Posted on November 23, 2009 by debroby
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 [...]
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Posted on November 13, 2009 by debroby
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 [...]
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Posted on November 9, 2009 by debroby
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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Posted on November 3, 2009 by debroby
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 [...]
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Posted on October 29, 2009 by debroby
At the beginning of this year, I began dead lifting. If you are unfamiliar with this move, I will explain. It’s deceptively simple: you grab a heavy weight on the ground and stand up. When done correctly, it works nearly every major muscle in your body. It lets you function with bad knees, a bad [...]
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Posted on October 28, 2009 by debroby
Because I’ve been ill lately- a bacterial sinus/lung infection that left me plagued with fatigue and a general sense that I couldn’t breathe well – I have not been going to the gym. I know I’m really sick when the idea of hitting the gym feels like a major mistake.
Fortunately, the meds have kicked in, [...]
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Posted on October 27, 2009 by debroby
(crossposted at BlogHer)
I’ll let you in a (not so little) secret: I Strength Train.
Five to six days a week I throw a large gym bag into my car and drive 4 miles to my local gym. After a 10 minutes warm-up on the cardio machines, where I am surrounded by other women, I head [...]
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Posted on October 20, 2009 by debroby
When I’m not playing “gym rat” I’m writing and doing crafts. The other activities in our lives all add to the possibility of increasing the tension, stress and pain in our bodies. This post -crossposted from BlogHer- is all about eleviating that when crafting -but it works equally as well if [...]
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Posted on October 9, 2009 by debroby
Because I believe in functional workouts and making sure that I develop real world function strength, I normally alternate my strength workouts with what I call stability/function circuit workouts. I have a big list of moves that I pull from for these – individual actions and combinations that challenge me and keep me fresh.
Because I’m [...]
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Posted on October 8, 2009 by debroby
With the cooler months in North America approaching, more of us will be spending time indoors in the presence of others. This dramatically increases the chances of getting a virus or infection. And the big question every winter is: when is it OK to workout if you’re sick.
I think it’s almost easier to say when [...]
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