It’s not that simple.

The important part of losing fat -or to some the simpler but less descriptive losing weight- is to eat few calories than you burn.  About 300 calores/day is just right for most of us.
The hard part is determine how many calories you burn in a day to begin with.
Reading StrongLift this past month, they discussed [...]

July Workout Plan

Every month I focus my workout on one idea. It may be working on increased endurance or strength. June was my every-third month focus on unilateral exercises. If you haven’t spent a month doing exercises one side at a time, you might be surprised to find muscle imbalances you didn’t know exist. [...]

Refocusing

I’ve been spending a lot of time considering how to refocus this blog so I return to regular writing. Much of the reason for being quiet here is more a lack of topic inspiration than anything else.
Searching for something meaningful to write takes more energy than actually writing it. Funny how that works.
Anyway, [...]

PlayCamp

Last Saturday evening I met up with a smallish group of people getting ready to head to BlogHer 09.  Since we were small, and mostly knew each other, it was more a chance to catch up on our lives and act as cheerleaders/advisers in the paths we were taking.
When it came to me, we all [...]

It’s Stumptuous!

Just found out that 2 months ago Stumptuous started sharing videos. I’ve spent some time this morning watching a number of these. They are -not surprisingly- wonderful.
I was awake way to early this morning, so I decided to do the dynamic warm up along with her. I was stiff and sore before I began, and [...]

Monday 10 Minutes Moves

How are you doing with the 10 minutes moves? I occasionally get an email -usually bemoaning planks- but for the most part I’m not sure if this is helpful to you or not.
Let me know.
So this week, I’m going to encourage you to head to outdoors for a breath of fresh air while we’re [...]

Ten Minute Challenges wo 6/8/09

I’ve been a bit lax about posting those 10 minutes lately. Really, I’ve been organizing my life -which pulls me away from the computer. And organizing is it’s own kind of challenge that lasts way longer than 10 minutes.
Back to nitty-gritty.  Each of the challenges below can be done for 10 minutes one [...]

Veggies, veggies everywhere…

For this month, I’m working hard to lean up some.  When it comes to my workouts, that means fairly heavy weights and moderate reps with little rest.  Cardio?  Intervals 3xs a week.
For my diet?  I’m sticking to lean proteins, a couple pieces of fruit a day, and vegetables every time I eat.  And I’m only [...]

Functionally Stable Ankles

I have sprained my ankles about 10 times as an adult.  For a while I joked that they were so loose I could not sprain them anymore.  Add several years of an altered stride with my left foot due to a problem with my left big toe, and I have problems.
Medical and fitness experts are [...]

Peanut Sauce

I have to admit that Peanut Sauce is one of my summertime go-to sauces.  My modus-operandi for summer suppers is to quickly throw some meat and veggies on the grill and serve them.  It’s great, but the repetitive nature makes it really boring after a while.  So sauces are necessary to add some pizzazz.
Thai Peanut [...]