Ask The Trainer

Filed Under (Mico Fitness) by Admin on 29-03-2010

We received an email this week from a reader asking whether they should perform steady-state cardio before or after strength training.

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Fitness Advice: Do you Walk Your Own Talk? (Giveaway Post!!!)

Filed Under (Equipment Experiments) by Admin on 29-03-2010


Today Charlotte’s roulette of unfortunate personal experiences is brought to you by the number one most feared word of fit folk everywhere. Nope, it’s not “thong”. Nor is it “Richard Simmons”. (Because that’s two words and, also, I happen to love him and his dance-tight clad legs.) It’s also not “Whirlpool closed for cleaning” although that really does strike terror into my heart because you know it’s not just routine maintenance that would shut down a jacuzzi in the middle of a busy gym day; you can bet your sparkly Richard Simmons branded thong (with attached tights) that bodily fluids are on the lam. (True story: One of the Gym Buddies recently witnessed a woman popping her man’s bacne in the hot tub. There just isn’t enough chlorine in the world to make that ok.)

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