One of the easiest, most effective, and most affordable ways to exercise is just to get out and walk (or work up to a run). Recently I heard some friends talking about a sensor you can put on your shoe to help you keep track of the miles you are walking or running. Being the [...]
Whether you are on the golf course, on the tennis court, in yoga class or walking with your pals, the most important aspect of outfitting yourself for fitness is comfort. Yes, there are tops and bottoms “specifically” for certain sports, but there is also a lot of room for personal preference. This past week on [...]
Spring has arrived on the East Coast and temps are headed for the high 60s today! My Wednesday Workout for you is to get outside. Ideas: Take a walk – better yet take your spouse, best friend, the kids, the dog or all of them with you Go to the driving range and hit off [...]
Last night on The Biggest Loser one of the challenges was a workout using a slide board – the contestants had to glide back and forth and log 500 repetitions – the first one there won immunity for the evening. Slideboards are a great way to activate a wide range of muscles in a unique [...]
Resistance bands are a great way to increase strength, make your exercises more efficient and mix up your normal routine. Today’s Wednesday Workout exercise is the Crab Walk using an O-shaped resistance band. It is simple enough to do – put the resistance band around your ankles, squat as far as you can comfortably and [...]
Even the most mundane exercises can be made fun with a little creativity. In today’s Wednesday Workout, we feature the ball exchange – an excellent exercise anyone can do using a large balance ball. When I tried this exercise I spent more energy focusing on the exchange of the ball from my hands to my [...]
Over at SportsGirlsPlay.com (one of my other sites) we have started a series called Wednesday Workout. Since this site is all about being healthy and fit, regardless of your size, I thought we’d bring the series here too. I will share some of my favorite exercises, workouts, and tips on a (hopefully) weekly basis. I [...]
As a kid and a young adult I was very active – doing a variety of sports on a daily basis – I even did sprint triathlons in my early twenties. As much as I love running, I had to stop running in my early thirties due to a genetic predisposition to arthritis in my [...]
