April 2011
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“You know what I love about Pilates? That after a session you can feel both...”
– Kate Manecke, recent Pilates convert, half-marathoner, and totally strong athlete.
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Your New Favorite Strength Routine: Exercises 1,...
If you’ve been reading the past few days, you can skip ahead to the final exercise at the bottom:
My cousin has discovered the joys of running: the satisfaction of completing a run, making a race goal and destroying it, getting up early on a weekend morning to explore a new neighborhood, and of course, weight loss! The list could go on. But now she’s ready for a new challenge...
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Your New Favorite Strength Routine: Exercises 1, 2...
If you’ve been following for the past few days, you can skip ahead to the new exercise at the bottom:
My cousin has discovered the joys of running: the satisfaction of completing a run, making a race goal and destroying it, getting up early on a weekend morning to explore a new neighborhood, and of course, weight loss! The list could go on. But now she’s ready for a new challenge both...
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Your New Favorite Strength Routine: Exercise 1 & 2
If you saw my post yesterday, you can skip down to the new exercise at the bottom. Enjoy!
My cousin has discovered the joys of running: the satisfaction of completing a run, making a race goal and destroying it, getting up early on a weekend morning to explore a new neighborhood, and of course, weight loss! The list could go on. But now she’s ready for a new challenge both mentally and...
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Vegetarian Recipes for Athletes →
nutritionandyou:
Generally athletes need more carbs and protein in their diet. This website has great recipes for those who choose to go meatless!
Wow, so many good things to try, even for you meat-eating athletes! Butternut squash risotto! Eggplant and spinach lasagna! It’s almost more excitment than one vegetarian athlete can handle.
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Your New Favorite Strength Routine: Exercise 1
My cousin has discovered the joys of running: the satisfaction of completing a run, making a race goal and destroying it, getting up early on a weekend morning to explore a new neighborhood, and of course, weight loss! The list could go on. But now she’s ready for a new challenge both mentally and physically. Thus, a strength routine enters the picture.
I’ve heard enough of the...
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Cracked | 6 Socially Conscious Actions That Only... →
An interesting point about buying local that I hadn’t considered before - perhaps if we’re going to be so gung-ho about buying locally produced food, we need to be equally as passionate about eating what’s in season and native to the region? So much to be socially concious about these days!
chimoltrufia:
The “Buy Local” Movement:
Nobody wants to actually change what they...
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18 Supermarket Lies Revealed →
If you want some insight into the food industry, take a stroll through your grocery store’s candy aisle. There, on the labels of such products as Mike and Ike and Good & Plenty, you’ll find what perhaps is a surprising claim: “Fat free.” This is completely true, but it’s also utterly insulting. These empty-calorie junk foods are almost 100 percent sugar and...
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The Two "C"s You Must Remember For A Strength...
I taught my first Pilates class on Friday! Aside from being a total blast (and a nice source for some quick cash, aka weekend beer + pizza money) it reminded me of the two vital C-words everyone should remember when doing a strength workout:
1. CONCENTRATE. If you think about the muscle you’re exercising while performing the movement, you will get a better workout. In Pilates, for example,...
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