There is a website that several people have mentioned to me, http://hundredpushups.com . It takes you through 6 graduated weekly workouts to train you to do 100 pushups. It doesn't expect everyone to complete the 6 week program in 6 weeks, nor that everyone will be doing 100 good form ( Read more... )

Or is it a boot to the butt? I did the crazy and signed up for a fitness boot camp. My friend who suggested it is considering bailing on it, and my other friend is a bit scared of committing to early days for a whole month. But I signed up. Four days a week, for four weeks, at 6:30am. Ouchy. I'm going to enjoy sleeping in on Wednesday mornings, ( Read more... )

I went running tonight for the first time in almost 2 weeks. I was intending to go slow, which in my case means slower than 12 minute miles, but the running felt good, so I pushed it. When I was about half a mile from the end and getting tired, my iPod brilliantly gave me Zlatni Prsti Čoček by Zlatne Uste. About 2 people will understand why that ( Read more... )

On Sunday we had Perry's birthday party. There were an infinite number of monkeys four toddlers running around screaming their heads off and fighting for balloons and toy cars, and we ended up serving my lamb stew to something like 10 people (and that's only the ones who were left by that point), so by the time Monday afternoon rolled around I ( Read more... )