http://gobefit.com/blog Combine Fitness & Fun Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:28:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What a great way to launch my blog while recovering from knee surgery.  Yes, it's true fitness professionals can become injured. This happened to me during an exhilarating fall hike in Northampton. Apparently while ascending some steep terrain, I tore my left medial meniscus. I discovered this a week later. While ... http://gobefit.com/blog/?p=4 Imagine that once you were a champion and ranked number one in women's tennis. Until recently, you were plagued with ankle and knee injuries that prevented you from playing in the major tennis events. To make matters more complicated, you are ranked number 81 and playing in this year's 2007 Australian Open. You ... http://gobefit.com/blog/?p=5 How does one deal with and emerge from a crisis? That is the question that is weighing heavily on my mind this week. I normally control my stress through exercise. However, since recovering from knee surgery, I am using other outlets like reading. In an attempt to find answers, I am reading Joan Didion's compelling ... http://gobefit.com/blog/?p=6 I never imagined that I would be blogging about my knee. If my knee could talk, what would it say today?  "Help - get me some fast and permanent relief!" I am in agonizing pain. Eight weeks into my recovery: my knee is stiff, swollen and hurting! How could this be? I was ... http://gobefit.com/blog/?p=7 When I arrived to the hotel the first thing I checked out was the pool. Was I in for a suprise, it was much smaller than the picture advertised on the web site. I thought to myself, "How can I swim in a pool that is three feet deep and about ten ... http://gobefit.com/blog/?p=8 Have you ever feared falling? I have. With the recent ice storm and frigid weather, I have come close to falling more than once. One Saturday morning I barely noticed the black ice awaiting me in front of my house. I suddenly slipped, but was able to regain my balance and ... http://gobefit.com/blog/?p=9 Are you one of those obsessive and meticulous type of exercise fanatics who keeps brief but detailed records of his or her workouts? Or maybe you cringe at the thought of documenting exercise, let alone excercising. Well I admit, I am one of those obsessive types. I find that maintaining an exercise ... http://gobefit.com/blog/?p=10 Happy Spring! What's your fitness goal this Spring season? When setting goals I recommend using this acronym, courtesy of the American Council on Exercise:  S.M.A.R.T =  Small, measurable, attainable, realistic and timebound. For example by May 30th, my primary goal is to get the strength back in my left hip, glute and quads, as I continue ... http://gobefit.com/blog/?p=11 This week is National Health Week. As far as I am concerned - every week is national health week! Newsweek recently featured a compelling cover story entitled "Exercise and the Brain." Yes - it's true exercise can make you smarter. This is something that I have always suspected. I suggest that ... http://gobefit.com/blog/?p=12 1.  "Training is hard work." Training can certainly be hard, but it should not be perceived as work! Good training is challenging, appropriate and enjoyable. For example, I am doing 6 repetitions of 30 second side planks as part of my physical therapy program and it is hard. I am exhausted by the ... http://gobefit.com/blog/?p=13