Working out at Planet Fitness is everything it’s advertised to be!  It’s a “no judgement zone” where you are free to choose cardio, fat burning, stretching, or whatever, and where you receive support to fulfill your goals.
Wednesday evening I attended the introductory class in “Designing Your Workout Plan.”  Robert, the personal trainer, asked about my [...]

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Kathy on October 5th, 2008

Planet Fitness just opened a fitness center here in sunny DeLand, Florida, and I am their newest member!
Yup, I joined up Friday afternoon after school. Cost?  $10 per month–actually $10.65 including the tax–plus a $29.00 one-time set-up fee and a $20.00 guarantee of the $10 per month fee for one year.  I signed up for [...]

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Kathy on July 10th, 2008

It’s been three weeks since I fractured my shoulder in a bicycle accident. At this point, I’m up to an hour per day of exercise while my shoulder mends:
1) Stretching: 5 minutes
2) Stationary bike: 1 mile or 4 minutes
3) Walking, both for exercise and for fresh air and sunshine: 30 minutes
4) [...]

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Kathy on February 18th, 2008

What a lovely beach day it was with blue skies and a high of 82!
Breakfast: Fruity Protein Shake, 2 pieces of Applesauce Coffee Cake (See Recipes)
Exercise: At the beach - Boogie Boarding!
Snack: Banana, water
Lunch: 2 pieces of Applesauce Coffee Cake, tuna salad, celery & almond butter
Snack: 1 piece [...]

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Kathy on February 16th, 2008

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.
1 Chronicles 16:34
It’s been a while since I’ve written, but not because I haven’t wanted to. I’ve been tied up with school work, as our state tests are approaching. Also, my dear aunt moved in with us, and we’ve been making [...]

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Kathy on January 25th, 2008

After my last 5-K race, I got a strange sort of pain on the top of my right foot. I asked Dr. Bourne, my chiropractor, why the TOP of the foot might be hurting, and he said it’s usually because of a strain to the muscles on the front of the leg. Sure [...]

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Kathy on January 18th, 2008

People ask me from time to time, “What exactly do you DO at the YMCA?”
One of the best ways to build bone density is weight bearing exercise, so most of what I do at the Y is work out on the Nautilus machines. However, I also walk and run on the treadmill and put [...]

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