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Biggest Loser nutritionist on Today and Twitter Wednesday May 19th
by Balanced Health and Nutrition
posted May 17, 2010 at 6:48pm

If you’re a Biggest Loser fan, you’ve probably wondered at one point or another what the contestants eat while on the show and how do they learn to eat healthier to keep the weight off. If you don’t already know, it’s Cheryl Forberg, RD — a fell...more

Throwing Iron Around
by Chic Runner
posted May 12, 2010 at 5:27pm

Dearest Gym, Tonight you and I shall be reunited. I know, it’s been some time since I’ve stepped foot into your dimly lit and overly mirrored areas, but I’m pretty excited to let these pythons out of their cage. Snake alert. Hopefully while I’m ...more

Good news: More teen girls lift weights
by Athletic Women Blog
posted May 11, 2010 at 8:33pm

But this good news comes with a caveat, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Girls are hitting the weight room more than ever before, and not surprisingly that has come with a price—more injuries occurring in the weight room. The price, however, is a s...more

Fitness for fashionistas: Chanel Dumbells
by A Glam Slam
posted May 8, 2010 at 6:14pm

A Glam Slam has showed you Chanel's ski gear, surf gear, tennis racquets and even a designer football. Here's another "sporty" offering from the luxury fashion house that is a bit more shocking and just too good to pass up: dumbbells. The neoprene dumb...more

Gym Decisions
by Run Girl Run
posted May 7, 2010 at 3:21pm

Layout problems:Sorry for bombarding your Google Readers with random blank never ending posts yesterday. I'm not sure what happened, but when I published yesterday's post on spinning, the software pushed through about five blank posts. I think I finally g...more

Thoughts on Women, Aging and Physical Activity
by One Sport Voice
posted April 22, 2010 at 5:37pm

This week The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport put on its Distinguished Lecture Series featuring author and speaker Mariah Burton Nelson (MBN). As the Associate Director of The Tucker Center, I get first hand exposure to the topic and ...more

Gyms and Gen Pops
by My so-called FABULOUS life: Brianna Glenn
posted April 2, 2010 at 12:34pm

About one day a week I head to my local 24-hour fitness and work out with the Gen Pops. (short for general population—stole that one because I think it’s great!) Now normally, I can’t stand working out in these types of gyms. To me, it seems like...more

Three Easy Ways to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
by Balanced Health and Nutrition
posted April 1, 2010 at 8:26am

As I write this, some 54 million Americans are living with pre-diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and they may not even know it. November is National Diabetes Awareness Month. As the daughter of a type 2 diabetic, I kno...more

National Women’s Law Center's Comments to the Task Force on Childhood Obesity
by Womenstake
posted March 31, 2010 at 10:26pm

by Neena Chaudhry, Senior CounselNational Women’s Law Center Last week, the Center submitted two sets of comments to the Task Force on Childhood Obesity, which was recently established by President Obama. The Task Force asked for public input to assis...more

Sharing the power of sports
by Byline to Finish Line
posted March 31, 2010 at 7:14pm

There are some things which are best explained by the look in someone’s eyes or by the smile on their face or the emotion expressed through their body. Those are the forms of communication we often miss in our daily dealings with those around us, but t...more

Why female athletes should ignore Hollywood's "fitness gurus"
by Athletic Women Blog
posted March 26, 2010 at 7:58pm

Thanks to stars like Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna, personal trainer Tracy Anderson has become a minor celebrity herself. Anderson caters to a Hollywood aesthetic that prizes slimness above all else (that is, for women anyway; men, not so much). Unfortunate...more

Get Organized With a Beginner’s Running Program
by Balanced Health and Nutrition
posted March 17, 2010 at 10:23pm

It’s National Nutrition Month and the theme this year is “nutrition from the ground up”. I’m offering advice how you can set build a healthy weight from the ground up – without getting duped by any costly “solutions” you’ve seen before. We...more

