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Fitness Journal – Healing & Frustration

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One of the things I despise about taking medications is how those medications can make you feel. When you are taking muscle relaxants, it can affect your performance of physical exercise. But worse yet, when you’re taking muscle relaxants and pain medication – even in the barest minimums – it can leave you dreaming so vividly that when you wake up, you are actually disoriented and out of sorts. That’s the problem that confronted my workout today. I had a muscle spasm last night, late and the pain medication was the only thing to get through the fact that my … Continue reading →

Ten Fitness Facts That You Should Know

When it comes to fitness facts, the following facts are for you to remember and hopefully inspire you to do more and reach further. Oh and if you needed more reasons to exercise – I think these 10 fitness facts might have some oomph for you to add to your workout. The average male will exercise about 115 days total in the year – that’s roughly twice a week When it comes to skipping exercise, over 90% of men say they will skip it if it conflicts with another activity – like watching a game or going out with the … Continue reading →

Indoor Workouts

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It’s summer out there and let me tell you, it’s here hot and sticky. The temperatures are soaring up into the 90s and the air is so thick, you could cut it with a knife. The last thing I want to do is go out and try to power walk in hot, sultry soup – so let’s take a look at some indoor workouts we can do. Walking is the Number 1 Choice I read a study yesterday that stated walking is the number 1 choice, by far, for most individuals. This is hardly surprising. On another website, a poll … Continue reading →

My Daughter & I Went for a Walk

A few weeks ago, I told you about Our Little 1-Mile Walk and I just realized that with all the other excitement, I didn’t get a chance to bring you up to speed on how our 1-mile walk went, so I thought I would take a few minutes to talk about it here. “So when do we get to walk another mile, Mommy?” Our Local Community The 1-Mile Walk and 5-K Run was sponsored by our local homeowner’s association and was designed to promote community and cooperation. The morning of the walk dawned cool and wet. It rained right up … Continue reading →

How Many Calories Do You Burn While Walking

When it comes to a walking program, I know some people are resistant because they do not believe they will burn enough calories when they are walking. Truth be told, jogging and cycling may be higher intensity sports, but higher intensity does not always mean you will burn the most calories you can because you may not be able to perform a high intensity exercise for a long period of time. Weight also plays a factor in the number of calories you burn – for a person that is overweight, they actually expend more calories in the effort than someone … Continue reading →

Walking Fitness: Your Form

Earlier, we talked about lifestyle walking and that of the different forms of walking it’s the easiest to perform for beginners and advanced enthusiasts alike. However, it’s important to recognize that just because walking is easy and that a casual stroll is simple enough to do – that form is still an important component of your workout. Your Form Your form is important because it not only helps you to achieve your fitness goals, but it also helps to minimize your risk of injury. Now before you wonder what kinds of injuries you can sustain while walking, I’d check out … Continue reading →

Lifestyle Walking – Make It Work For You

I want to talk about lifestyle walking today in preparation for our Spring Forward to Action Challenge, which will begin on March 11th. I intend to use lifestyle walking and the techniques associated with it in both my recovery and for kicking off the challenge. Lifestyle walking, you see is a style that is great for every beginner but specifically for those who meet the following criteria: In the last three months, you have exercised very little or you haven’t exercised very much at all If you can’t walk a mile in 16 minutes If you have a BMI of … Continue reading →

The Fitness Blog Week in Review for February 3 – 9

Good morning and welcome to Saturday. Whew, am I glad it’s the end of the week! I’m tired. There are a lot of things going on in my life right now, some good, some great and some that are not as bad as they could be. I found out more about my own health condition this week and I scheduled my surgery. I also started substitute teaching in my school district this week and that was a tremendous lot of fun! We’ve managed to pack so much into this week and next week and the week after, that I am … Continue reading →

My Little Inspiration: Our Local 1-Mile Walk

I’ve told you about my daughter’s current project at school, the Hoops for Hearts she is still working on raising her money for the American Heart Association and she is very excited. This week she’ll actually shoot her hoops for the heart and she’s been practicing diligently – it’s always entertaining to me to see how hard she is working and I am very proud of her. Flyer in the Mail We received a flyer in the mail this weekend from our local Homeowner’s Association. They are sponsoring a 1-mile walk and a 5k run. The walk/run is about building … Continue reading →