FabFit50s

Post-workout: Phew! Classes are great, don’t get me wrong. For many women, they are the first step to fitness.  As a woman I just interviewed told me, “It’s easier to stay motivated when there’s an instructor pushing you.”   But, sometimes, instructors don’t notice you. Like when you’re in a class of 20 people.   [...]

Yep. I used to use 3- and 5-pounders on these exercises. Way back when. It’s a time-efficient superset (a combination of 2 or more exercises–in this case, 3!), though. And it opens up and strengthens your chest and tightens up your arms nicely.   If you’re not used to working out, select light weights and do [...]

This is a departure from my usual posts. I was getting ready for the gym yesterday and noticed how dry my feet were. So I decided to rub some thick cream on them before putting on my socks and gym shoes. I know from experience that a few days of doing this will get my feet [...]

It’s a mistake I see people making consistently through the years I’ve been working out. That is: doing the same workout week after week after week. Men do it. Women do it, too. You get comfortable doing certain exercises, so you do them repeatedly. In the same order. Week after week. Worse yet, using the [...]

 A fit body is more than strong. It’s flexible! I talk a lot about strength training, but I want you to know I stretch after each and every session. And I sometimes stretch at night or first thing in the morning, too. Here’s my favorite lower body stretch. I do it after a leg workout, [...]

Here’s the truth. Some people just waste their money with gym memberships. And the gym employees, in most cases, just don’t care. Can’t totally blame them. They see it all day, every day. LOTS of bad form. They can’t correct it all, and, often enough, their opinion isn’t wanted. I know this to be true. [...]

I like planks and do them often at the end of a weight routine. Sometimes, I put a light weight plate on my back to increase the resistance.   Even with no added weight, planks are effective.   You’ll feel the stress through your torso, and down through your legs, too. But it’s a good kind of [...]

I’ve been reading The Baby Boomer Diet by Donna Gates and came to something I really enjoyed and wanted to talk about and expand upon. It’s the idea of food memories. At midlife, you have decades of food memories already. Most likely, some of them do not involve the healthiest fare. It takes a while, [...]