Break from Training after a marathon

Active.com has an article about taking a break after your Fall marathon. Training for a marathon is a long, arduous process that involves 18 weeks of gradually tearing down an athlete’s body and rebuilding it. Once a runner hits the starting line, he or she has...

Weighing yourself daily

The Health and Fitness Blog (dead link) links to an article that discusses daily weighing of oneself and weight loss. They list these weigh in tips: • To minimize variation, always weigh at the same time of day, such as in the morning just after having used the...

Holiday Workouts

How do holidays affect your workout plans when you have to travel and will not be able to follow your normal schedule? Most of the time, I can just bring some running shoes and shorts (or pants) with me wherever I am going and make do, but right now I am lifting...

The Crunch Machine

I switched gears this week and started on my next fitness routine, which I will detail later. The item of note that I wanted to mention now is about the crunch machine, which I had never actually used before. I have done the gamut of situps, leg raises, crunches,...