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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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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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) [...]
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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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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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 [...]
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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