Pumping iron. Lifting. Weights. Resistance training. Free weights and machines. I am the generation who fell in love with gyms! I loved it and dutifully spent my days at the gym counting sets and reps and adding more and more weight. But after 15 years things began to change. Injuries were stacking up and becoming […]

So what is a BHAG? Well I am going to tell you but first I have to tell you about why it is on my mind… The extent of my daily news intake comes from a quick scan of the local paper while I eat breakfast. Today there were two articles on health and fitness. […]

  I once had a yoga teacher that I adored. She often said, “everyday a different body” meaning that our own bodies were a little different everyday. I find this particularly true with balance. We do balancing exercises everyday in our workouts and some days I think, “I’ve got this!” and other days I think […]

Some fitness organizations may look like they are making up their program as they go. Most facilities actually have a protocol and a philosophy. Here are a few of the best and most common fitness protocols:   TT – Traditional (Resistance) Training Not to be confused with another TT training called Threshold Training, Traditional Training […]

I started being interested in fitness in the early eighties and for most of the years since then I believed everyone should work out an hour a day, alternating days of long cardio with days in the weight room. I sensed there was a better way but couldn’t find it. Fifteen years ago I did […]

Get more out of your cardio workouts and do it in less time!  Are you one of those people who faithfully do long, steady cardio workouts? I see people at the gym running, cycling, stepping, etc, while reading a magazine, or plugged in to TV or iPod and usually with a bored, joyless expression. If […]

We had a company contact us that was interested in promoting FitMania and asked for reviews or testimonials.  I don’t know of anyone in the valley that does reviews for fitness businesses so I sent them the following comments.  These are all e-mails except the last one which was posted on a blog.  I have included […]

I love to wear high heels. Spiky, strappy, sexy 3-4 inchers. My good friend Dr. Randy Lowe, an excellent podiatrist, tells me “just keep wearing them and I will fix your feet later”. I am actually pretty careful about how my shoes fit, how long I wear them and I have a lot of muscle […]

One of the keys to weight loss and overall fitness is to eat, eat, eat! It is not good to be very hungry. When we get hungry we are more likely to reach for the wrong things, especially if we are busy.  It is important to eat just before we are hungry.  That means we eat […]

“Sickness is the vengeance of nature for the violation of her laws.” -Charles Simmons On my website I say, “Society has given us a wealth of knowledge on health, weight & fitness while obscuring the answers we are looking for.”  Here is a sample of the misconceptions that make me craziest.   Lie # 1 […]