Would you hire a personal trainer (PT) if he/she were out of shape?  I know I wouldn’t.  I have a motto that I use: “I don’t take advice from anyone that’s in worse shape than I am.” The personal trainer I’m referring to actually works at the gym I belong to.  He’s actually a very [...]

I had a lengthy discussion with a distance runner at the gym the other day. The guy can run effortlessly for 8 to 10 miles. He just runs at a pace of 8-10 mph with great form at a constant rate without a sip of water. He sweats like a pig, mind you. Listen, I’m [...]

In my previous post I mentioned about my portable hard drive I used for my backups. Well that crapped out and I went out and purchased an even more portable, USB powered, drive. My last drive was a 500 GB drive that required a power supply to power it. The new one has an additional [...]

For those of you who read this blog, you must be interested in either getting into shape, losing weight, building muscle, running faster/longer, etc. If that’s the case, logon and make a post to The Fitnesspaige Forum. You have nothing to lose (except some unwanted pounds). Then come follow me on Twitter, as this is [...]

This post has nothing to do with losing weight or any fitness for that matter. I’m actually just annoyed that I couldn’t backup my local drive and I’m just venting. You see, I purchased a Western Digital 500 gb external hard drive less than 2 years ago and have been backing up my computer since [...]

For the last couple of weeks, I haven’t been drinking as much coffee as usual on the way to my losing weight regimen. Every morning, I’d make a 20 ounce cup of coffee for my one hour drive to the gym. For the past few years, I’d drink all of it by the time I [...]