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Fitness Journal - Yourself!Fitness

by Heather Long

Okay, this is a bit weird and a different step from usual - I pulled out my copy of Yourself!Fitness for the Xbox. I used this workout 'game' for many months, but stopped about six or seven months ago because - well frankly I was bored with it.

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Fitness Journal - Power Mowing and All that Jazz

by Heather Long

Late yesterday, I was looking at our yard because the grass over 4 inches in some places (the amount of rain this year has really encouraged the grass growth) and my husband has a raging head cold - poor thing really sounds horrible.

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Fitness Journal - Welcome Back from the Weekend

by Heather Long

Welcome back to my personal fitness journal and I hope you had a great weekend. One of my primary goals is to demonstrate how you can incorporate fitness into your every day lifestyle whether you have kids, you work out of your house or you work in an office.

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Fitness Journal - Will The Rain Ever Stop?

by Heather Long

It's raining again - and again and again. Tonight Harry Potter opens and my husband and I want to catch the midnight showing so we can review it prior to letting our daughter see it. Today's workout was more about focusing on meeting goals as needed than on doing something fun.

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Fitness Journal - Take It To The Park

by Heather Long

It's back to the park today and for good reason. The park is a great place for the kids to go and play - they need the outdoor time and to be honest - this hasn't been the summer for outdoor playtime. There's been so much rain (11 inches in June) and 44 days of consecutive rain showers.

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Fitness Journal - Family Sick Day

by Heather Long

There's nothing worse than waking up not feeling well. Okay, there's one thing that's worse - when you wake up not feeling well and the rest of the family appears to be suffering from the same malady that you are. That makes it pretty rotten - all the way around.

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Fitness Journal - Lucky Day?

by Heather Long

Was today a lucky day for you? I know it wasn't what I would call a phenomenally lucky day for me. But then I'm not prone to looking at days as 'lucky' or not. We got up early and went to the park because for once, it wasn't raining - go figure.

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Fitness Journal - Strength Training Today

by Heather Long

Today's workout focused primarily on strength training. Cardiovascular workouts are important I will walk my mile or more as needed. In the meanwhile, we start out with the warm-up and limbering stretches.

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Fitness Journal - Steady As She Goes

by Heather Long

It's a holiday today and we're heading out as a group to spend the afternoon together. First and foremost, hit the treadmill for a 15 minute mile. That's right, we're doing a 15 minute mile this morning.

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Fitness Journal - Pushing the Envelope

by Heather Long

Today's workout was more necessary than I thought it would be. It began with my morning stretch and treadmill stroll for 30 minutes at 2.8. I had to get out of the house early and I had to get a series of errands done.

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