The Myth of Long, Lean Muscles

photo credit: jeff medaugh Companies selling weight loss and fitness products are often trying to find… [more]

The Myth of Long, Lean Muscles The Myth of Long, Lean Muscles

The Female Body Breakthrough – A Review

I've been following Rachel Cosgrove on Twitter and reading her blog for a while now. Of course, I've… [more]

The Female Body Breakthrough – A Review The Female Body Breakthrough – A Review

Dealing with a crowded gym

Around this time of year, many people make getting fit part of their New Years Resolutions. As a result,… [more]

Dealing with a crowded gym Dealing with a crowded gym

3 Reasons I Love Kettlebell Swings

Today's post is from a personal friend and fellow fitness blogger, Anna Dornier of Path to Fat Loss.… [more]

3 Reasons I Love Kettlebell Swings 3 Reasons I Love Kettlebell Swings

Weekend Roundup: Excess candy, breakfast cereals, kettlebells, more

I don't do round-up posts as often as I'd like, but as we've reached the end of another month, I thought… [more]

Weekend Roundup: Excess candy, breakfast cereals, kettlebells, more Weekend Roundup: Excess candy, breakfast cereals, kettlebells, more

What can a Transformation Contest do for you?

Ever wonder what it will take to get you off the couch and into shape?  How about a deadline, accountability,… [more]

What can a Transformation Contest do for you? What can a Transformation Contest do for you?

The Myth of Long, Lean Muscles

February 7, 2010

photo credit: jeff medaugh

Companies selling weight loss and fitness products are often trying to find the best way to market to women. And one of the marketing gimmicks I’ve been hearing far too often lately is that a certain type of exercise (usually pilates) will help women develop “long, lean muscles.” The other variation on [...]

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I'm a Healthy Mama!

February 6, 2010

I’ve been asked to start blogging regularly for the on-line home of MomSpace magazine, MomSpace.com.  Over there, I’ll be known as “Healthy Mom,” and be blogging original content about health and fitness, as well as my own story, just like I do here.  So be sure to check both sites as I won’t be cross-posting [...]

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3 Reasons I Love Kettlebell Swings

February 5, 2010

Today’s post is from a personal friend and fellow fitness blogger, Anna Dornier of Path to Fat Loss. Anna and I first met on the Turbulence Training forums, and she was the one who first got me interested in kettlebells.  Now, Anna is a Certified Russian Kettlebell Instructor (RKC) and Certified Personal Trainer with the [...]

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My Haiti donation

February 2, 2010

photo credit: DVIDSHUB I didn’t want to leave my readers hanging! This is a relatively small blog, and I appreciate all of the readers who have engaged in the past few weeks, leaving comments, subscribing to my email list, becoming facebook fans, and buying products for which I am an affiliate. So THANK [...]

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It happens to the best of us

January 29, 2010

I’m one of those people for whom eating sweets and sugar doesn’t satisfy a craving, but actually creates one.  I know I’m not alone.  Many other women deal with the same issues. The problem is that if you have a sweet treat one day, you’re more likely to have one the next day, and the [...]

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I get a "girl gang" together

January 23, 2010

When you’re a blogger, you meet so many other amazing people in the blogging community.  One such person I’ve met is Josh Hanagarne, of Worlds Strongest Librarian. What caused me to start reading Josh’s blog was that he’s a Russian Kettlebell Challenge instructor (RKC).  What KEPT me reading his blog was that he’s brilliant, funny, [...]

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Help LGM Support Haiti Relief

January 16, 2010

As you can well imagine, I’ve been shocked and dismayed by the horrific devastation caused by the recent earthquake in Haiti.  Many of my blogger friends have started fundraising drives and making donations to various charities. In the past, my family and I have always contributed something to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund when [...]

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My Day at Martha Stewart's Show

January 16, 2010

As you know from my post Of Martha, Blogging, and NYC, I traveled up to New York City earlier this week to be in the studio audience for the taping of The Martha Stewart Show along with a number of other bloggers (many of them from right here in the Philly area). The show’s theme [...]

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Of Martha, Blogging, and NYC

January 13, 2010

It’s an exciting day for me! I’m on my way to New York City for my first blogging-related trip. On Thursday, Martha Stewart is having a show that’s all about blogging, and I’m one of the many bloggers who was approved to blog right from the audience during the taping of the show!
It’s a fun [...]

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I'm giving away free workouts!

January 11, 2010

My friend Kelly is celebrating the one-year “blogiversary” over at The Centsible Life, a site where she blogs about frugal finances, family living, and paying down your debt. She has over $600 in prizes you can win, including a prize I’ve sponsored – your choice of one of three fat-blasting Turbulence Training workouts, valued at [...]

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