Health and Fitness Blogs

In the past month and a half I've lost 10 pounds teaching (4+) Zumba Fitness Classes and taking 2 other group exercise classes each week. granted that I haven't been eating as well as I should but with University coming to a close I've had a lot of group projects and late nights with a pizza or turkey club.... I know that the number on the scale is just that, a number, but its nice to see all the hard work starting to pay off. My body is changing and my energy level is increasing! I'm on the path back to my old self! Zumba Love!

So yes I am turning 30! I will miss my 20s and must admit turning 30 is a bit scary, but hey, can't do anything about it, so why not embrace it. I remember back when I was 18 and I thought I was so mature and grown up.... Now that I am heading into my 30s I realize I STILL have so much to learn and I am excited to see what my future holds. Things I would love to accomplish in my future would be owning my own gym or restaurant/ cafe... so I can feed the masses wonderful food and then help them burn it off!

MRI on Monday...knee has its good days and not so good days, can't wait to find out what is wrong and what I am in for to correct the problem! Yesterday I did run a slow 3.6 miles, but I was also on my feet for a constant 8 hours, baking for our church hospitality, vacuuming, dusting, cleaning bathrooms, 5-6 loads of laundry. That is exercise and the knee felt good the whole time (go figure). No wonder how people keep pushing themselves with a similar type of injury.

I have a new small group training class up and running @ the Racquet Club of Concord. All fitness levels welcome. Resistance and cardio exercises blasted into one work out with a mixture of Crossfit and Functional fitness training. This express workout runs a maximum of 40min and is excellent for toning/cutting up, weight loss/weight managing, decreasing body fat%, muscular strength and endurance. 2Xweek/3weeks($90.00) 1Xweek/6weeks($90.00) Sign up @ the Racquet Club of Concord.

Fewer calories and more nutrition, even in brownies..... Pureeing vegetables and then slipping them into food where they'll be undetectable — that's a sneaky technique parents have been using on picky kids for ages. But researchers at Pennsylvania State University decided to try it on a group of adults to see whether it could help them cut calories and lose weight. It worked — even better than the researchers expected.

For the past few months, I've written blog postings about ideas and topics that I thought might be of interest to readers searching for fitness information. Now, I'd like to hear from you! Please e-mail me (klaux@collegeforcreativestudies.edu) your fitness questions or areas of interest, and I will address them in my upcoming blog entries. I look forward to hearing from you!

Sunday, March 27, 2011: www.meganmerchant.com Below is my Day 3 5k Training Run, with notes only that differ from Day One. 46 F, Brooks shoes with inserts, Sweatshirt Sore spots: dorsal flexors (top of foot) and R hip, Ab Cramp at 1 ½ miles 6500 Steps Total: 6:30: Warm Up 6:35-6:55: 1.6 miles 6 1/4 mile hills (down up, up down, down up) 6:55-7:12: 1.6 miles 6 1/4 mile hills (down up, up down, down up) 7:12-7:19: Cool down Notes to Self: Get new ear buds for my MP3! Double tied laces are awesome. I ran 3.2 miles in 37 minutes: 11.5 minute miles.

Check out my first article for examiner. http://www.examiner.com/quick-workouts-in-toledo/a-quick-fact-before-doing-a-quick-workout

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Here are some silly fitness gags and games to kick your April off on a high note! Be warned: Those around you require a sense of humor“ Creative Travel: Tip-toe like a ballerina, skip and gallop like a cowboy, move in slow motion, or shrink down and move as if the ceiling is low. Play this with your kids while you run errands or when walking to and from offices at work.