Having recently completed Fitness Magazine’s 30-day Burpee Challenge, I am feeling an especially strong love/hate sensation toward burpees. This was a 30-day challenge. The first week was 10 burpees per day, with each day offering a different burpee variation. The second week was 20 per day. Third week, 30. Fourth week, 40 per day. And the […]
Tag: bodyweight exercise
2016 Fitness Trends
Back in January, I compared my personal fitness trends to the projected 2015 fitness trends: I listed mine as: Rumba, which I’m still doing at the gym three times per week, Running–I completed a marathon in June, Yoga on a daily basis, CrossFit, which I loved, but I never went back because running took up […]
Inexpensive Workout Equipment for Your Home Gym
Buying workout equipment doesn’t have to be expensive. (Unless you want a treadmill or something.) I’m a huge believer in bodyweight exercises, but gadgets are fun and effective, too, if you’d like to have a few. Here are some that don’t take up a lot of space and don’t cost too much, but give you a […]
Pilates in Daily Life
I discovered pilates the summer after I graduated from high school. I had learned to lift weights my senior year, and we were guided into the sort of lifting I have no desire to do anymore, like maxing out on squats. Thanks to that and stuff like it, I was an 18-year-old with back pain. […]
Things You Do Not Need to Be Fit
There are a lot (a LOT) of excuses when it comes to why you’re not exercising: no time, can’t afford it, blah blah blah. This seems to stem from an idea that there are certain things you NEED to be fit, things you NEED in order to move your body. Actually, the only thing you really […]