Good morning and welcome to another Vegan "feast" Thursday. Funny, just a few short years ago, most people associated vegans or plant-eaters with pasty, pale, skinny hippies. People thought you couldn't possibly delete animal products and still be strong and healthy. Fact is, some of the strongest athletes in the world are holding their own (or doing even better) sans … [Read more...] about Plant Strong
Fitness
To Tape of Not to Tape?
Months ago I blogged about Kinesio Tape, that fancy colorful adhesive we see athletes wearing. Though it was first introduced in the 70s, it has become popular over the last couple of years. If all those pro athletes are wearing it, it must work, right? Well, researcher in Italy assigned 34 subjects to use 3 different types of taping methods. On with light to moderate … [Read more...] about To Tape of Not to Tape?
On and Off the Mat…
Often in class, especially in my hybrid, morphed version of Pilates/yoga, you will often hear me encouraging students to be non-judgemental, and non-critical of themselves but to also stay very focused and aware of what is going on in their own bodies and minds. I recently read an article online about just this and wanted to share. Thanks to About.com Pilates and Ana Holuba … [Read more...] about On and Off the Mat…
Walk This Way and Smoke Gets In Your Eyes…
Working in a gym, all too often I hear that thump of someone flying off the treadmill. Please, do yourself a big favor and when you join a new gym or workout on a treadmill you haven't been on before ASK FOR HELP. Every brand of treadmill is a little different and they are NOT forgiving pieces of equipment. Since it's been highly encouraged to NOT hold on when using the … [Read more...] about Walk This Way and Smoke Gets In Your Eyes…
The Survey Says….
One of the greatest things about the warm seasons is swimming...but it's not warm enough yet. Knowing we turn the calendar to April, on Monday, reminds me that I am getting a little closer. Swimming adds an entire different element to my workouts. But for today, I'll be hitting the gym to teach my hour of cardio/weights/matwork class. Today I am really interested in what … [Read more...] about The Survey Says….