Going to FitBloggin'
by Run Girl Run
posted March 17, 2010 at 10:12am

Yesterday I did a little happy dance in my office chair when I realized the FitBloggin' conference had released a few more tickets. I managed to snap one up and now I'm going to the conference in Baltimore this weekend. I couldn't be more excited! Aft...more

Unexpected results
by Byline to Finish Line
posted March 3, 2010 at 12:09pm

It was the pre-Olympic cliffhanger to draw people back to The Biggest Loser. For two weeks, Cheryl and Darrell held a squat, balancing an Olympic-like torch above their head. OK, in reality, they held it for only about 10 minutes, but in the suspended ani...more

TBL: Sharing Olympic strength
by Byline to Finish Line
posted February 10, 2010 at 11:47am

Let’s just get this out of the way up front: I was completely jealous of The Biggest Loser contestants on last night’s episode. If you’re a sports fan how could you not? They spent a week at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado, meeting at...more

The Body Forgets, The Body Remembers
by The Glowing Edge
posted February 7, 2010 at 2:21pm

The first week in December I got a little overzealous about increasing my number of unassisted chin-ups and wrecked my shoulder. It’s an old injury and I’ve been through the re-healing process before, but this time one of the pro boxers in my gym su...more

Book Event at Barnes and Noble North Haven, CT 1/30/10
by Binnie Klein
posted February 1, 2010 at 11:06am

Signing books is just as much fun as I imagined it would be, if not more so. Especially great when you have a wonderful audience of diverse, enthused, eager participants. When a question was posed for my coach John Spehar I brought him up to the podium...more

Perky Perkaset
by Chic Runner
posted January 27, 2010 at 1:15pm

First, I must say that I am completely so encouraged by you guys and the post yesterday. Your kind words do mean the world to me and I’m glad that you understand. By no means am I getting rich, but I really, really struggled with that for like 6 months....more

Wednesday Workout – Yoga with Sasha Cohen
by Sports Girls Play
posted January 27, 2010 at 12:02pm

Although Sasha Cohen failed to make the US Womens Figure Skating Olympic Team by finishing 4th at this past weekend’s national championships (well, technically she is the second alternate), the one thing she brought to the competition was extreme grace ...more

Softball Conditioning - Strength or Power?
by Softball Performance Blog
posted January 26, 2010 at 2:41pm

Power or strength? For many, these two terms mean the same. But, there is a difference. Strength = how much you can lift or how much force you can generate. Power = explosive strength or how much force you can generate very quickly. Being explosive....more

Wednesday Workout – Snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis takes it outdoors
by Sports Girls Play
posted January 20, 2010 at 11:42am

I love seeing what exercises are used for training different sports and how many are just good general fitness exercises that anyone can do. In a new weekly feature, Workout Wednesday, I am going to feature individual athletes, teams, my favorite exercise...more

Cruise crackdown
by Run Girl Run
posted January 8, 2010 at 3:15pm

With my cruise about four weeks away, I've decided I probably need to kick my workouts into a higher gear if I don't want to look like I've been in hibernation the last month and a half.I've been a little lazy with my cardio lately and have been indulging...more

Lindsey Vonn: "I go faster the stronger I get"
by Athletic Women Blog
posted January 8, 2010 at 2:24pm

Thanks to Under Armour, we get to see just how hard ski racer Lindsey Vonn is working to prepare herself for the 2010 Olympics. Here she is a role model for not only her hard work but her insight. Vonn gets it—she understands that you must build your bo...more

Lift like you mean it
by My so-called FABULOUS life: Brianna Glenn
posted January 7, 2010 at 9:09pm

I saw this quote on a poster a few years back and immediately wanted to high five whoever came up with it. ”That’s right!”, I thought smugly. “We are tougher than other sports.” In fact, this whole idea of conditioning your body and pushing ...more

Stop running (or not) & lose weight by changing your diet
by Musings from a Multisport Mama
posted January 7, 2010 at 7:39pm

I believe that our bodies are adapted to mobility (such as walking or running) and surviving periods of food scarcity. Faced with running each day (or nearly each day), our body's metabolism adapts and slows down becoming more efficient with it's caloric ...more

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