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Morning Gym Crowd, Here I Come

First I want to thank everyone for all your input on the whole fat acceptance thing. Not only has it taught me what amazingly smart, understanding and compassionate readers I have, but I also learned a lot from your points of view.
Unfortunately, it also showed me not only how horrible and insensitive some people [...]

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5 Ways to Prevent Knee Injuries During Your Workouts

Our knees have to handle a lot of stress, and if you’re exercising vigorously or doing weight training, you’re asking a lot out of them. If you already have knee problems, the situation can be a bit tricky at times and it is very easy to reinjure yourself if you do not take appropriate cautions. [...]

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7 Ways to Keep From Getting Discouraged at the Gym

When you’re first starting out with your exercise plan, it is all too easy to get discouraged. Working out is not always easy and if you don’t take the right approach, quitting can be all too simple. However there are some techniques that you can use to make sure that you actually start to [...]

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Post 4th of July Roundup

How was everybody’s 4th of July? Did you enjoy your fireworks, BBQs, and family time? Better still did you all keep on your diets and stay focused on your health goals during the celebration?
From the Fitness Health Network this week were quite a few good articles in my opinion. Check them out:

Did [...]

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5 Tips to Prevent Elbow Injuries

Our elbows go through hell on a regular basis, and we may not even realize how much stress we put on this poor joint every day. Whether you are playing tennis, basketball, baseball, golf or pretty much any sport that requires arm movements, you are running the risk of injuring that elbow. Let’s look [...]

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4 Tips to Prevent Ankle Injuries During Exercise

Our ankles are actually pretty fragile little joints and you may not realize just how fragile until you sprain one. Nobody likes walking around on crutches, but there are a few ways that you can make sure that your ankles stay strong and that you avoid this common injury. Let’s get started!
1. Always stretch first. [...]

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4 Excuses to Not Exercise and 4 Ways to Change That

Let’s face it, when it comes to starting an exercise plan, few of us actually enjoy it. Who wants to get all tired and sweaty when it’s so much easier to sit on the couch and languish? This causes most of us to make excuses and find ways to keep busy so that we [...]

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10 Things to Consider When Choosing a Gym

If you are a beginner like myself or a seasoned gym rat, choosing a gym is an important decision to be made and there are lots of things to consider. As the saying goes, “location, location, location”, but it’s more than just that. …

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Going strong

First, I want to thank FB (Fat Bridesmaid) for challenging me this week to go to the gym for 3 1-hour workouts. If it wasn’t for her challenging me, I probably wouldn’t have gone. Granted, I have been shy my one hour both days, but I am there and am re…

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Weight Lost: 46 Pounds in 6 Weeks aka Over 7lbs this Week!

After 6 weeks on the medically assisted weightless program JumpStart medicine with Dr. Sean Bourke, I have lost 46 pounds in 45 days (just over a pound a day… Wow!) This week I lost 7.1 pounds and I am ecstatic to have achieved 109.2% of my goal.  I have been feeling great, but the larger dose of Phentermine was caused [...]

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Tricking Myself to The Gym

I woke up yesterday with no intention of going to the gym. Yet, three hours later, I found myself at the gym. I didn’t set out to purposely trick myself, but that’s how it feels in retrospect.
For the full story, we have to go back two days ago. In the place that [...]

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Weigh In #4 — One Month and 34 Pounds Lost

After 1 month on the Jumpstart Medicine medically assisted weightless program I have lost 34 pounds… This week I lost 3.5 pounds with was 70% of my weekly goal of 5 pounds per week. I attribute missing the goal to a later than normal and larger than normal (for a 1200 calorie diet) dinner last [...]

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Savebuckets

I know I’m just an average person, meaning most people are similar to me. I like new stuff, but I like the best deals available. There is a site, savebuckets, that give you the opportunity to get the best prices on anything. All you have to do is type …

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The Benefits of a Home Gym

In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about taking advantage of your location for the month of December. This week, Scott discusses the advantages of having a home gym.
I have some equipment in my home, but I rarely use it. I usually just go [...]

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This Week Last Year: Gyms and Cross Country

This week last year was full of topical information, so it was a light week when looking at what is worth looking back on.

I went in depth about working out at a commercial gym and the 3 principal reasons that somebody might have for joining:

Equipment
Training
Motivation

The USATF Club Cross Country Championships were last year, where Dirigo [...]

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