Show up.
The mind will give up before the body is ready to quit. Ignore the mind; trust the body.
Keep track. Record every workout.
Plan for the week and month. I concentrate on a different kind of workout (balance, unilateral, fat burning, strength) each month. By planning the workouts for the week and [...]
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This is one of the workouts I’m rocking these days. I warm with just enough cardio to begin to get a sweat on. Then I do this in a circuit style – 10 exercises in a row without stopping except for a quick sip of water. Rest for 2 minutes and do it [...]
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Numbers can drive me crazy. Not only because, as one of the first students ever to use “new math” back in early ’60s, I’m somewhat flawed at performing it. But also because numbers can be in themselves confusing.
This weekend I used 2 simple online calculators: body fat and body mass. The body [...]
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I’m taking this week’s challenges directly from one current regular workouts.
Monday: Planks. Choose any variation you’d like (see last week’s video for inspiration). Do it for one minute.
Tuesday: Wall Squats/Ball squats.
Wednesday: Crunches. I’m doing mine on a ball..
Thursday: Hop/Skip and Jump. Let’s have some fun. [...]
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Since I’ve been writing these 10 Minute Challenges, I thought it would fun to show variations for some of the exercises I list. (we shall not mention that certain people have been bugging me for months to do some videos….) For me, the most logical place to start was the very first exercise I did [...]
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Ten minutes challenges are very simple idea: Do a movement for one minute and repeat it 10 times throughout the day. These are fairly simple exercises that can re-energize us and inspire us -and our families- to get moving.
This week:
Monday: Steps 2×2. Head up a flight of stairs 2 at a time; then walk [...]
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Had a great workout today. It was an upper body day, but when I went to free weight section, there wasn’t a bench available anywhere. Undaunted, I grabbed a Swiss (stability) ball and just kept on working.
Specific warm up: 3 sets of pull-ups on the gravaton.
First up bridge DB chest press on the ball, pair [...]
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