Live Fit and Sore

Month: April 2010

  • TYKTWD recap

    Yesterday was Take Your Kid to Work day. Scott’s company Aol. had a great program set up for the kids – from learning to blog to working the controls in a broadcast studio. It was a great day full of fun and learning. My company, K12, also did a great program that was focused around…

  • Double Unders

    I have been frustrated with the fact that I have not yet nailed the double under jump rope skill. I am going to make it a habit of practicing regularly so I can get it. Here is a great video for how to build up to a double under if you want to try it…

  • Thursday & the dreaded lunges

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

  • Notable News

    Personal Health – Risks for Youths Who Eat What They Watch – NYTimes.com. We have all been there with our kids. They are watching a show on TV or at the store with us and you hear the “mommy, can you buy <insert product here> for me?  Usually at my house it’s a high sugar…

  • Exhale.

    Scott had a CT scan on Monday. Routine post colon cancer treatment scan. Every time he goes in for one, I get butterflies in my stomach. Totally understandable but I think from now on this is how I will feel when we have to deal with anything medical.  Knowing how I feel through the process,…

  • I am good enough. People like me…

    Plumbline Workout: Warmup: 2 min jump rope Core: general stretching 2 rounds: Stability Ball crunches ball scissor twists ball 83s – ball between your legs, legs straight. When you do the sit up, bend your knees with the ball and touch the sides of your ankles. 2 rounds: reverse crunch on your stomach stomach back…

  • Yoplait Greek Yogurt Not the Healthiest Choice

    Yoplait Greek Yogurt Not the Healthiest Choice. I saw this at the local store as well and looked at the nutrition information to decide whether it was worth the cost savings. It wasn’t.

  • Report says school food making kids unfit to serve

    WASHINGTON -Too fat to fight? Many American children are so overweight from being fed french fries, pizza and other unhealthy foods at school lunchrooms that they cannot handle the physical rigors of being in the military, a group of retired officers say in a new report. In a report released Tuesday, the group says that…

  • Notable News

    FDA plans to limit amount of salt allowed in processed foods for health reasons. I have never been one to pay attention to the salt content in things. My blood pressure isn’t high, my heart is healthy. I am not known to add salt to my food on a regular basis.  But if you stop…

  • Gang Starr’s Guru Dead At 43 from a cancer related cause

    One of the things I try to never lose sight of is that every day, every where people are battling cancer.  I never gave it much thought day to day until of course it happened to my family.  When we found out about Scotty, Hannah asked me if he was going to die.  I told…