Archive for the 'Exercise' Category

Getting fit with a videogame?

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

If you haven’t heard about the Wii Fit videogame, then let me be the one to lay it out for you. After all these years of sitting blissfully motionless on the couch, this new offering by Nintendo attempts to get us off our butts and on to Nintendo’s Wii Fit balance board controller. This new [...]

A fitness club?

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Well, I went out today to look at a new fitness club opening up. I used to belong to Bally’s, but they closed the branch in my area and the nearest one is a half hour drive, so you can imagine how often I’ve been goin. Yeah, I haven’t; hell I can’t AFFORD to go, [...]

A few more tips for exercising in crappy weather

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Well I saw this post and it really resonated with me. Since I live in Ohio (and it has been so cold here the last few days I think the squirrels have frozen. Seriously, I haven’t seen any.) exercising indoors during the winter when I can’t afford expensive equipment is always a challenge.
I especially liked [...]

Daily exercise, and distance

Friday, December 28th, 2007

Yesterday I realized something interesting. One of my goals is to try to do 30 minutes of cardio exercise (even just a walk) 6 days a week, and 30 minutes of strength training one day a week. From everything I’ve read, the more muscles you build, the more calories you burn - even when you’re [...]

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