Archive for 2006

Should We Stretch? - Who Cares!

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Fitness Interviews
Is Your Personal Trainer Full of Crap?
The Dirty Facts About Eating Clean

The title of this post was a conversation I overheard by two teens running on the treadmills next to me. They both [...]

Staying Fit When You Don’t Like the Gym

I’ve recently ran into a dilemma. A loved one of mine has canceled her membership to our local gym because she does not like the gym atmosphere. She doesn’t like the smell, the sweaty equipment, and the fact that she’s somewhat of a germ-a-phobe doesn’t help either. She was a member for [...]

Trying to Be Vegetarian Aftermath

After my week long experiment of abstaining from meat, I did go back to my meat eating ways Friday and Saturday. I had lamb for dinner on Friday and turkey on Saturday. Although deep down inside I wanted to remain vegetarian, I gave into my cravings. I’ve decided not to be so [...]

Water Diet - Another Fad?

I just read about a new diet plan that is being called the “Before, During, and After Diet.” The way it works is by drinking an 8 ounce glass of water before, during, and after each meal. It is suppose to help control hunger and in the article below, users are still eating [...]

Alternative Fitness: Paintball

There is a paintball field not too far from where I live and a few of my friends have participated. I have yet to try but I’ve seen one of my friends come back from a day of paintball with bruises. That didn’t stop her though - she absolutely loves it and goes [...]