Last year while running a half marathon in Chicago, I spent some time talking with a guy who was running barefoot. The ball of his foot was taped to protect his skin from glass and debris. Clearly, I wasn't racing hard, or I wouldn't be chatting with a stranger about...
When I was in college, I used to workout in my dormitory's fitness center. I joined it for something like $60 a year (if that). It was cheap, open long hours and easy to get to...just an elevator trip away. That was college, and I wouldn't exactly refer to myself as...
I am on spring break right now with my family! Before I left my house, I made sure we had everything healthy we needed to eat...at least while traveling. As an aside, "healthy snack packing" wasn't exactly my forte years back. I'm from the Milwaukee area. Before I...
Have you ever started a healthy eating diet, only to be derailed by a night out, a wedding, a family vacation or some other event that takes you out of your routine? Getting back on track after falling out of routine is often the lynch pin of maintaining a healthy...
In less than a week I will be leaving for vacation with my family. We're going to Dublin, which is where my husband is from. We go often enough, so I feel like I can prepare for just about whatever we need, including my own personal workouts. My husband is a swimmer....
I would love to say that every single workout I do is structured and has a purpose. Unfortunately, that's not the case. Every now and then, I get to the gym and don't know what to do because I didn't plan anything out. I don't like just jumping on a piece of cardio to...
