This summer, I stopped buying bus passes and told myself that I was just going to bike everywhere, both to save money and get in some great conditioning this summer. I quickly became a huge fan of biking as a form of transportation. If you were to do a cost/benefits analysis of this, there are [...]
I read somewhere a while ago that the concept of a “gym” was a relatively new invention, that people’s lives had become so sedentary only in the last 60 years or so that people had to start intentionally wearing themselves out to get some exercise. The concept would have seemed completely ridiculous to our ancestors [...]
I have fallen off the workout wagon yet again. Nothing for it but to pick my somewhat heavier self back up and start running to see if I can’t catch back up. I was busy, I didn’t have the time, I was stressed, I was…making excuses again. A little time spent sweating seems to make [...]
With the luxury of a few days off work just as summer crept into fall, I considered my options. Somewhere warm? Someplace mountainous? With beaches? A city? Somewhere I could practice the Spanish I’ve been trying to learn? Schemes various and sundry swirled. After some debate, I decided to have a look at our most [...]
You already read my post on the first day. Now here is an update on my experience in the first week of Boot Camp. DAY 2: Walking around the office I really feel it in my legs all day. They are stiff as a rock and I can barely bend at the knees. I guess [...]
“Why do you walk?” she asked as she passed me, another pink blur in the continuously shifting pink and white crowd. My friend Christine answered for us both, “Because we can”. One out of 8 American women who make it to the age of 85 can expect to do battle with this disease. Breast cancer [...]
It’s only been 5 hours since I finished my first day at Boot Camp. My legs hurt, my arms hurt and my gut hurts. To make matters worse, I did not push myself as hard as some of the other campers did. Feeling a little blah this morning, after getting up at 4:30am – something [...]
