February 22, 2012

Getting My Workout On – Running

Running

My goal this year is to participate in six 5k events, and run the whole thing.  As of January 28th, I’ve completed my first run of the year in about 46 minutes (The Red Nose Run).  I have five more to go.  Last year I participated in three and enjoyed it. It’s something motivating about [...]

Getting My Workout On – Weight-lifting

Lifting Weights

This week, I joined Philip for his weight training day at the gym. For the last 3 weeks, Philip has been participating in an online “12-week Lean Body Trainer” weight-lifting program. The results have been quite well. So, I asked him if the workout was suitable for a lady like myself (trying to get back [...]

Getting My Workout On – 30-min Workout

Planet Fitness 30 minute Workout

I will be the first person to tell you that I have no time to work out. I mean how can I tear myself away from the computer, tv, life, or the next fashion event. There is just too much on my plate! Of course this is an excuse I know I’m making because of [...]

Getting My Workout On – Kettlebells

KOREWellness

I do not have a love affair with working out.  I do not rush to the gym after work with a smile on my face.  I just don’t.  However, I do like to have fun.  Somehow if my exercise routine is masked as fun, then it’s more appealing to me.  So I usually prefer anything [...]

Pink Glove Dance

I stumbled on this video on Facebook, and just cried when seeing it.  Who doesn’t like to see hospital staff dancing for a cause?   Check out Lexington Medical Center (Lexington, SC) perform their Pink Glove dance to Katy Perry’s “Firework”.  You can vote for them here. The Pynk Glove dance is a competition by [...]

Get in the Pink Event

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Yet another 5k in Columbia, SC!  I was excited to join my friends in the 3rd Annual “Get in the Pink” 5k race.  GITP brings together women for the cause of breast cancer awareness.  The organizers of GITP organize a 5k, 10k, kids run and even a stiletto sprint all in the spirit of fun [...]

What I learned from my first 5k

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How fitting that my first 5K, the Palmetto Half Marathon,  started out on Fashion Dr.  No kidding.  See the course map here.  I never expected to come away from my first 5K run/walk with anything but soreness.  However, after completing the race in 51 minutes and 13 seconds, I began to see the treasures (aka [...]

Time Out for Fitness

The other day as I was watching hubby exercise, I thought to myself, “Eb, you need to exercise, too.”  I feel like I don’t have anytime to exercise.  I spend most of my work day in front of a computer.  When 5 o’clock rolls around, I then feel the need to position myself on the [...]

Wii Like to Play

We recently purchased the Wii Fit Plus with the goal of encouraging family fitness.  I like the idea of playing games as a form of exercise.  It reminds me of my elementary school days when I could get a good workout at recess.  Of course I didn’t think of it as a work out, but [...]

Bad Teeth?

Interesting tidbit I found at TotalBeauty.com The 14 Worst-Teeth Cities These towns are no strangers to stains or decay — did your home make the list? What makes for a beautiful smile? We asked Irwin Smigel, DDS., founder and president of the American Society for Dental Aesthetics (ASDA) and creator of Supersmile, for his criteria: [...]