Archive for the 'Rants' Category

RCR W5D2: Five Important Lessons From The Simple Dollar

Technically, this blog post at The Simple Dollar is about personal finance, but if you replace the finance terms in each one with the appropriate exercise or diet equivalent, it can be applied just as easily to the journey toward fitness and a healthy lifestyle.
Here are my slightly modified versions of the author’s [...]

RCR W2D1: Who is your inner fab girl?

Why is it so hard for people to really buy into a program and commit? They raise their hands and swear that they will do what it takes to succeed, then go out and break their word within a week or two when it comes to exercise and/or diet.
I mean, you know what you need [...]

On the over-muscled leg phenomenon among women

It’s one of the most common questions on any female fitness or fat loss forum:
“I bulk really easily in my legs. What kind of exercises should I do to reduce the size of my thighs? HELP!”
I’m going to be the devil’s advocate here and observe that in most cases, when a woman is complaining about [...]

Less Whining, More Butt-Kicking!

It’s now the first week of March, and now that the initial spark of motivation from our New Year’s resolutions has faded, I’m starting to see and hear the same tired old excuses trickle back into the online fitness communities.
“I’m too busy at work/school/home.”
“I was too sore/tired from xday’s workout to do my planned workout [...]