Before we left for our family vacation, a surprising number of people asked me some version of the same question: “You’re not STILL going to do all those healthy things while you’re on vacation… are you?!”
Each time I was asked, I had to laugh! What a funny thing to ask!
The more I’ve thought about that [...]
As 2010 clicks along, I’m continuing with my plan to MOVE in a purposeful way every single day. What I mean by that is not just doing normal daily activities, like work, errands, household chores, etc. I mean intentionally moving in a way that meets my body’s requirements – providing an overall variety of movement [...]
Ok, Ok… so, I haven’t fully gotten back in the swing of things with posting here regularly. BUT, I have finished the fat loss book and I’ve recorded it!! It was a trade-off… hopefully, you understand!
(The book is called “The 7 Essential Keys to Shedding Toxic Fat and Unwanted Pounds”. It will be available VERY [...]
Here we go… here’s the continuation of the last few days’ worth of work outs, for those of you taking notes!
Wednesday:
Morning spinal hygiene.
Went for a great 5 mile run! What made it great? The sun, the snow… and the wild-hair-in-my-buttocks that inspired me about a third of the way into the run to start doing [...]
Yes, I’m way off track with posting my work outs for you! No, I’m not off track with the work outs… thank goodness!
Since several of you have continued to ask for specifics of what I actually do (or maybe you’re just testing me!!), here’s part one of what the last week and a half has [...]
On my last running day, I bundled up accordingly and headed out with the intention of a fairly predictable 4.5 – 5 mile run. It was very cold, but sunny… so I thought I’d be fine. When I came to the first unprotected clearing of trees, I was shocked by an incredible blast of arctic [...]
A few days ago I was “scheduled” to do a run. Apparently, at some point in the past few months, I’ve become a fair weather runner! I didn’t exactly realize I felt this way… in fact, I usually LIKE to get out and run in the muck! Not this particular day. It was raining hard [...]
Since my last cardio update here, I’ve gone for one longer run and a couple of walks with Guinness, King of all Dog Breaths.
Wednesday’s run was fantastic! Not because my pace would have qualified me for the Boston Marathon by any means! Nope, just because it was a gorgeous day and I was really, really [...]
Two days ago was a running day.
I’ve been getting a tad bored with the first mile stretch of my regular running route. It’s also the iciest and busiest little stretch of road – not a good combination right now. So, I decided to drive my car up to a more rural spot to begin my [...]
Each day, I’m focusing on doing something that falls under the “cardio umbrella” of exercise.
Some days it’s pretty traditional endurance-type exercise, while other days it’s anaerobic burst-like intervals. At the very least, every day I do a few minutes of calisthenics to get my blood pumping and metabolism kicked in first thing in the morning. [...]
I know you’ve heard me say it before: Motion is a requirement for health. Our cells genetically require regular movement in order to express their optimal function.
Our ability to create health and prevent chronic illness depend upon us meeting our genetic requirements for motion, as well as nutrition and mindset/emotions.
This is the recipe for lifelong [...]
I was a little bit ‘bummed’ that Christmas Day here was so rainy and icky. Historically, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day are two of my favorite days to get out of the house and go for a nice, long run and/or head out for a family nature walk.
No deal this year.
But, we DID get the [...]
It would be SO easy to skip exercise on days like these… weeks like these! Whew! I need a clone. How about you? Plus, it’s SO much fun just hanging with the kids at this special time of year… I’d rather play!!
Fortunately, I decided years ago that I am a mover. No matter how hard [...]
My exercise doesn’t always end up looking like I had originally intended. Things tend to come up that result in me changing my work out plan. Sometimes I have to make a work out shorter, or do it inside rather than out, or include my kids. I’ve become quite adept at going with the flow [...]
A couple days ago, you may recall that I had mentioned I was heading to a doctor’s appointment with my dad. As such, I needed to be time efficient with my movement for the day.
I headed out early with dog-breath for his walk. We “power” walked for about 20 minutes and then headed for a [...]
Yesterday was a running day. Brrrr… I’m getting colder as I’m getting older! It already seems tougher this year to initiate a run than it did ALL last winter. I could be in for a looooong winter!!
Yesterday, the roads I normally run on were icy and treacherous, particularly along the shoulder of the “busy” road [...]
Man, I’ve really been off my routine lately!
It has been a strange combination of cold weather and icy back roads where I usually run, as well as some challenges with coordinating work schedules… and the result has been that I’m not getting out for runs the way I’d like to.
So, I’ve been mixing things up [...]
The last few days have been filled with an assortment of exercise… none of it my “usual”.
Friday
I got up and did my usual “Posture & Proprioception” exercises, and then decided to add about 10 miutes of high intensity calisthenics, and then a few yoga poses. Strange combination! Then I took dog breath out for a [...]
I just came back from a run and saw several of my neighbors out in their yards getting some work done. It’s such a gorgeous day here!
I started thinking about my neighborhood and the people in it. We live on a street with 21 homes on it. Most people are in their 40’s, 50’s and [...]
Today was time for another full body work out. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to power my way through a super focused and super high-intensity work out because I was also on a “date” with my 4 year old son at the time!
He joined me for part of the work out, and then switched gears to [...]
