I get so irked by misleading fitness class descriptions that wreak of pseudoscientific claims! There are classes that promise a “Fat burning cardio workout,” (whatever that means) to a special strength training class for older women that recommends 3 pound weights, (excuse me - my briefcase weighs about 12 pounds!), to the possibility of “Flattening your […]

A client says to me, “I was bad this week. I only ran twice.” Another client berates herself for only going to yoga class this week, while another one constantly says, “I am so out of shape.” Then there is the client who didn’t keep a food log during a busy week, over ate and is ready to […]

Snow in October???? Isn’t it a bit early for a winter day in mid-October? We hardly had a summer and now we are barely having a fall. Yesterday at 5:00 or so I looked out my window and saw huge snowflakes descending from the sky. I thought at first that it wasn’t snow. However, a second long […]

There are road races throughout the country devoted to Halloween. Take the ”Halloween Hustle 5K, where people run in costume and maybe get a goody bag filled with treats - healthy I suppose.  In the past I would have been one of those people who would run for candy or run to expend the calories consumed over Halloween.
Now I have a different […]