Archive | October, 2010

Go Ahead. Motivate My Day!

How can you motivate yourself to get buzeeeee? Pretty sure that frumply, baggy workout wear is not going to do the trick. Trick or treat — ask yourself: “What is the LEAST” amount of exercise I can achieve today? If you are still stuck on this question Halloween of 2011, check back with us for Motivation Trick #2.

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Why No Weights While Walking?

Songs tell us to “Walk This Way” and “Walk the Line.” Monty Python instructed us at “The MInistry of Silly Walks.” But until now, today, right here on F and F there has been bupkus, nada, zip on how a walker is to know Whether to Walk WIth or WIthout Weights. Wonder no more readers!

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Schlumpy

Love Exercise; Work is a Pain Though

Too much sitting hurts! Desk jockeys unite and take back your back and shoulder pain. Fire up your muscles so you don’t get fired at work. TIme to stand up for yourselves and stand up more! Stretch; roll out your shoulders, invest in a fitness minute break. We’re not going to take this lying or sitting down anymore!

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Hive Health Media 300

F & F Join HHM (It’s Alphabet Day)

We are happy to announce that Fun and Fit is officially a member of Hive Health Media Blog Network, an emerging health and fitness lifestyle publisher. At present, only five blogs have been accepted, with other exceptional blogs to come. Don’t be too busy of a bee; come see what the buzz is all about at the Hive!

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Shape Up or Ship Out Shoes?

Are those toning shoes really able to shape you up? Firm your butt? Improve your posture? Burn more calories? Wait, wait, I have to stop here and run to Ollivander’s for my magic wand. Or is that “magic slipper?”

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HomeBody Workout

There seem to be at least two Alexandras in Santa Barbara, and one of them wants to add some weight-training so she can drop that elusive last five pounds. And the other Alexandra? Meh! Not so much. She thinks a good exfoliant and scrub will slough it off. Women. Weights. Wow!

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These Meats are Grilling me

Time to get sauced up! Barbie Griller out in Texas wants to keep her sauciness, but get rid of the carcinogens that she suspects make her carcin-sick. She needs s’more advice from Fun and Fit. What’s a good Texan Grill to do?

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Muscles, Myths and Miss Informed

Women and Weights? Do they go together? Is it a myth or fact that women can get huge muscles from weight-training? Does just being in the same room with bars and plates turn women into bodybuilders? And is a tiny swimsuit the best outfit for weight-training?

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Spin, Rinse, No Wash Out Cycle

Has your fitness routine left you feeling like you were spinning your wheels? No longer getting that metabolic bump and boost? Is it better to go more often, but work out shorter or to go less often and work out longer? TIme to ramp up the amp up and boot your booty into the spin-o-sphere!

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