holds a special place in my heart for that reason. I […]
Aerobic Activity Could Help Brain Function
Monday, November 10th, 2008Aerobics activity can be defined as using the same large muscle group in a steady rhythm for at least 20 minutes while maintaining 60-80% of your maximum heart beat. Aerobic activities include jogging, biking, swimming, cross country skiing and other low impact activities that could produce an accelerated heart beat.
Aerobic activity strengthens the cardiopulmonary system […]
Aerobics good for mind and body even at older ages
Thursday, November 6th, 2008Written by Michael Vass
When you hear aerobics, what’s the first thing to come to your mind? For many people it might be a vision of a group women working out together in unison at a gym. Others might think of themselves out of breath, with a glean of sweat and feeling good. But one thing […]
