Went to the gym today since I had the day off work. Appears that everybody else had the same idea. Except you could tell a lot of resolutionists had gotten a head start and was hitting the gym as well. Good for them. Seriously. I hope they stick with it. Statistics probably say otherwise. My [...]

Today is the day every website from here to Yahoo is going to be telling you how to get in shape and lose weight. It is just a few days until the New Year, like that is the only time worthy of starting an exercise and healthy diet routine. The good thing is you can [...]

Hate crowded workout days. Today everybody apparently descended on the cycling class. Thought I would get up and hit the 8:30 class. I usually get there 15 minutes early and start my ride so I’ll get in a full hour. So I get to the Y early. Went to get my badge scanned and asked [...]

I’m not a fan of walking for fitness. You are going to see a ton of articles on the benefits of walking as the new year rolls around. Why am I a walking snob? Because I think most people can do better. Need to do better. Walking is simply too relaxing to provide much benefit. [...]

Everybody needs a plan if they want to get fit. For the beginner getting in shape seems like such a daunting thing. They see really fit people or look at all the shiny gym equipment and get intimidated. More advanced gym rats are simply spinning their wheels trying to keep motivated or push past whatever [...]