Create an effective workout in the privacy of your own home or office with a few basics and some creativity. Read more in Health & Fitness…  

If sweating and grunting in a room full of strangers is not for you, do not fret. An effective workout can be had inexpensively in the privacy of your own home or office. All you need are a few basics and some creativity.
Below most items you will find a "Trainer’s Note" with observations, comments […]

Most things I know about life I learned in Spin class.
It’s true.
The stationary bike has been my teacher, and I have spent hundreds of hours learning from it.
Four years ago when I saw my first Spin bike it seemed like…just a bike. Made of cold metal with an unwelcoming seat, it did not look very […]

Not much happening in the metabolism department. Need a change to get things going? Here are eight (nearly) painless ways to stoke your metabolic fire.
1) Make a Lifestyle Change
People who physically move a lot or fidget burn on average 350 additional calories per day according to […]

We have video game systems in my house. A lot of them. Playstation 2, GameCube, Nintendo DS. So it was a hard sell to get me to purchase yet an additional system - the Nintendo Wii. I didn’t want another reason for my kids to sit around.
According to the […]

The six hundred attendees cannot fit into one theater so they are now seated in two, waiting for the screening of a festival entry to begin. The film’s cast and crew, VIPs, and various official dignitaries are all in attendance. In one theater a projector lens malfunctions. In the other, no audio is heard. Festival […]

Bringing Fitness into Perspective Air under my feet. Levitating. Higher. Higher still. Faster. Sweat pouring. The sound of my own raspy breath filling my ears. Heart pounding, thighs screaming. Tears. Welling up in my eyes, easily mistaken for sweat. Not tears of pain. Or agony. Or defeat. But joy. Joy tinged […]