Fashion Flash New Year’s Edition

  It’s time to celebrate the new year, so why not do it in style!   Get fashion tips for the big celebration, learn how to look like a celebrity, suggestions for what to eat and drink during the holidays and of course, make sure your skin looks the best it can for the new … Continued

How to Do a Modified Burpee Pull Up

If you’ve been following my blog then you know that I’ve been doing lots and lots of burpees. I love burpees. Then I discovered the burpee pull up. Can it get any better? (Yes! Stay tuned for a one up on the burpee pull up…) I know the burpee and the pull up are really … Continued

Muscle = Sexy

Ladies, I wanted to give you some tips for building a sexy body. For the most part, everything that goes into building a sexy body for a man is pretty much applicable for the ladies. The thing is, I need to do a ‘soft sell’ on the muscle building tips when I speak to women … Continued

Which Way to the Beach?

I took my kids on a pre-Christmas trip to California. Last year we came to Cali and experienced the most rain that the state had received in about 10 years, (thank you very much Mother Nature). Even so, we decided to make what will be an annual trip to California and enjoy better weather.   … Continued

The Best Workout…

Time is tight over the holidays…     Scratch that, time is tight all the time, but especially over the holidays.   And, there’s usually double to triple the amount of opportunity to indulge in excess calories during the holiday season.     I’ve talked about the main thing that makes you fat (insulin) and … Continued

Which Way to the Beach?

Want a real challenge? Go on a holiday with two teenagers…   I have a 14 year-old boy and a 17 year-old girl. If you didn’t already know this, teenage boys love to embarrass their teenage sisters. One effective way to do this is by making farting noises in public. This of course is much … Continued

Fashion Flash!

This week you’ll find lots of amazing beauty and styling tips from my favorite bloggers. Check it out here.   How do you get the shine back in your dull, aging hair? Find out at Fabulous after 40!   In a never-ending battle of fighting cellulite, find out from Fab Over Forty if cellulite creams … Continued

Do’s and Don’ts of Holiday Eating

Santa: All I want for Christmas is to maintain my weight…would it be too much to ask to drop a pound or two? Especially since I’ve been extra ‘good’?   Wouldn’t it be great if it were that easy? Just ask Santa to ‘hold the weight’ or, since it’s better to ‘give than receive’, perhaps just … Continued

How to Do 10 Chin Ups

I want to talk about how to get 10 chin ups.   You might go to the chin up bar and get as many as you can and then you just end up failing.     One way to increase your chin ups is to use the lat pull down machine if you have access … Continued

One Legged Burpee Circuit

It turns out I’m sorta fickle…   I hate to say it, but the burpee has lost just a little of his pizazz….       Sure, he still makes me weak at the knees and outta breath, but since adding 50 burpees a day into my workout for a few weeks now, I’m getting … Continued