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The Fitness Blog Week in Review – Dec 30 – Jan 5

Is it already the weekend? Hard to believe that we’ve made it all the way to the first weekend of the first month of the New Year and of course, since it’s Saturday, you know what that means – it’s our first Week in Review for 2007! This week, the Fitness Blog is also proud to introduce a new regular blogger who joins us with a great deal of experience. As a part-time yoga instructor, Clarissa Adkins is going to be a real delight for our readers here in the fitness blog as she brings us the wealth of her … Continue reading →

The Fitness Blog Week in Review for December 23-29

It’s the last week of December and the last full week of 2006. We did our best to cover a multitude of subjects throughout 2006 and as we head into our second year, we are well aware of the fact that January is a key month for many people getting started on their fitness programs and diving wholeheartedly into their New Year’s Resolutions. We’ll do our best to be there for you and to answer all the questions that we can. So what did we talk about this week? Saturday, December 23 The Top Ten Best Fitness Gifts You Can … Continue reading →

The Fitness Week in Review for December 9-15

Welcome to the third week in review for December and the end of our second full week. We’ve got just nine days left until Christmas and it’s been busy here in the Fitness Blog and I am assuming it will stay busy and that’s good for those of us trying to maintain our fitness amid the hectic pace that surrounds shopping, decorating, preparing and celebrating. So here is our Fitness Week in Review: Saturday, December 9 In Hoop Dancing – It’s Not Just for Kids Anymore we talked about a growing trend on the fitness circuit that involves aerobics with … Continue reading →

Top Fitness Choice for November

This month, my favorite series of articles focused on a reader requested need – the Post-Natal Fitness articles. A few weeks ago, a reader sent me a note and asked about articles that focused specifically on post-natal fitness and getting back into shape after having a baby. I’d done a couple of articles on post-natal and pre-natal fitness before, but I’d never focused specifically on this area of interest for women. The Post Natal Fitness Series Starting with So you just had a baby … and including articles on Counting Calories and The Marvelous Mid-Section and more. In the coming … Continue reading →

The Fitness Blog Week in Review November 18-24

Good morning and Happy Saturday – what a crazy week this has been. For me, it involved taking some much needed down time and time off from the writing. Though you saw blogs from me here, most of these were written ahead of time when I could and others were written on the fly. My daughter and I planned to do a lot together this week, but she came down with a nasty cold at the beginning of the week so we spent a lot of our week snuggled up together and watching movies as we nursed her through her … Continue reading →

The Fitness Blog Week in Review: November 11-17

Welcome to the end of an eventful week, as I described in last week’s Fitness Blog Week in Review, I’ve been trying to quit smoking. I slipped this week and you’ll see more on that in Day 11: Falling off the Horse later on today, but in the meanwhile, here is our Fitness Blog: Week in Review. Sunday, November 12 In Day 5: My Throat Hurts and My Sinuses Hate Me I described how I was doing in the cravings department, although Saturday I was miserable ill. We thought it might be the detoxifying, but as it turns out it … Continue reading →

The Fitness Blog Week in Review October 28-November 3rd

Good morning and welcome to our first week in review for November. It’s the 11th month of the year and it’s getting cold outside! With 19 days left to go till Thanksgiving we have a lot to be thankful for and we’ll start with our ten reasons to be thankful for fitness later on today. In the meanwhile, here is our Fitness week in review: Saturday, October 28 In It’s Beautiful Outside: Get Out of the House discussed that getting your kids off the sofa and out of the house is something we should take every opportunity to do. In … Continue reading →

Top Fitness Choice of October

Is it really the end of October? I know I posted the End of October Fitness Goal Check this morning and it always seems to amaze me when we get to the end of the month. After all – it seems the months are flying by faster and faster. Tomorrow is the first day of November and in just 30 short days, we will be celebrating our 1st anniversary here at Families.com. I’ve been writing for the Fitness blog for the entirety of that time and every month it’s a delight to visit with you and write more and more … Continue reading →

Happy Halloween! Monsters & Ghouls & Workouts Oh My!

Good morning and Happy Halloween – if you’re like most families, you’re probably laying in the candy to hand out to the trick or treaters tonight. Be sure to incorporate some other items to give out so that you aren’t overloading the kids with too much candy. Little canisters of play-doh or other small toys like plastic rings are a great idea for the trick or treat crowd. Still others of you are probably going to be on the run getting the kids ready for their Halloween parties at school (not to mention that school is going to be on … Continue reading →

Fitness The Week in Review – September 30 – October 6

Welcome to our first Week in Review for October and a review of the topics we covered this week. I like to go over what we covered in one fell swoop so that you can catch up one some of the articles you may have missed this week. So without further ado, here we go with our Fitness Blog week in review: Saturday, September 30th We took a day off to spend with the family and just focused on our Week in Review today. It’s important to remember that weekends are a good time to reconnect with family especially when … Continue reading →