Archive for the 'Workout Plans' Category

Workouts for 7/21-7/26/08

I’m behind on posting my workouts, so you all get to see the whole week at a glance! Monday, 7/21: 10 Minute Trainer Cardio and Lower Body (20 min) Tuesday, 7/22: MGS Beginner Blast Off, Intro Phase, Workout A (39 min) Wednesday, 7/23: MGS Beginner Blast Off, Intro Phase, Workout B (29 min); Stationary bike, [...]

New Rules of Lifting for Women Diet Calculator and Workout Logs

Because some of you asked for it (and I was making this for myself anyway after noticing what a major pain in the butt it was last week to hand transcribe all of the Stage 2 workouts from The New Rules of Lifting for Women book to the blank photocopied workout log sheet), I present [...]

Review: Is P90X Right For YOU? (Requirements and Overview)

P90X parent company Beachbody must be spamming the heck out of the TV infomercial channels this month, because I keep getting emails from readers asking if P90X is right for them based on my run with the program a few years ago. To cut down on the amount of copying and pasting I have to [...]

2/3/08 Log: 4-Week TT Progress Photos and Stats

Okay, I finally took my Day 28 pics for the TT 12-week contest. Sorry I missed Day 14 pics, but frankly, there wasn’t much to see that week anyway! I’m retroactively using the Durnin-Womersley formula to calculate body fat based on skinfolds because it seems to produce values that look reasonable to me (compared to [...]

Cardio Coach Hotness

Check it out: My six Cardio Coach guided workout CDs from the 2008 New Year dealio I wrote about the other day just arrived via Priority Mail today! I even got a personal Sharpied autograph from the Cardio Coach himself, Sean O’Malley. Swanky! This was the $30 + $7.50 s/h special that included actual CD [...]

TT 2008 12-Week Challenge Reboot

As I may have mentioned last week, I am re-starting my 12-week TT challenge today after admitting to myself that trying to cut during the month of December is utterly moronic and a textbook example of “Setting yourself up for guaranteed, ignominious failure.” Believe me, I will never, EVER attempt a cut between Halloween and [...]

Free Forza Workout Routine

One of my favorite non-gym, non-weight training workouts is Forza, an active workout developed by trainer Ilaria Montagnani that is based loosely on traditional samurai sword techniques–cuts, blocks, thrusts, and more. It is claimed that a 60 minute class can burn an average of 500 calories, though my Polar HRM usually calculates about 450 calories [...]

Free Fitness Stuff: 12 Days of Fitness

In case you haven’t already heard about it, there’s a massive fitness, nutrition, workout, and health report giveaway going on right now and for the next 10 days. According to the promotional copy, 250 fitness professionals are donating free articles, audios, and workouts during the 12 Days of Fitness which started yesterday. Sign up here [...]