Get out and enjoy the weather

by Blaine Moore | Workout Tips

Whenever possible, get outside and enjoy the weather. It can do wonders for clearing your head, especially in the winter time when we spend most of our time indoors. When I lived in Florida, I used to set up my weight bench in the car port to my workout. I hate...

New weight program for the missus (Part II)

by Blaine Moore | Fitness, Personal

For some of the same reasons that I’ve been a bit missing over the past week or so, we did not get the second workout in for missus until last night. Here is what she did after warming up with some yoga: Standing upright rows Bent over row Dumbbell shrugs Swiss...

Frank Fixaris dies in a house fire

by Blaine Moore | News

Frank Fixaris died this morning when his house caught on fire, apparently due to him falling asleep with a cigarette on the couch. Fixaris, who was seriously injured in a fire more than 45 years ago, served from 1967 to 1992 as sports director on WGME-TV, Portland,...

Book review: New Rules of Lifting (Strength News)

by Blaine Moore | Books, Reviews

Chris over at Strength News has a book review up of The New Rules of Lifting. He gives a brief description of the book and comes to this conclusion: For the more advanced lifters that frequent this blog I wouldn’t bother picking up the book, but if you’ve got the...

Slow news…

by Blaine Moore | Run To Win Website

Well, the inevitable happened and I missed a day yesterday for the first time in months. I am not going to overly worry about it, though, and may in fact miss posting on the next few days due to time constraints. If I do, then don’t worry; I will be back to...

How To: Leg Press

by Blaine Moore | Animated How-To, Fitness

How to perform a leg press. This method demonstrates using a 45� sled leg press.

Elevation Profiles at the GMap Pedometer

by Blaine Moore | Websites

The GMap Pedometer (website review) has a new feature: elevation profiles. It is only for the United States as it uses the geologic survey to create the graph. It is a great feature to see your elevation changes throughout the course of your run. If you map your runs...

New weight program for the missus

by Blaine Moore | Fitness, Personal

Earlier I asked for advice on what to have my fiancé do to start getting into shape with weight training. (Core Fitness Suggestions) We started yesterday. I still am not sure exactly what she will be doing on a regular basis, but the first plan of action is to build...

Run to Win has been updated

by Blaine Moore | Run To Win Website

I am a week later than most, but I have updated the website and the plugins to their latest versions. Let me know if you see anything that is not quite working correctly. The update was fairly painless; there were a couple things that broke without having the plugins...

Workout Tip: Keep a water bottle handy

by Blaine Moore | Fitness, Workout Tips

When working out, try to always have a water bottle to hand. This is especially easy in a gym when lifting weights or using cardio equipment, but is also important if playing basketball or running around a track or riding a bike or any number of physically active...