Archive for the 'Spirituality and Inspiration' Category
Outside’s Fittest Real Athletes
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If you’re a super-fit, regular Joe or Jane, your mug could land on the cover of Outside Magazine. Nominations are currently being accepted for Outside’s Fittest Real Athletes.
While professional athletes reap the benefits of sponsorship, 40-plus-hour ‘workout’ weeks and total dedication to th…
Brain-jamming
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So I didn’t get an iPod for my birthday, I got a much-needed water softener instead. Unfortunately, that water softener won’t motivate me on the neighborhood jogging route.
But as MarathonRookie.com points out, we don’t need those earbuds whether we simply listen to the music in our heads. Po…
Hiking naked
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Is exercising bare all the rage? I don’t know about that, but when Fitz posted about doing naked push-ups, readers certain had a lot to say about it!
Naked push-ups in the privacy of your own bathroom are one thing, but what about hiking naked? Yep, out in the woods, where they’ll be more of …
Your fitness horoscope
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I once had my palm read in New Orleans in my early 20s — much to my consternation she told me I wouldn’t get married for eight years. She was precisely right. I married at 32. As far as horoscopes go, everything I’ve ever read about my Leo sign fits me fairly well, and supposedly it’s a good matc…
Boot Camp for Brides: More than a workout
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Most of the date, when we think of a boot camp, we suppose a really conditioned fitness routine run by someone with a face only a mother can love and a voice that causes nightmares. However, whether you (or a friend) are getting married, there’s a different kind of boot camp for you.
The Gayl…
What is Cycling Superman George Hood riding?
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I’m stoked. Around 6:00 am Monday George Hood is expected to break the Guinness Book of World Records for consecutive hours cycling on a stationary-bike. He’s attempting that 176+ hour feat shut to my home, at the Heritage Group YMCA’s Fry Family YMCA in Naperville, Illinois. Beyond seeking the …
Hood nearing stationary-bike Guinness World Record
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I reported yesterday U.S. ultra-athlete George Hood is attempting to form the Guinness Book of World Records for consecutive hours cycling on a stationary bike — he has to defeat 175.5 hours to be exact. Just happens Hood has been cycling since final Sunday night at the Heritage YMCA Group’s Fr…
Stationary bicyclist attempting new world record
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U.S. ultra-athlete George Hood made the Guinness Book of World Records for 111+ consecutive hours on a stationary bicycle in 2007 before being surpassed by a rival from Tasmania clocking in 132 hours two weeks later. Now he’s nearing the end of a ride to top the record.
Fifty-year-old Hood st…












