It’s time for week 8 of the Simple Steps program. Each week the program introduces 4 new habits, one each for nutrition, fitness, home and self. The trick is that they accumulate, so obviously, you have to keep doing the ones from the previous weeks. This week’s habits are:
1. No night eating
If you are trying […]
Thanks to simple steps, I’ve resumed my daily yoga practice with my ashtanga DVD, which I previously reviewed here. Sometimes when I’ve been away from it for awhile, I notice my legs ache when I first get back to it. This time it feels really comfortable; probably because of my daily weights and walking. For […]
“This ain’t no fluff. If you want fluff, go buy a pillow!” Alan L.F.Harris
I was expecting a full workout (including aerobic) when I grabbed this dvd, not realizing that this is part of a set of four. This workout is weights only. So when I finished up 50 minutes of ’strength […]
It’s an ongoing goal of mine to keep increasing my steps on the pedometer until 10K is a normal day. As the kids’ fall schedules kick into full swing this coming week, I’m looking forward to 10K+ days on a regular basis!
This past week when I was still recuperating, I checked out Leslie Sansone’s […]
I’m a little achy today, especially my abs and thighs. Yesterday I did the Hard-Body Yoga with Tari Rose workout dvd. The dvd has the option of doing the full workout, or separate chapters for warm up, body work, abs, and cool down stretch. I chose the full workout. Tari is an enthusiastic instructor, encouraging […]
Change of season seems to make keeping up with healthy habits a challenge for me. This past week I noticed some things I’ve let drop; I’ve been drinking more coffee, and I haven’t done my weights for a while.
Since journaling can be very therapeutic, here are my excuses:
It’s colder and dark longer.
Coffee is just more […]
Lately I’ve been checking out this new budokon workout, by Cameron Shayne. Cameron is a high-ranking black belt in a couple of different martial arts, and has studied hatha yoga and meditation as well. This workout is 20 minutes of yoga (very similar to the ashtanga I’ve been doing) followed by 20 minutes of […]
Yoga Today offers a free one hour yoga class in high definition video to your computer every day, also available for download. The most impressive part, to me, is that they offer a new show, taught by highly qualified instructors, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
I was a little skeptical about how I […]
On days when motivation is elusive, or I don’t have time for my usual workouts, I have a variety of dvds ready to pop into the machine. Blast away 10 lbs with Denise Austin is one of my favorites, especially the first workout on the disk, because she uses kick boxing which I really enjoy. […]
To get great abs, you need a healthy diet and some cardio, as well as strengthening exercises. Which exercises are most effective in tightening and toning your abs? The Biometrics Lab at San Francisco State University did a study comparing 13 various abdominal exercises, ranging from the basic crunch to exercises using specialized at […]
