Poop! What’s goin down?

OMG she’s totally gone off her rocker now. I hear you. I do. But somebody has to talk about it. So, my family accuses me of having some fascination with toilets. My husband would classify me as anal retentive, stuck (pardon the pun) in Freuds sickosexual anal stage.   Well, I can admit that the [...]

I’m too busy to exercise.

So we bought these stretchy work-at-home bands put out by Gold’s. It came with an instructional DVD – cool. We popped the DVD into my husband’s iMac, and all sat back watching it start playing like we were at the movie theater.  The credits came and went, and then came the oh-so-chipper aerobics and/or step-class [...]

Confessions of a Fat Loss Dieter

If your name is Kaity and you live with me, hit the back button right now or this computer will self-destruct in 12 seconds. So we all have our weaknesses. Mine is Reeces (I know, it’s ReeSes – but Kaity isn’t reading so it doesn’t matter), and ice cream. Last night I was feeling all [...]

Fat loss, or not? Who’s to blame?

Back in December (or was it July?) I broke down and went to the doctor after about 10 years (since my last physical) to get everything checked out.  one of my concerns was my weight, and what was happening because I just kept packing on the pounds. “Please, doc, let me blame something else for [...]

Fat burning heart rate?

There are different kinds of ‘target zones’ to go after when exercising. How high your BPM should be and what your target zone is depends on what you’re trying to accomplish with exercise. This is an overview of what your BPM should be for each of the different training zones. Depending on your fitness level, [...]

Pain Is Inevitable But…

There comes a time when you have to decide just how much suffering you’re going to allow your pain to cause.

Reduce Stress

Stress is a big factor in both our emotional and physical well being. Stress can also actually cause us to gain weight.

Fitness: The Loss of Muscle Mass

As we age, we naturally lose muscle mass. This process is called Sarcopenia and it generally starts around age 45, when muscle mass begins to decline at a rate of about 1 percent per year.

The Nine Major Fitness Myths

Think you know everything about fitness? You might be surprised to know just how many things are really just myth.

Sets & Reps To Build Muscle & Strength

A Repetition is referred to as a Rep and is a single lift of the weights. A group of Reps are called a Set.

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