Hop To It: Part One- Stronger Bones

This is part one of two posts on Hopping and Jumping to get stronger.  Today I look at these movements for building stronger bones.  Tomorrow-I go a little further and talk about using these movements to build balance and a stronger brain.
Many of you have probably already heard of the NYT article by Gretchen Reynolds [...]

Do you want Fitness with that?

Thursday morning, among the items in my inbox was a customer survey from my gym: 24 Hour Fitness. As I like my gym (for the most part), I clicked through to answer the corporate questions – anticipating that these would lead to an improved experience in the future.
I was so wrong.
After assertaining my gym [...]

Thinking about Food…

I’ve been thinking a lot about food recently.  It’s odd- I have little interest in cooking most evenings, and almost no inspiration for making something for supper.  Yet, at the same time, I’m fascinated with finding healthier foods -and reading about healthier growing and production of foods.
Today I traveled down to the Berkeley to investigate [...]

My Heart

Will beat 85,500 times, pump 1,254 gallons of blood, and push that blood nearly 10,027 miles throughout my body!
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Adapting to Challenges

Ok. This is a little different than what might be my normal take with a title like adapting to challenges. Where you’d usually expect to read about changing up set and reps and planning your workouts for a future goal, today I’m talking about something more personal.
Equally challenging.
This thought started when @MizFitOnline spotted [...]