I’m very sore lately…everywhere. Why is this surprising? Because I’ve increased my stretching in a huge way over the last few months. But in that time I have also suffered from back pain that, although its finally waning, is still persistent, and new hip soreness. I’m not necessarily suggesting that the soreness and back pain are a result of more stretching…but I am wondering why I am not feeling much better and loose since beginning to stretch more! I have been looking into this and have found some interesting information that I want to share with you. [Read more…]
Ouch…Why the Recent Soreness after Adding more Stretching?
February 23, 2012 by 2 Comments
About 100 Days Until June 1st…Six Ways to Get Ready!
February 20, 2012 by 1 Comment
Summer is closer than you think!
Pretty soon we will see magazines in the grocery store checkout aisles claiming swimsuit weather is coming…and while that may be true, there is more to it than that. Winter months can sometimes bring the blues and we can lack motivation. For many of us, winter is a time of comfort food and big clothes. Today I am wearing a long skirt and a sweater, for instance. It’s easy to hide ourselves in winter clothes, and oftentimes (although I hate to admit the magazines are right), spring and summer seem to sneak up and surprise us.
So with 100 days before the start of the summer months, it is a good time to check ourselves so as not to be taken by surprise when the warmer months suddenly show up! The following are six tips to make sure we are getting ready for the approaching summer months: [Read more…]
Five Blogs I Have Recently Enjoyed
February 17, 2012 by 2 Comments
It's Friday!
It’s Friday and I am posting links to five websites I have recently read and enjoyed. Do you have any others you want to share?
1. Run Blogger. This site is about all things running and since the author has a degree in anatomy, it also has some great information about the benefits of running and a fitness lifestyle. He also writes a lot about gear, especially running shoes and most recently wrote a post about the minimalist shoe movement in running. Interesting stuff…check it out! [Read more…]
Sometimes Life Trumps Fitness
February 15, 2012 by 3 Comments
It can be slow getting back to fitness after a break
When I think about my life of fitness, I don’t necessarily think about what I do each day, but the accumulated whole. If I thought about the daily doses of exercise, I think I would drive myself crazy trying to fit something in each day. It’s the big picture that is important. Sometimes life gets in the way of the daily stuff and we just can’t get it done. The last few days have been like that for me. [Read more…]
In Memoriam of One Who Lived to Serve (and a Quote of the Week)
February 9, 2012 by 10 Comments
Quote of the Week:
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW, “A Psalm of Life”
I am struggling with confusing emotions today, and so at 9 Kid Fitness I want to write about someone who inspired me by his life. I am sad because I mourn the death of my father-in-law, Charles Hetzel, who passed away this afternoon. Yet a life such as his can really only be celebrated. When people die it is easy to put them up on a pedestal, and I think that is a fine thing to do. But today there is no need for a pedestal. Charlie lived his life truly and unbelievably for other people. I don’t think he knew any other way. When so many of us are selfish and focused on our own lives, men like my father-in-law seem to be from another time and place when people lived to be of service. That is how I remember him. [Read more…]
Calorie Counting Isn’t the Way to Go
February 8, 2012 by 5 Comments
All calories are not created equal
1. Grain baked desserts (i.e. cakes, cookies, donuts, pastries etc.)….139 calories a day.
2. Yeast breads …..129 calories a day.
3. Chicken/chicken mixed dishes….121 calories a day.
4. Soda, energy drinks, sports drinks, etc. ……114 calories a day. [Read more…]
My Fitness Evolution
February 6, 2012 by 5 Comments
When I first began exercising regularly (not counting my high school track days or even my college days with my walk-man plugged into my ears), the concept of rest, weight training, or core workouts were foreign. Now, about 20 years later, things have changed and I realize that the way I look at fitness has evolved. The biggest changes I have made are to rest more, to cross-train, to change things up, and to improve my nutrition. [Read more…]
A Healthy Super Bowl Snack!
February 3, 2012 by 2 Comments
I just made these deliciously healthy quesadillas for dinner, but I will also serve them on Super Bowl Sunday. I used coconut oil, but a little real butter would work well too. I also share some links to other healthy Super Bowl snacks below. What are you making for the big game…is it healthy? [Read more…]
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