This last year as been very successful for me as I have had the support of many bloggers out there who have help to crystallize my thoughts and processes for MY weight (read FAT) loss! While most of the blogs have inspired, there have been a few that have resonated with me to rattle my [...]
Have you had weight-loss and fitness on your mind? Made a New Years resolution to join a gym to take off the inches? Spent hundreds on your down payment to slip into your bikini by Spring break?
Well if you are like many Americans and have a garage, you probably have everything you need to get [...]
Welcome to the new decade (2010)! I saw an encouraging report here, that stated that while Americans have not gotten skinnier, we have leveled off of the increasing obesity! That is good news!
Starting my third year of recent fitness aspirations, I have high hopes to continue what was successful last year – weight loss! If [...]
One of the tools in the boxing/kick-boxing gym is the speed bag. Fighters have used the speed bag but other watching it on the Rocky movies, many people might not understand what it is and why one would want to use it (the speed bag).
My workouts and over all fitness plan is going well! I’ve [...]
I am happy to report that I feel well enough to start up my training again. The last time I worked out was Sunday, November 8th. I did a nice run but was kind of interrupted by finding an iPhone. I had to stop and try and find the owner from his call list. That [...]
I am no different than anyone else that has had weight issues since high school. I used to be a quite active fellow that participated in all kinds of sports including scuba diving, hang gliding, rock hopping, and even karate! As many know that read this blog, karate has been my lifetime love as well [...]
I have been touting the benefits of fitness lately because after writing the post entitled, “Is there a best diet?” I have been just watching my calorie intake. Fitness is one way for your body to realize there is life away from the couch!
When I was doing full contact karate training, I used to jump [...]
I was scourging the Internet today and noticed a NPR article entitled, “Hotel Maids Challenge the Placebo Effect” that caught my attention. The article is in reference to a study by Harvard psychologists, Ellen Langer and Alia Crum entitled, “Mind-Set Matters: Exercise and the Placebo Effect.” I do not like articles like this that do not have [...]
We here at LeanAnMean scourge the ends of the earth to find the latest fitness craze for your benefit! I was looking at CNN the other day and was surprised to find a “Pole Dancing Health Minute” video. I don’t know about you but I had always associated pole dancing with exotic dancing at clubs. [...]
I am happy to report that my weight loss is on track again after a couple month period of a plateau! Yes plateaus happen when one is trying to lose the weight. When you find yourself wondering what is going on and if it is not going to work – I’m going down the block [...]
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