If you're prone to endless Googling, it's easy to be overwhelmed by the amount of information and advice on fitness. Profit motive drives the endless variation of devices (Bowflex, Thighmaster, Shake Weight) fitness fads (Zumba, Kettlebells, Ropes) and training regimens. You don't need a pile of a equipment or a gym membership to get fit. However, varying your activity can stave off boredom. Also, a lot of the new approaches to fitness are really fun. Anything beats 45 minutes on the…Read more→
Five Great Fitness Resources
The Shortcut Principle
We all hear advice like "Live and learn," "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again," and "fail faster" (common in the world of business startups, and a good approach to dating). And often, this is good advice. In many cases, to succeed at something requires persistent, sustained and focused effort. But sometimes you should quit. Sometimes you should throw in the towel. Or, stated more positively, take a shortcut.
It's well known that it's often easier to spot and evaluate others'…Read more→
A Woman’s Perspective: Dating Fumbles (Marni Kinrys)
I’ve had my fair share of awful dates, and to prevent yourself from becoming a Tale From The Dating-Crypt, make sure you learn from where these guys went wrong!
1. The Initial Interaction
Throughout our date, Mike went on and on about how much he hated his job, his coworkers, his car, his apartment, his neighbors, the drink he just ordered!
In fact, I don’t think he asked me one question about myself the entire time, also a big no-no!
I felt slighted and instead of interrupting his…Read more→
Make Your Workout Count: Get a Plan
I cannot count the number of people I've seen fumbling in the gym. At best, many are doing exercises half-heartedly with no clear goal. At worst, they're moving in a way that will lead to injury. Just like writing a paper for college, changing your oil, or building a deck, you need a clear plan with steps and goals.
First, make injury prevention your goal #1
Injuries suck, and can keep you away from the exercise, sports or active hobbies you've come to enjoy. Keep a strong focus on using…Read more→
Texting is Ruining Your Dating Life
Back in "The Olden Days"
For those of you too young to remember the pre-web, pre-smartphone era, it used to be that if you wanted to ask a woman out, you'd have to get her phone number and call her. No hiding behind the witty barbs of text messaging, or the measured, non-real-time exchange of emails on OkCupid or Gmail, but the nervous fingers dialing those precious digits she scribbled on the back of a napkin, a scrap of paper, or your Chemistry 201 folder.
"Uh hi, uh—Cindy? This is…Read more→