From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Kettleballs or Yoga?

June 26, 2009

One of the “newest” things I’ve started seeing around the gym is kettleballs. If you haven’t seen them, they look like a bowling ball with a handle on it. Now of course the lighter weights may only look like a softball or a grapefruit with a handle, but you basically get the idea.
Kettleballs are new [...]

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Building the Big Guns

June 22, 2009

My son told me that he wanted to trade arms with me. Just in case you wondered, he wasn’t talking about rifles or nuclear weapons, he was talking about the ‘big guns’ the bicep/tricep combination.
He has, many times, started a fitness program. By program, I mean randomly picking up weights and lifting them a few [...]

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Problem Solving and REM Sleep

June 12, 2009

This doesn’t directly tie in to the health and fitness theme, but it certainly is something to consider. How much sleep do you get every night? If you are like many people in this multi-tasking, do-more age you probably aren’t getting as much as you should. I have no room to talk, as I get [...]

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Reaching for the Stars

June 2, 2009

In order to grow as a person, you have to begin to be larger than what you are right now. What do you aspire to be? And what are you doing to get there? Are you waiting for someone to offer you a new job or a scholarship or an internship? You can’t just sit [...]

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Efffective Training v. Overtraining

June 2, 2009

I was having a discussion with my oldest daughter about training methods, and she, in her years of experience and wisdom, has devised her own training plan. By plan I mean she plans to go to the gym, and that part she does. That’s nearly where the plan ends.
Now I am not saying that to [...]

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