Practical Fitness
There’s a lot of talk about different types of fitness. …
A Little Review of Woo
I’ll just say it up front: I’m not a fan …
Tara the Fierce Spin Instructor’s Fitness Story
Tara Busch combines musicality and HIIT for incredible spin results. …
Hype Silver Lake: Finally, a True Neighborhood Spin Studio!
I’ve written in the past about my love for spinning …
Feel The Afterburn: HIIT and Tabata
HIIT and Tabata: burn more calories in less time (but …
A Shot At Weight Loss
This site may say Fem 40 Fitness, but in reality …
Is the Gym Giving Me Pestilence and Disease?
In an attempt to save some money on more expensive spin and aerial classes, I joined my cozy local gym about six months ago. I mostly use the gym for cardio and floor work, since I get plenty of upper bodywork doing aerial. Unfortunately, I’m not sure the gym is good...
All I Want for the Holidays: The Exercise Tights That Fit
I am really hard on my exercise gear. Seriously, sometimes I work out twice a day. My exercise clothing gets beyond sweaty. That so-called “stink free technology” Athleta was flogging recently is bogus; I stink plenty. The washing machine at my home gets a pretty...
Fitness in the Time of Choleric Rhetoric
Like many of my fellow Americans, I was shocked and devastated by last week’s election results. Although I live in California, a very blue state, I am having a ton of anxiety over the future. I cannot and will not normalize the election results; Trump might end up...
Extreme Exercise Can Mean Extreme Silliness
There’s nothing funny about the Ironman. We have a place in Kona, where the Ironman begins and ends every year. It’s an explosion of the greatest, toughest athletes on earth, all descending upon what is essentially a cozy small town. They reward Kona with revenue and...
The Total B.S. Behind Keep A Breast: Pick Your Breast Cancer Charities Wisely
Every October it’s the same: an avalanche of pink products rain down online and beyond, all under the umbrella of finding a cure for breast cancer. It’s a laudable goal, except that so much of it is complete and utter b.s.. Take, for instance, the latest sweetheart of...
Fitness Self Care: Getting a Flu Shot
Note: I’m not a doctor or a scientist. I used the Center for Disease Control (CDC) website as my main source for flu shot information. As you may have guessed, this site is pro-science and pro-vaccine, and I will not apologize for that in any way. You are free...
Lack of Exercise and the Noonday Demon
Originally published 1/20/2016 It started about two months ago. I woke up in the morning, and things seemed dimmer. Less defined, blurry around the edges, leached of color and contrast. Well, it’s just an off day, I thought. Tomorrow will be better. It wasn’t. This...
Bouncing Back to Fitness After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Part 1
This is the first in a three part series about Lisa’s journey as an extremely fit woman over 40, diagnosed with breast cancer. My name’s Lisa and I’m about 3 months out from a bilateral mastectomy with lymph node removal on my left side. I’m a single mom, I have a...
Fitness is Relative: How A Walk Kicked My Butt
Here’s an observation: fitness is totally relative. What seems like fit to me might not be fit to you. And vice versa. A true test of fitness is engaging in a new activity, not on the normal workout agenda. Did it kick your butt? I’ve been struggling with my workout...
All F’D Up: 9 Questions Answered By L.A. Fitness Instructor Miz Shawna
I first heard of Miz Shawna as a top instructor at Pop Physique, an LA based barre class. Eventually, she decided to go her own way and started her own class, All F'd Up, held at a dance space in Glassell Park. Her class is a proprietary blend of dance, funk, barre...