We all have weaker parts of our body, mine happens to be my calve muscles.  It’s not that mine are not strong or well developed (they are) but they do have a tendency to pull.  I watch my mineral content so it’s not that my diet is lacking potassium, magnesium or calcium, it’s just a [...]

Hi Everyone, If you are a customer of Bodybuilding.com (I like this company almost as much as Beachbody), you can get an additional 10% off if you use the following coupon code at checkout:   Motivation10 Here’s a picture of the Bodybuilding.com checkout and where to click to insert the code (it can be easy [...]

When you live fitness on a daily basis as I do, you read a lot and often stumble upon new terminology.  Someone comes up with a new name for training and the key question you are left with tends to be ‘is this really something new?’ What is Burst Training? Really burst training is just [...]

This morning’s class went, overall, a bit better than the first.  In the middle of one of the moves (I think it was Dandayamana-Janushirasana – standing head to knee) I literally felt my spine shift into a better alignment!  Of course I continue to work the poses and can see where you can continuously improve [...]

I’ve been curious about Bikram yoga for quite awhile now.  Bikram yoga is hot yoga – you practice a series of 26 moves (over 90 minutes) in a room heated to 105 degrees and 50% humidity.  I’ve always liked saunas because of their cleansing effect and I liked the idea of doing yoga in the [...]

Of course my best Mother’s day present has always been celebrating how lucky I am to have a great mom and great kids. So the rest of this post is written a little tongue in cheek. My Mother’s day gift this year is a set of ‘pretty in pink’ Vibrams. These are the shoes that [...]

Since my mom had her complications from surgery, I’ve had the issue of health over 70 on my mind (my mom is 79). Here’s what I found a bit strange. I was repeatedly told that she was actually in really good health for her age. Now my mom isn’t one to suffer from a lot [...]

When I worked in the corporate world I used to travel, not frequently, but regularly.  Now I am blessed to work for myself and I travel infrequently.  But this week I’ve had to deal with a trip that will last over a week and since I just finished my personal Spring 2001 transformation, I hardly [...]

I continue to be amazed at what the human body is capable of.  The goes doubly so for my own body.  I’ve really been working hard and eating properly as I have been on a personal 90 day transformation.  But today I was blown away when I was able to get out 10 pull ups [...]

If you’ve been on the fence about getting into shape, maybe a discount is the motivator to get you going. From now until January 31st (2011) you can buy Chalean Extreme at a $30 discount. Chalean Extreme is a combined resistance training & cardio program that is viewed by some as the woman’s alternative to [...]