Input

I’m mulling over the idea of adding a new element to this blog. Kind of.
I’d like to add a simple video element occasionally that shows how I prepare simple foods with clean eating in mind. Not just how I cook greens, but showing me cooking them, how I finish the dish [...]

Workout Plan for the Week 1/25/09

I’ll be heading away from home on Thursday, so this is a short work out week.
Sunday: Interval training cardio. Two minutes walking @3.8 MPH, 1 minute running at @6.2-6.3 MPH. For 20 minutes.
Stability work: Plank, Bridge, Balance
Strength: Upper body: Dips, Press, Rows, Pulls, Push ups.
The entire thing unstable.
I am working on doing [...]

Welcome to the Fountain of Youth!

(crossposted at BlogHer)
You cannot imagine how happy I was when asked to write about Exercise and the Middle Aged Woman.  Really.  It’s one of my favorite topics of conversation because I think being active is the real fountain of youth.
If you believe that by fountain of youth I’m implying that exercise can stop hair from [...]

Greens

We all know the importance of eating colorful foods.  Researches regularly tell us that eating the color wheel – bright oranges, deep reds and purples, and ofcourse greens- insures we get all the phytonutrients, vitamins, and minerals we need.
In the summer, I will easily eat a salad for lunch most days, getting those greens.  Wintertime, [...]

Real World Workout

Today is the MLK National Day of Service Holiday. In past years, I’ve tried to find volunteer opportunities for this day with little success.
This past fall, however, a group that originally organized to get to Barack Obama elected, wisely realized they had a contacts and commitments for change. The focus turned overnight from election activities [...]

Not Enough

I’ve given the NROL template a short play. Done both of the first workouts twice and still have the same impression: it’s not enough.
I don’t know if I need to remind myself that you don’t have to kill yourself to get fit. I think it’s that I have been lifting for almost [...]

Alwyn, Please Forgive Me.

Sunday was my first workout using the New Rules of Lifting for Women Stage 1 template. (NRLW-ST.1A from now on.)  I enjoyed the workout and came away with a couple thoughts:
This is the acclimitization phase of the workout, where you get used to the strength moves and the supersets.   I’ve done all but one of [...]

Changin’ It Up

I mentioned a couple weeks ago that January was going to be a month of unstable workouts.  Well, I’m scrappin it.  It’s not that I don’t enjoy these -they are whole lot of my favorite workouts.  Rather a couple things coincided to make me change my mind about the focus for the near term.
#1.  My [...]

Can’t Fool Myself Any Longer

A medication I’m on has, as a side effect, an increased craving for simple carbs. While I was in an emphasize weight-loss phase, I fought to eliminate this craving by substituting more complex carbs and making sure I was well hydrated.
But I’ve gotten a bit complacent and the last 7 weeks I have not [...]

Instability

While I often think my workouts don’t really change much, if I’m honest they change just a little bit almost every week or so. Often it’s determined by the available equipment: no single handles for the cables, I’ll do a seated row; no flat bench open though I’ll do incline presses; adjust the DBs [...]