Rest I often underestimate the power of rest. People don’t build strength during their workouts they build it while they are sleeping. Sleep allows our bodies the chance to repair and rejuvenate. It’s a shame to bust azz in the gym only to get less than adequate sleep.  Enough sleep also improves our immunity, metabolism, […]

Fitness Like food, there are a lot of philosophies, fads, and claims when it comes to fitness. No, not all training is equal. Some is good, some is great, some is plain bad but all training useless if you don’t do it. Instead of worrying about finding “the best” plan find something that you like […]

The first wheel of the Hero-mobile.  (Man, that is dorky sounding.) My opinions regarding my most and least favorite subject. Food Eat reasonable portions of REAL food and drink a lot of water. It can be that simple. Really. What’s a reasonable portion and what is real food? Does this mean I can never eat […]

The week I’m doing a 4-part series on beginning a health quest.  I realize many of my regular readers are already on that road so please bear with me this week as I cover what you already know. Remember these are just my experiences please feel free to add your experiences and insights. *********************************************************** There […]

As you may know, I joined a  CSA (community supported agriculture) so it’s probably only a matter of time before I start wearing pachouli.   Since I don’t get to choose what goes into our veggie box it’s always interesting to see what each week will bring.  This may sound inconvenient or even scary for […]

Don’t worry I’m aware it’s February 1, 2010.  Yep, we are already into our second month of 2010.  How are you doing with those New Year’s resolutions?  I got off to a slow start.  It helped that I finally put some thought into the changes I want to see this year.  I finally got around […]

I’ve been having a rough week so it’s been hard to find time (or emotional energy) to post.  However, I did want to share a recap of the Hardstyle Kettlebell Certification I went to last weekend. When I first read about kettlebells I knew I had to try them mostly because they have that old […]

No Pink’s not fluffy.  Her abs are rockin’ That outfit is not. I just watched Behind the Scenes with Pink on the Women’s Health Magazine website. “I am a walking contradiction.  I go to extremes…….it’s got to be organic, fresh fish, tofu, greens, and then I’ll order a pizza at night and drink a bottle of […]

I think I may have overestimated my will power.  Maybe I’m not ready for chapter three of The Great Sugar Experiment. Tuesday night, my husband mentioned he had been wanting ice cream all day.  We were sitting on the couch and he looked so tired, sweet, and cuddly.  I wanted to do something nice for […]

I hope you didn’t get this twice or more. If so, sorry. We are having some technical difficulties on this end. (I say “we” as in my husband. Email alone can make me want to throw a kettlebell at the screen.) Anyway, I wrote this post yesterday morning but it doesn’t appear to have sent […]