Month: April 2010

  • World Fitness Day 2010

    The brainchild of Jane Fonda, World Fitness Day marks an annual initiative to highlight the importance of staying active and getting fit throughout life. In a recent interview, Fonda said of World Fitness Day: “Not only will it be a tremendous amount of fun and a spectacular celebration of good health, it is an amazing…

  • Rest days are for the weak

    Is it a bad thing that I decided to forgo a rest day to enjoy a beautiful day outside. I went for a 1.5 mi run and then mowed my yard all during my lunch hour.  There is something about getting outside and soaking in that Vit D and being physical that just makes you…

  • Red Robin Encourages Kids to Give Back

    For Nate’s birthday dinner, he wanted to go to Red Robin. While we were there, I read about something cool they are doing to encourage kids to make a difference. How Do You Make a Difference Poem Contest If you are between 5-10 years old, write a poem about how you make a difference in…

  • May 1 is Free Comic Book Day

    http://www.freecomicbookday.com/ Check out their website to find local participating stores. Free Comic Book Day is a single day – the first Saturday in May each year – when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely FREE* to anyone who comes into their stores. *Check with your…

  • Happy 6th Birthday Baby Nate!

    6 years ago today Nathaniel Ryan Hoaglund was born. When he arrived he was whiter than anything I have ever seen. His hair and eyebrows were so white, it didn’t even look like he had any. From that day forward, life has been more fun and meaningful for our family. From the moment we started…

  • Livin Fit and SORE

    Plumbline Training: Warmup x 2: high knees lunges heel to butt sprints Core x 2 general stretching planks back extension jumps (lean over and then jump up) 50 push-ups workout: 1 mile run 15,12,10,9,6,3 box push-ups x 2 15db lunges (aka HELL)  (1 round at 25lb db) 65lb OH push press 45lb sandbag dead lifts…

  • Notable News

    Really? – The Claim – Lack of Sleep Increases Weight – Question – NYTimes.com. I found this article interesting to me because I am living proof that this is really the case. When Nate was born – that little bugger did not sleep. He hated to be alone and Scott and I literally had 4…

  • Sport & Health coming to Brambleton – Special Rates available through April 30

    For those of you in Loudoun County, Ashburn Area – A New Sport and Health is offering Pre-Sale Savings on Membership Rates before May 1st: The countdown is on! Brambleton Sport&Health Club is on schedule to open in June 2010. Don’t miss your chance to join before pre-sale prices go up May 1! Already joined?…

  • Family Adventure Ideas at REI

    I received an REI catalog in the mail this week. I am not really an adventure sports enthusiast as you can tell by the type of workouts I do, but that is not to say that I haven’t recently been  interested in looking at different types of athletic endeavors to consider. Some of them may…

  • 5-minute colon cancer test could save thousands of lives

    5-minute colon cancer test could save thousands of lives – USATODAY.com. LONDON (AP) — A five-minute colon cancer test could reduce the number of deaths from the disease by about 40%, a new study says. British researchers followed more than 170,000 people for about 11 years. Of those, more than 40,000 had a “flexi-scope” test,…