For a girl who hates winter as much as I do, moving to the Land of Eternal Winter (a.k.a. Minnesota, The State That Might As Well Be Canada) may not have been the best idea. While I love snow and adore Christmas, the combination of super-cold temps and very short days have a drastic effect on my mood. My problem first started in Seattle where while it doesn’t have the Dementor’s Kiss-esque cold that Minnesota does, it is far enough north to have precious few daytime hours – hours that are besmirched by constant cloud cover. Come October, I’d feel the anxiety begin to ramp up every day around dusk and an inexplicable irritation with every member of my household. November brought zombie-eyed apathy and a fierce desire to sit in the one warm spot in our house and not move, causing me to neglect basic necessities like laundry and keeping a kid from shoving red craft balls up his nose that could only be removed by a doctor with a special tool (he wanted to be Rudolph, see). By December, unless the kids need something I’m pretty much living full-time in front of said heating vent and craving simple carbs. And by January I’m fully and officially depressed. I have SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), a depressive state brought on by the lack of light in the wintertime that afflicts millions of people worldwide.
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Filed Under (Mico Fitness) by Admin on 21-10-2009
Reader Gay Y. submitted a question regarding running so I thought who better to chime in than CFB friend Nicol Akins, an 8 time All Big 8 Runner out of the University of Missouri-Columbia.
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This proprietor is obviously the victim of some seriously bad advice. Read the rest of this entry »
Armageddon has arrived. I know it is the end times because I currently have this sitting on my counter:
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Filed Under (Mico Fitness) by Admin on 19-10-2009
I ran all of the entry’s through the random number generator and the winner of the Gymboss Interval Timer is …
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Yeah, I’m singin’ em’, because winter has come early!!! Wha happen??? OMG!It was snowing in New Jersey yesterday! This is not a pic of that actual snow, but OMG!!I’m not waking up super early anymore, opting instead to snuggle in the bed under two, deliciously thick comforters until the very last second! Morning exercise is the last thing on my mind!I’m also starting to crave hot chocolate,
In Colorado, an insurance company recently denied a baby health care coverage because of a pre-existing condition. Setting aside the question of if it is physically possible for an infant to have a pre-existing condition and what implications that holds for uteruses everywhere, you are probably wondering what condition was so horrible that a child so new his skin was still pruney would be denied insurance. You see, 4-month-old Alex Lange is “obese.”
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Filed Under (Mico Fitness) by Admin on 14-10-2009
If you’re looking to burn more calories, improve your cardiovascular fitness, break a plateau, or increase workout duration, interval training should be part of your workout program.
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