Want a great workout? Head for your local playground. Or look around for obstacle courses. You can often find them at schools and parks. Of course, they aren’t always called “obstacle courses.” Sometimes they are just called fitness courses or exercise stations. Yesterday me and my workout buddies did our Personalized Obstacle Course workout right across the [...]
Archive for June, 2009
28 Jun
Working Out with Jillian Michaels
Who doesn’t know Jillian Michaels, the amazing, tough trainer from the Biggest Loser? I sure do. I suppose you could say I’m a big old Jillian fan — along with a million other people. I have a few of her exercise DVDs that I keep around for those days when something comes up and I don’t [...]
24 Jun
Make it a Beach Workout
I spent 7 months in Palau – beautiful place . . . wait, make that gorgeous place, but Shauna and I really didn’t have a beach for our workouts – well not on our island, at least. So I have been aching to get back out onto our beaches here in Santa Barbara for a good [...]
22 Jun
Don’t be a Chicken
My Weekly Online Workouts come in two-week chunks. We repeat the same set of 5 workouts for two weeks before we move on to a new set of workouts. Now there’s an upside and a downside to doing it this way. Upside: everyone gets familiar with the workouts and the second week tends to run [...]
17 Jun
Step One to a Successful Exercise or Weight Loss Plan
I’m reading this book, “Influencer: The Power to Change Anything.” One of the first steps to influencing change is to identify key vital behaviors. The author mentions that the 3 key vital behaviors for successful weight loss are . . . . (drum roll, please) . . . . Exercise on home equipment Eat breakfast [...]
14 Jun
Three Hundred Pounds of Inspiration
I’m used to seeing runners make their way through Shoreline Park. Heck, I live in Santa Barbara and us runners are everywhere. This one particular runner caught my attention a couple of days ago while I was out running an errand. She wasn’t fast, in fact she was doing more of a snail’s pace. Her [...]
11 Jun
Wonder-Working Exercises for your Lower Body
Oooh baby, oooh, baby. After the last four days full of Burpees, Mountain Climbers, lunges, squats and more lunges and squats in my workouts, my butt is sore and aching. And my quads. And my hamstrings. And my inner thighs. But you know me, I love it. It means my muscles are working and paying attention. Squats and lunges are [...]
8 Jun
Do You Hate to Lose?
A couple of weeks ago we spent 20 plus hours on a plane as we travelled from Palau back to the US. And like 99% of the other travelers on the plane, I had a book in hand. For a plane ride it had to be something engrossing, something that would keep me entertained for [...]
1 Jun
Sweatin’ to the Music I’m having a heck of a time getting adjusted back to California time. Seven months in a time zone 16 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time is tough to just snap out of. Yesterday (Sunday) I had determined early in the day that I was going to get in a good [...]
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