This was the first time I've ever used the treadmill entirely using my own power to move it. I had never even thought about trying this before, but when our boxing instructor brought it up I was excited to give it a Continue Reading »
Another Monday has almost reached its end, which means I started my week off with another boxing class. There were 5 of us in class today, so every round included some treadmill time. I usually try to be a little Continue Reading »
This weekend was my weigh out for the 30 day challenge at my gym. It was a fun challenge to undertake and I lost just over 9 pounds overall. While I would have liked my number to be higher, the difference in my before Continue Reading »
I'm on my final week of the 30 day weight loss challenge at my gym. I never thought I would sign up for one of these challenges as I never wanted to lose weight to make other people healthy. Due to my recent Continue Reading »
I was recently diagnosed with both high cholesterol and diabetes, which both run in my family. I've always sworn that if my weight ever started to affect my health then I would do everything in my power to get it under Continue Reading »
Exercise is a major form of stress relief for me, and many of my PRs correlate with some type of difficult I was facing in my life. There's just something about pushing yourself as hard as you can that makes everything Continue Reading »
One of the most common excuses I hear for why people don't work out is that they just don't have time. While I personally believe that it's important to carve out several hours during the week to devote to my physical Continue Reading »
While I have mentioned that having a strict training schedule is the key to my continued success at maintaining my motivation to go to the gym, that's only part of the story. When you work out as much as I do for as Continue Reading »
One of the things that I am asked most often is how I stay so motivated to workout day after day. I regularly workout 5 days a week in the gym and try to get in one day on the treadmill at home on the weekend. The Continue Reading »
I've mentioned the importance of varying your time on the treadmill through different inclines and speeds, but it is also beneficial to vary how your move through space. Walking and running are basically the same Continue Reading »