Archive for January, 2010
Review: AquaHydrate High Performance Sports Water
“Water, water, everywhere And all the boards did shrink Water, water everywhere Nor any drop to drink.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner These days here in North America we don’t have to worry much about access to drinking water, not if you have money to buy bottled water. Sometimes, though, [...]
Mike’s New Year’s Fitness Bucket List Series
One crazy man. One New Year. One BIG resolution…. Mike’s New Year’s Fitness Bucket List Tour. Follow Mike on his whirlwind tour all over North America in his effort to follow his fitness dreams. Read all about it here.
Kevin Bacon, my family and the Olympic Torch Relay
You’ve heard of the six degrees of separation? Well, I’m almost expecting Kevin Bacon to show up! Here’s why… I’m soooo excited because I just found out that two people in my family have been selected as Olympic torchbearers! (okay, so how that’s related to Kevin Bacon, or six degrees of separation, I have no [...]
A workout video to bookmark: Running drills to improve your form, strength and speed
In my post on Sunday, I wrote about how I’ve just started another half marathon running clinic, training for my sixth half marathon. Thanks for your comments, support and especially your questions! I’ve had a few questions from people about running drills, specifically what other drills there are besides the “ABC’s” that I mentioned on [...]
Review: BANGLZ weights
Banglz are essentially traditional ankle and wrist weights covered in attractive fabrics to be worn doing your every day routine. I was sent a set of the .5 lb.wrist bands to try and when I first saw them I was a little skeptical. I wore them for the first time to my child’s hot lunch [...]
Giveaway-Banglz, weighted bands you wear
CLOSED! Did you get a chance to see my fun review for BANGLZ ? BANGLZ has teamed up with the GGS girls and is giving away 1 sets of stylish hand weights and 1 sets of ankle weights to 2 lucky GGS members! HOW TO ENTER: This contest is exclusively for GGS Club members. Not a member yet? No worries, it [...]
Giveaway-3 weeks of giveaway from Run U Mother
Run U Mother and Girl Get Strong New Year’s Resolution Give Away ~Week One Resolutions are hard to stick to (we know!) That’s why we’re going to give you a bit of incentive to keep working towards your 2010 goals. If you’re a mother – not only do you want to succeed for yourself – [...]
7+ Beautiful Bloggers You Should Get to Know Better
The wonderful and irrepressible Laynie Kelly has sent me this Beautiful Blogger Award. Thanks Laynie! I, in turn, am to tell you seven things about me and send the Award on to seven other beautiful bloggers. First, though, I’d rather talk about Laynie, because if you haven’t read about her amazing journey, you should. So [...]
Vintage Fitness: The Deluxe Edition Plan for Reducing Through Exercise and Sport
Happy Friday! Is one of your New Year’s Resolutions to lose weight? Well, you may want to follow this “deluxe” plan from Good Housekeeping, which also improves your posture and apparently your golf and bowling games as well. Or, I guess you could check out some of our workouts, here. But we can’t help you [...]
Five Small-Scale Secrets That Lead To Large-Scale Change
Every January, Americans do exactly the same thing – they make a resolution to lose weight in the New Year. A nationally-available research-based weight loss program from Vermont, just named the healthiest state by America’s Health Rankings, has helpful tips with proven results. Here are Vtrim Online’s secrets for making weight-loss doable and sustainable: 1. [...]
Giveaway-Eating Well Cookbook
Did you get a chance to see Five Small-Scale Secrets That Lead To Large-Scale Change post from Vtrim? Vtrim has teamed up with the GGS girls for the chance to win your own copy of Eating Well Diet Cook Book. HOW TO ENTER: This contest is exclusively for GGS Club members. Not a member yet? No worries, [...]
On trying new sports – with a fitness partner of the opposite sex
I tried Cross Country Skiing for the first time yesterday and I feel like the victim of a serious car accident today. I’m walking a bit funny, my body hurts from the falls and, after landing on my right wrist one too many times, I’m even having a bit of trouble typing this blog post. [...]
Fun Photos of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics for the Week of Jan 3
This week the torch was carried by Canadian singing sensation Shania Twain in her hometown of Timmins Ontario, as the flame continued its travels through Ontario, visiting cities like White River, Huntsville, Orangeville, Collingwood, Blue Mountain, Blind River and Sudbury. The flame was accompanied by doves, went up a chairlift, came back down via ski [...]
My Favorite Posts of 2009
I don’t know about you, but after relaxing and over indulging so much over the holiday I’m more than ready to get back to my healthy habits. I thought it would be appropriate to reflect back on some of my favorite healthy posts from the past year. It seems like a shame to let them get lost in the [...]
GIVEAWAY- Gruve – more than a calorie counter $329 Value-CLOSED
WINNER-Courtney S! – Didn’t win-BUT really want it? The nice people at Gruve are giving all of the GGS girlfriends a great deal if you would like to buy a GRUVE-see the bottom of this post! I had the honor of reviewing this little gadget called the Gruve by Muve. It is a little white gadget that [...]
