I am now a card-carrying member of an elite club. It is a challenge to get in. It has strict and physically challenging rules that you must follow in order to join. It is expensive and the initiation rites are as torturous as a fraternity rush. In the end though,...

In fitness, there is a big difference between getting to your goal versus making a comeback. Getting to your goal is going toward where you want to be and making a comeback is going back to where you were before. Getting to a goal is a challenge that takes discipline,...

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I watched Jon Ronson's TEDTalk about psychopaths and it both scared and also comforted me. Firstly, it reminded me of my running list of things that...

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Joshua Foer's mental memory gymnastics are fascinating to read about, but come on. His talent seems savant to me. His feats seem to me as unobtainable...

A good portion of my day is spent talking with women my age. More often than not, we are reaching for the title of that book we loved or fumbling for the name of that actor who co-starred in that movie with what's-her-face.

So, when I read about a new...

Do you ever agree to do things only because you are assuming that they will never happen?
These promises can vary in severity from agreeing to raise your nephews if anything happens to your sister and brother-in-law, to telling your friend that you will drive her to the airport...

Five years ago, on Valentines Day, I wrote a blog about couples' fitness and strengthening your marital muscles. I had recently designed a six week couples workout program called "Your Marriage on a Walk". Little did I know back then, that my marriage would actually take a hell of a...

Do you have any food saboteurs in your life? Like a husband who knows you are dieting but orders up forbidden restaurant food that arrives at your table on plates the size of manhole covers? Or your skinny "friend" who leaves the Belgian chocolate "just this once -- it's too...

Welcome to life on the edge.

As our economic health takes a nosedive, I can't help but notice how closely this affects our physical health. The folks in our gym are stressed out and low energy. They are distracted and out of sorts. Everyone I know is worried about money....

What's your magic number? If you are a woman, you have one.

It's that number on the scale that is just on the OTHER side of the Valley. You know the valley; It's the five, ten or fifty pound space between where you are and where you want to be.

Last week I wrote about the iceberg as a metaphor for wellness, with the tip representing our body as the small part of us that shows, and the much bigger part of the iceberg representing the unseen part of us that is hidden below our bodily surface.

I know a...

Today, use of the term "hacker" mainly refers to computer criminals. But often hackers are not lawbreakers. As a matter of fact many hackers are savvy and entrepreneurial. Often, hackers are people who get a kick out of figuring out ways to buck the system.

Hackers thrive on finding back-door...

Even though my life looks like a multi-vehicle accident on I-95 during Friday afternoon rush hour, I continue to feel pretty happy most days. And although God is apparently only checking his emails once a week as I still have not heard back from him in regards to my question,...

I was unprepared for the challenges of first grade. Someone evil in the principal's office separated my twin sister and I. She was in 1B, just across the hallway, but she might as well have died from where I sat in the hell that was 1A. On a daily basis,...

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Okay, back to sit-ups.

My last entry about my mom muscles was a big hit but if I am honest, doesn't everything look better in hindsight? As Nora Ephron says, "Think of one of your body parts that you don't like and in ten years you will be nostalgic for...

My fitness writing may imply that my main concerns are about squeezing into single-digit size clothing, calculating the calorie content in the glue on an envelope, and coveting loose waistbands and sculpted abs.

But that is just my day job. My highest calling, for the last 18 years, has been...

I read two books recently, both of which were gratifying in similar yet completely opposite ways. The first book was 50 Shades of Grey, recommended by my 30-something friends, and the other was The Wisdom of Menopause, placed on my office desk by my wise, 50-plus co-worker. One reminded me...

If you're like most folks, you may still have some urgent questions about fitness and health. All week you've probably been lying awake, asking yourself whether you should or shouldn't (or should) take more Vitamin D.

Or, if you're an avid exerciser: "Hey, what about recent evidence that suggests...

People (and by people, I mean women) -- people have a magic number. It's that number on the scale that is just on the other side of the gulf. You know the gulf. It's the five, 10 or 50 (fill in the number) pound gulf between where you are and...