I was tagged (kind of like chain mail) to do a post sharing 11 random things about myself. I normally don’t like to share…unless it involves raw mushrooms, in which case I will share ALL of them, but I can’t disappoint my friends, so this is my contribution. For the first time in over 100 years, I shall reveal the true story about my…
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Fix Your Posture – Part 2
Learn our quick zip trick to look 10 years younger and 10 pounds lighter in less than 10 seconds. We bring you a guest posture maven for your viewing and “stand up tall” pleasure — our mom! She made us what we are today — alive! Oh, and lifted up posturally.
Exercise Your Right to a Better Brain
Do you want to increase your brain power right now, this minute, starting immediately or even sooner? If so, do you know what to do? If you guessed that some kind of exercise is involved in this answer, you are quite smarticle! And for maximum increase in your neuronal activity and literal brain growth, check out the elements that help the most.
Brain Envy: Be Thinner, Smarter & Happier
Dr. Daniel Amen, author of “Change Your Brain, Change Your Body” and 27 other books talks about the secrets to being thinner, smarter and happier.” Want to know those secrets? You just KNOW we’re going to mention exercise, don’t you? Click on the title to read the post and see a picture of Dr. Amen trying to run from us!
Train Your Brain
How can you achieve the healthiest brain possible? Move, move, move if you want to be smarter! Dancing, walking, playing ping pong, watching the US Women lose the World Cup championship in PKs and thereby getting your heart rate up, all boost brain power! Click on the title to catch brain envy and become a smarter, more fit YOU!
Being Fit Makes Me Happy
The question isn’t “What can brown do for you,” it’s “What can fitness do for you?” A late-night rumination about the real-life benefits and happiness Alexandra gets from being a healthy exerciser and eat-righter! Click on the title to learn how her brain works at 1:00 in the morning!
Sailing Along Until a Stroke: Jerry & Ginny’s Inspirational Exercise Story
There they were–sailing around the world, enjoying retirement, creating art, when BAM! Jerry had a stroke, and not a stroke of luck either! Ginny and he kicked into a different gear; joined a gym to recover, and are now back on track. Or is that on tack? Click on the title to read their Inspirational Story.
Test Your Fitness Funny Bone
Five Fitness Funnies to Make you Fit and Full of Fun. Ah, Forget That, it’s Quiz Day! Put on your thinking wig, grab some bacon and let’s whip some quiz ass!
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!
I’m Low Without My Runner’s High
“Running is killing my middle-aged knees. Still, how can I do more of it? I’m so low without my runner’s high.” Dude, are you hallucinating? Drugs and surgery are not the answer. But what is? Once again, Fun and Fit find facts. Run along little doggies!
