Girls Gone Violent

Filed Under (Equipment Experiments) by Admin on 18-09-2009


Check out this snippet I uncovered in which a popular celebrity talks about arguing with their significant other:
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6 Surefire Ways to Increase Your Metabolism

Filed Under (Mico Fitness) by Admin on 17-09-2009

I’m pleased to introduce CFB readers to guest poster, Mary Ward.

If you’re overweight, you can bet that your metabolism is not functioning at its maximum capacity. And, a slow metabolism makes it very difficult to drop that extra weight. One of the keys to weight loss and weight management is increasing your metabolism – or the rate at which your body burns calories.

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Time to Just Quit

Filed Under (Fitness Confessions) by Admin on 17-09-2009

I don’t know about where you live, but here in New York it has become increasingly difficult for smokers of cigarettes and cigars to smoke freely wherever they go.A few years ago, a law was passed that prohibited smoking in restaurants, bars and public enclosed areas like malls and airports. That was just the beginning…After that, a huge tax was placed on cigarettes, and smokers here saw a

Bigger Breakfasts for Smaller Waistlines

Filed Under (Equipment Experiments) by Admin on 17-09-2009

Photo Credit: Natalie Dee

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And The Winner Is …

Filed Under (Mico Fitness) by Admin on 16-09-2009

Thanks to all of you who entered to win the Chobani Greek Yogurt sampler!

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Good News and Bad News

Filed Under (Equipment Experiments) by Admin on 16-09-2009

card courtesy of someecards

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Breaking News: Men Like "Thin and Seductive" Women!

Filed Under (Equipment Experiments) by Admin on 15-09-2009


Researchers from Wake Forest University shocked the world by discovering that men agree on what kind of women they find attractive: “thin and seductive.” Good thing they told me because I’m not sure Hollywood is getting that message across clear enough.

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Ask The Trainer

Filed Under (Mico Fitness) by Admin on 14-09-2009

I received a great question from Mary F. earlier this month in regards to post-workout nutrition and it seems like a great follow-up to last Wednesday’s posting on Meeting Your Protein Requirements.

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Fit Pregnancy: Exercise in the Third Trimester

Filed Under (Equipment Experiments) by Admin on 14-09-2009


32 weeks today! Which means I have 8 weeks left. Unless good karma kicks in – I totally let two people go ahead of me in line at the grocery store as they had way less items than I did; I know, someone saint me – and then I could possibly pop this kid out in 6! I wanted to write something really happy and positive about how continuing to exercise through my whole pregnancy has made this last part a breeze and how I’m still glad I’m Turbokicking butt this late in the game. But. I’m fighting off my third seriously nasty head cold in 6 weeks (and no I don’t think it’s related to the flu shot I got a week ago but rather I have no immune system when I’m pregnant). I’m tired all the time. I have chronic heartburn.

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Want to Play ChickDude?

Filed Under (Equipment Experiments) by Admin on 11-09-2009


When I was a stupid insensitive teenager (please make me feel better and tell me we all went through that phase?), my friends and I used to play a game called ChickDude. The rules were simple: spot someone of an androgynous nature, elbow your friend while hissing chickdudechickdude until they decreed the person to be either a chick or a dude, and then commence giggling. I know. I’m apologizing now.

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