Tag Archives: fitness
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25 Days of Exercise Advent Calendar
Posted on December 3, 2011 by FitYoginiRunner in Making it happen, Online resourcesShare I am participating in the Sisterhood of Shrinking Jeans’ 25 Days of Exercise challenge, on top of the Racing the Resolutions Challenge. (The only difference to me is doing a light workout on Sundays also, and adults don’t get advent calendars mostly, so why not?) We’re only on day 3, so I thought I’d [...]
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Time to take a setback and make it into an opportunity for something new.
Posted on October 2, 2011 by FitYoginiRunner in Making it happen, My fitness journeyShare I have now seen an orthopedic sports medicine specialist and a physical therapist for my knee pain. My IT bands are tight, and so are my quad muscles and my calves. Apparently, the tightnesses in my muscles and the relative lack of flexibility in my arch in combination with my minimalist shoes moved some [...]
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Have a plan B (and a plan C and a plan D).
Posted on September 22, 2011 by FitYoginiRunner in Coaching, Eating healthy, Making it happen, My fitness journeyShare Let’s face it: There will be a time when you miss a workout session and can’t reschedule in a way that makes sense. There will be a weekend when you don’t make a menu or go grocery shopping. That doesn’t mean you instantly failed the Exam of Life and have to go to jail [...]
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Don’t get obsessed with the scale.
Posted on September 18, 2011 by FitYoginiRunner in Coaching, Making it happen, My fitness journeyShare I’ve seen my weight change by three pounds literally overnight more than once. The uncertainty in most bathrooms scales is about a pound. And if you’re building muscle while you’re dropping body fat, what your actual weight is going to do is far from straightforward. I have talked to more than one person who [...]
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Put yourself on your to-do list.
Posted on August 21, 2011 by FitYoginiRunner in Coaching, Eating healthy, Making it happen, My fitness journeyShare You are absolutely right in that you don’t have time to eat right and exercise, just like you don’t have time to do everything someone wants you to do at work. There will never be enough time to do everything. Something will be left undone. Don’t let it be taking care of yourself! What we do do is [...]
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Set realistic goals. (And accept that you will be wrong about what’s realistic sometimes.)
Posted on August 21, 2011 by FitYoginiRunner in Coaching, Making it happen, My fitness journeyShare Get familiar with how the math governing your goals works, or exactly how reaching your goals will happen. Play with some numbers, get a feel for what’s possible in a given amount of time. Or think about how long it will take to change a habit, learn new recipes, whatever the case may be. [...]
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The Pullup Revolution Pro and the Power Up Chin-Up
Posted on July 7, 2011 by FitYoginiRunner in My fitness journeyShare Two new additions to our home gym (and by gym, I mean scattered pieces of fitness equipment in three different rooms) arrived by FedEx yesterday: the Pullup Revolution Pro and the Power Up Chin-Up(s). Well, perhaps it’s really one addition to the home gym and one addition to the travel stuff pile, to go [...]
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Bit off more than I could chew
Posted on June 29, 2011 by FitYoginiRunner in My fitness journeyShare This past weekend, I was unknowingly overcome by hubris and spent four days paying for it. Here’s what happened. I ended up working late on Friday after my spin workout with my co-worker Tim (everyone else bailed, boo) and came home so late, I was sleepy right after dinner. I decided that I wasn’t [...]
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Another look back
Posted on June 22, 2011 by FitYoginiRunner in Coaching, My fitness journeyShare This weekend, I met my coach Shannon for the first time in a year at the Beachbody Coach Summit 2011. The Summit itself was a blast – I got to sample the new, upcoming flavor of Shakeology (tropical), I got two great workouts, delicious healthy food at the gala dinner Saturday night – but [...]
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Research studies are not done in order to give you personal advice
Posted on June 15, 2011 by FitYoginiRunner in Coaching, Eating healthyShare My client Julie told me recently that a friend of hers had said that soy was bad for women and asked me what I thought. I ended up sending her a long email that was really more about what to do with media reports on nutrition than soy in particular, and I wanted to [...]
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