Striving For Fitness Perfection

I’m a perfectionist.  It’s a character trait that I can’t evade.  The idea of perfection seems great on the surface, yet it has the potential to work against me as well.  I had to address the idea of fitness perfection before I started my pursuit of better fitness, or I was doomed to failure. The [...] Read the full article

New Exercise Ball Work Out

It seems like every week there’s a new exercise ball work out being introduced.  After reading about the Reebok trapeze workout, I can’t help but think if that one goes, then the gloves are off.  So the other night, I took this picture for inspiration.  So what do you think about it?  Instead of exercise [...] Read the full article

Getting Started With Fitness – Visiting An Old Friend

Considering how cold it has been recently, and the time of year, last Friday was a glorious day here at home.  We had snow on Monday, and by Friday, the temperature had soared to around 60-degrees Fahrenheit.  It’s not hard for me to envision that if I had tried getting started with fitness during cold [...] Read the full article

Finding Inspiration To Exercise

When I originally started my fitness journey, I had a constant partner.  He served as an inspiration to exercise.  He is a co-worker, and as I’ve mentioned before, the majority of my workouts occur during my lunch hour.  This gentleman is in his late-50′s, and has made a lifetime of physical fitness a priority.  From what [...] Read the full article

The Human Race

I ran across an interesting website today, ran by Nike.  They are sponsoring an event called “The Human Race 10K.”  They are billing it as the first global 10K race.  It looks to me like the goal is to get 1 million runners to race simultaneously in 25 cities around the world.  If you can’t make it to one [...] Read the full article

My Wife And Cooking

I have to say… my wife can cook.  She’s quite the excellent cook, and its something she seems to enjoy.  This is both a blessing and a curse for me. She grew up in a home where the men would EAT!  I do mean that in all caps, too.  When we first got married, she wanted to fix [...] Read the full article