Archive for May, 2009

Who Needs A Quick Fat Blasting Challenge?

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

If you haven’t had a regular fitness routine in your life for a while, due to a new baby, being busy with work or just plain lacking motivation, I have a challenge for you! Let’s get up and get moving! Do you have 5-15 minutes to devote to exercise? Doing this quick workout, you will [...]

The Two Disciplines Workout

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

This routine is a combination of bodybuilding style training and Olympic lifting. Many of the old-school lifters started out on the O-lifts before moving on to powerlifting and bodybuilding programs. Olympic lifting is a good start to building a solid foundation, but the movements can be technically challenging for the inexperienced lifter. If you are [...]

Getting Super Fit with Yoga

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Sting, the rock star, stays super fit with yoga. For many years now he’s been practicing Ashtanga Yoga and he typically spends an hour and a half a day performing the exercises. Here are two photos, one taken when he was 49, the other taken when he was 55 years old. That is also the [...]

The Two Disciplines Workout

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

This routine is a combination of bodybuilding style training and Olympic lifting. Many of the old-school lifters started out on the O-lifts before moving on to powerlifting and bodybuilding programs. Olympic lifting is a good start to building a solid foundation, but the movements can be technically challenging for the inexperienced lifter. If you are [...]

Saturday 30 May 2009: RUN FOR DISTANCE

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

RUN FOR DISTANCEAdvanced:Run for twenty minutes.Intermediate:Run-walk for twenty minutes.Basic:Powerwalk for twenty minutes.Post results to Comments.

Surprising Way to Lose Weight

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Every morning I review one of the Kekich Credo’s…and today, #87 said… "The surest way to accomplish your goals is making service to others your primary goal. The key to success is adding value to other’s lives." That means… – If you want to lose weight, help someone else lose weight. – If you are [...]

Blueberry Fool

Friday, May 29th, 2009

This luscious summer dessert – a blueberry fool – is similar to one I made as a child in the kitchen of a Swedish neighbor. A fruit fool is a dessert made with stewed or puréed fruit that is folded into a beaten cream or custard and served icy cold. It’s a classic British dessert [...]

I’m Gonna Try It

Friday, May 29th, 2009

I’m going to try alli. I’ll start it this weekend. But, you know, just doing something about my binging is making me feel better. I’m gettin’ ready to get back to work. I came too far in the past two years to just let it all go to hell in a hand basket. Sorry, I [...]

Friday 29 May 2009: BP / PULL CHALLENGE

Friday, May 29th, 2009

BURPEE + PULL-UP CHALLENGE Today’s workout involves back-to-back ten minute challenges. Advanced: Perform as many burpees as possible in ten minutes Perform as many pull-ups as possible in ten minutes Intermediate: Perform as many squat thrusts as possible in ten minutes Perform as many partial, assisted, or jumping pull-ups as possible in ten minutes Basic: [...]

Weight Loss and Saggy Skin

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

I get a lot of questions about what to do with that saggy skin that is leftover after lots of weight loss and what I tell them is patience! There is no magic cure other than surgery, BUT you can tighten that skin if you just keep working hard and be patient! I have heard [...]