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• cross-fit body-weight workouts are good May 18, 2012
  My last two fitness goals were centered around endurance events. (endurance is a relative term - they were both the longest I had ever tackled; neither would be considered a long event in the grand scheme of their kind.)I ran a 10-mile road race on Thanksgiving Day last fall. My longest run ever prior to training for that race had been 4 miles. Needless to s […]
• intervals May 18, 2012
  Interval training is a method where you perform an exercise at a very high level of intensity for a short period of time, followed by doing the same exercise at a slower pace while you catch your breath. Repeat.Intervals can be used with just about any aerobic activity - running, biking, swimming, jumping jacks, dancing, etc. You can vary the time & dist […]
• working on the right things May 17, 2012
  From Seth Godin's blog:I don't think winners beat the competition because they work harder. And it's not even clear that they win because they have more creativity. The secret, I think, is in understanding what matters.... (they) are doing it by perfecting the things that matter and ignoring the rest.That's so obvious, and yet so difficul […]
• was my workout long enough? May 16, 2012
  Do you ever get to the end of a workout and wonder if you've done enough? You know you could have gone further on the treadmill, or completed another set of exercises. That's when the doubt sets in, and you start to wonder if you're short-changing yourself and your fitness routine.This is a question which has different answers for each of us, […]