We have a winner! Using random.org the winner is Sara P. Please email me laney.cohen (at) gmail (dot) com. For whatever reason I thought it would be a great idea for my first half marathon in  a year or so to be in March. Unfortunately, that means training in the dead of winter. When it [...][...]
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February 1st, 2012 - 10:00 am § in Exercise, Workout Reviews
Revolve Cycle: Barre Ride
When I first moved to the Washington D.C. area I started searching for a cycle studio. The spin classes at my gym were great, but there was something special about walking into the a cycle studio. No one could recommend a good one or even knew of one to try. Luckily, a a little more [...][...]
January 25th, 2012 - 10:00 am § in Exercise, Workout Reviews
Yoga for a Cause: Lululemon’s Children’s Tumor Foundation Fundraiser
Last Sunday, my local Lululemon (Clarendon) hosted an in-store yoga session in support of the Children’s Tumor Foundation. The foundation is dedicated to improving the health and well being of individuals and families affected by the neurofibromatoses (NF). Neurofibromatosis encompasses a set[...]
Is Your Job Making You Fat?
If you’ve ever sat at your desk, eating left over pizza from the day’s earlier meeting for dinner, then you’d probably agree with the recent editorial in the journal PLoS Medicine that says, “Unhealthy eating could legitimately be considered a new form of occupational hazard[...]
January 11th, 2012 - 10:00 am § in Exercise, Workout Reviews
The Most Un-Yogi Yoga Instructor
Tara Stiles has been called the most un-yogi yoga instructor. I read in a NYT article last July that people in the inner yoga circles criticize her emphasis on yoga for weight loss rather than a lifestyle. For me though, her yoga practice makes me feel better and more centered than some of the other[...]
Exercise for how long to burn that?
Johns Hopkins recently conducted a very interesting study: displaying the amount of time you’d need to jog in order to burn off sugary drink calories may be the key to curbing intake. After introducing signs displaying either calorie counts, calorie counts as a percent of recommended daily ca[...]
January 4th, 2012 - 10:00 am § in Exercise, Workout Reviews
Reinvigorated My Love for Spinning
I went through a recent period of loathing spinning. I don’t know if it was that the times were off for the classes or they were just too standard. Then last month, Matt came to Gold’s Gym Clarendon on Tuesday nights and reinvigorated my love for spinning. Last week, even though it was a[...]
How Did I Miss This?
Thankfully NYMag’s Vulture is doing a recap of some of 2011′s best videos, otherwise I would have completely missed this amazingness created by Beyonce to help Michelle Obama’s obesity cause. Seriously, this is probably one of the best tactics I have seen used to fight childhood ob[...]
December Challenge Kinda Falling Short
It can take quite a bit of willpower to go for the healthful food choices when everyone around you has plates filled with cookies and spinach artichoke dip. All the traveling we have done (or at least I have) in the last week didn’t really help much either. That’s not to say healthy items arenâ€[...]
December 14th, 2011 - 10:00 am § in Exercise, Workout Reviews
Getting Fit as a Couple Week 2: Biggest Loser Calorie Knockout Review
We are headed into week 2 of “Get Fit as a Couple” and true to form the hubby has dropped four pounds and I have lost 1.5 pounds. It isn’t like I needed to lose a ton of weight or any weight at all. I just needed to firm up again, but it is amazing [...][...]
