Parroting the oft-told axiom that men find strong women frightening, a personal trainer at the Y today said of Gym Buddy Allison and I: “Those girls scare me.”My first reaction was, “Us? Scary??” We’re about as scary as the Hamburgler. (Seriously, Ron…

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My YMCA has been doing some much-needed renovations. The upside is that we now have a shiny new aerobics studio, expanded childcare and a new gym floor that has made more than a few basketball players fall to their knees and weep with joy. The downsi…

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Recently my friend N joined a gym. As part of his new gym experience, he got a meet-n-greet with a personal trainer. This gym, being of the swanky variety, offered him something better than a New Gym Smell car freshener. (No, I’ve never heard of tho…

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I got a fabulous compliment the other day. My friend R, a hilarious Brazilian woman that can Samba like nobody’s business, pulled me aside after Turbokick. “I have to tell you something. Did you see those ladies in the back in Zumba the other night?…

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Gym Buddies Andrea (who will never ever get hit by a car while running at night), Sarah, Allison, Sunshine, Me, and SerenaPeople sometimes ask me, “How on earth do you find motivation to workout every day? Don’t you get bored?” The next time someone s…

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A friend called me today with an interesting conundrum. Simply put, despite her best efforts, she gets hit on at the gym all the time. Now, before you go off rolling your eyes and muttering about how pretty people need real problems, she brings up an…

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Be water.This was the advice given me by a good friend, if by good friend you understand that while we share a half dozen Linked In connections and comment on each others kids’ pictures on Facebook, we haven’t actually spoken in five years. He is a se…

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Aww! I miss the ’80s! Who doesn’t love a furry loin cloth that requires a bikini wax to wear??It finally happened: I got the “you look too muscular” comment from another woman in the gym.Gym Buddy Allison and I were minding our own business, finishing…

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My friends paid a boy to kiss me. I was sweet sixteen and never been kissed - a fact that I remain unapologetic about to this day - but my friends decided that the best birthday present they could give me would be a soft-lipped hottie to revoke my VL …

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Photo Credit: Natalie DeeIn another edition of research confirming the obvious, a new study has come out to report that “scientifically chosen” music will amp up your workout by - are you ready - 15%! I’m not sure exactly how they arrived at that very…

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9 am on a Random Monday Morning. Gym Buddy Allison Calls.A: I have an idea. Let’s skip class today and go to the mall!me: Oooh, will you make me a mix tape too? And then maybe we can hold hands?A: Funny. I’m serious. Let’s play hooky from the gym….

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Exercise is often touted as the antidote to everything from depression to insomnia. “Take a brisk 10-minute walk on your lunch break and power through that glass ceiling!” magazines often advise (note to mags: What does one do about the sweat on one’s…

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My Fave Target Commercial. What? Like you don’t have one.I was recently accosted in Target. Really it was my own fault. Gym Buddy Allison and I were in the Sports Nutrition aisle looking for gels to take on our long runs. (And, let’s be honest, to …

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Except my (pilfered) vest was way tougher than this wussy one! Yeah I eat nails for breakfast.When I say “sweating like Matthew Mcconaughey” I do not mean in the way that he does not wear deodorant. I’m a big fan of deodorant. In fact, with the way I…

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