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Friday Fitness Funnies – You Could Be a Personal Trainer if ….

TGIF! Good morning and welcome to Friday. Most of us are happy to get to Friday because it’s the end of the week and whether we have plans for the weekend or not, most of us don’t have to do a lot of work and this is always a great feeling. So in honor of that feeling, here’s some Friday Fitness funny focusing on personal trainers – despite the fact that personal trainers are great to work with, they are also great to joke about. You could be a personal trainer if … Under previous employment you list weight training … Continue reading →

Friday Fitness Funnies: Laughter Does a Brain Good

I like to go and look up Fitness funnies every Friday and I try to populate this blog with humorous stories now and then. As it turns out, my reasoning was that humor does a body good, but what humor does the mind good. There are plenty of physicians still debating the merits of humor, but did you know that there is an American Association of Therapeutic Humor? I didn’t. Though I have to admit, the idea that there are physicians and associations out there who take in serious note the fact that humor can be a healing tool brings … Continue reading →

How to Host a Fitness Party

Want to host your own fitness party for you and your friends? Here are some tips for the hostess with the mostess looking to make her fitness party a time to be remembered – and hopefully repeated. Your Guide to Hosting a Fitness Party: Hosting a fitness party is all about planning for it. First and foremost, invite your girlfriends to join you. The number of friends you invite isn’t important, just have enough supplies for those coming as necessary. Also, be sure to tell them that it is a fitness party and to dress accordingly. Secondly, pick out some … Continue reading →

Runner’s Open Door Regimen

Ready to start running? The following is a great regimen to help you get started on a regimen of running to build up your skill to running a mile. It takes a few weeks and a little dedication. Remember, it’s important to check with your physician before you begin any running program. Running is a high intensity exercise and can be hard on the joints and the heart. Be sure you are cleared by your doctor before you get started. That said, how do we get started? Week One The first week, you want to plan for two days of … Continue reading →

Strip It to Get Fit? I Don’t See It

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Yes, this is a title about stripping to get fit. No, I am not talking about heading to a seedy part of town or into what is rather euphemistically labeled as a gentleman’s club. I am talking about one of the latest trends in the fitness world. I’m sure you’ve seen the ads or at least seen the DVDs. I’ve seen them in several places – including family shopping stores like Walmart. Yes, I’m talking about the strip tease fitness craze; for those of you have not heard of it – as much as I wish this was a Friday … Continue reading →

Podcasting – Using iTunes to find and listen

Now that we have gone into the basics of what a podcast is and what some of the terminology means in my first article. We can now look at how you can find a podcast and then listen to it. In preparing this article I looked at what is out there for podcatching software and there is quite a lot, let me tell you. I have used one or two in the past but when Apple released a version of iTunes that already had a very large directory of podcasts that played right there in the media player you already … Continue reading →