Sep

10

A Proper Sit Up

Posted by Sarah R

September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Image via Wikipedia To strengthen abdominal muscles, trainers oftentimes recommend doing sit-ups, however, they rarely stress doing sit-ups with proper form. You can do thousands of sit-ups and work your neck, your back, your hip flexors even, but never your abdominal muscles. I scoured the internet looking for a sit up that I felt used [...]

Aug

27

The Power of Walking

Posted by Sarah R

August 27, 2008 | 1 Comment

Cover of Walking for Fitness Pw = (mg / p) [3gL / 2]1/2{1 – [1 - p2v2 / 6gL]1/2}  * Right after napping, my favorite exercise would have to be walking. It’s easy, it’s free, you don’t need any special equipment to do it, and almost everyone can walk. Stand up, put on some tennis [...]

Aug

26

How I know that I know what I’m talking about, ed II

Posted by Sarah R

August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Image via Wikipedia Relationship Tip: Don’t change yourself for anyone but yourself. Slowly, over almost a decade, I changed to make someone else happy. I changed my weight, I changed my exercise habits, I changed my religion, I changed my interests, I changed my taste in music, I changed my hair color, and I even [...]

Aug

20

Training while injured

Posted by Sarah R

August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Image via Wikipedia photo credit: IntangibleArts Last week I tore a tendon in my left foot. Since then I’ve been on & off crutches (mostly off because a) they make me sore and b) they make people stare at me), resting ice on the foot and keeping it as elevated as I can. The part [...]

Aug

15

Friday 5 – 8/15/08

Posted by Sarah R

August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Image via Wikipedia photo credit: isaac bowen On Fridays, I am going to encourage you to do five different things in the next seven days. Those things may range from small to big, but I’m going to try to challenge my readers. If you’re up for taking the challenge, leave me a comment and I’ll [...]

Aug

13

Pedometer Adventures

Posted by Sarah R

August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Image via Wikipedia photo credit: patrick dentler About 6 weeks ago, on my work’s intranet homepage, there was a contest announcement. Create a team of four, be one of the first 20 teams to register, pay $5 each to join ($20/team), wear a pedometer 24/7 for six weeks and keep track of our weekly steps. [...]

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