FabFit50s

A blogger friend left a comment on one of my recent posts and included this great link.  (Thank you, Lisa!) In case you didn’t see Lisa’s comment, I’m devoting this post to it. It’s that important– and I don’t want you to miss it! The link provides cross-sections of two men’s thighs. Both are 74 years old. One [...]

If you go through a “busy period,” research shows you can maintain muscle strength with once-a-week training. But, if you’re between the ages of 60 and 75, not muscle size. And, although the study reported last year in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the journal of the American College of Sports Medicine, did not investigate adults [...]

First…here’s my new eBook, available, for now, on Amazon. (More later!) Woohoo! It’s for beginners. For women who have no experience using weights. This is a simple routine you can do at home, with only a pair or two of dumbbells. Write me if you buy it and have any questions about the exercises. Now…why [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 often get e-mails from other sites that shout out news about some new workout program that’s better than all the rest. And if you’re not working out this way, these e-mails suggest, you are wasting your precious time. Oh, geez. It’s just not so complicated. Yes, there are a few rules that will help [...]