I did it. I finally bought the shoes that look like feet. Vibram Five Fingers Or sometimes known as frog shoes. Or just shoes that look like feet. I’ve been working out barefoot for over three years now. When I can’t workout barefoot,  I wear a thin soled shoe like Converse or my New Balance […]

It’s over! The video shoot that we’ve been preparing for non-stop wrapped last Friday.  We had an amazing time and you can read about it and see pictures over at New School Nomads. While I enjoy health and fitness being a part of creative projects gives me an unexplainable energy and satisfaction. But back to […]

If you have read my blog for any length of time you know that I love to workout barefoot.   Not only is it the safest way to lift kettlebells, I love the feeling of my toes digging into the grassy earth.  When it’s warm.  When it’s dry. When it’s clean. Since the ground is […]

Prologue Waaaaay back in May, before California decided it would have winter all summer long, there was a girl who bought the Bodybugg V3 and digital display from a 24 Hour Fitness gym because she was too impatient to have it delivered by mail.  Less than 30 days later she contacted Apex to return her […]

Yes, I received my bands and ball for free.  That doesn’t keep me from being honest. Using my Oxygenfit toner in my fancy garage gym to aid my pull-ups. While I don’t use exercise bands regularly (except for the above exercise which is my favorite way to work up to pull ups) they are perfect […]

Over Christmas break, I finally got around to watching Food Inc. and last night I read this article about Monsanto’s GMO corn being linked to organ failure.  If you haven’t seen Food Inc. I’d like to suggest you do.  It’s powerful, thought provoking, and it might even change your perspective on food or make you […]

I bought The Sugar Addict’s Total Recovery Program  by Kathleen DesMaisons a few years ago when I was feeling really desperate. While I don’t agree with everything in the book it is a fanatastic resource for those who feel like their dependency on sugar may be related to their depression or getting in the way […]

I want to start doing the occasional review and I only felt it fitting to start with what I think is the one of the best books on fitness out there, Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength by Bill Phillips. . I had my first exposure to weight training about 5 […]

The other day while shopping at Costco I saw a really great deal for a gym membership to 24 Hour Fitness that I thought I’d let you know about in case you are thinking about joining a gym.  It’s a 2 year adult membership for $289.88, which works out to about $12 dollars a month. […]

I’m in the zone completing a HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) on the treadmill.  My legs are burning from lactic acid build up.  I have 30 seconds left of a sprint before I can walk.  I’m into the groove because I’m listening to Madonna.  Then all of the sudden I’m taken out of the groove because my earphone […]