Workout Video: Lunges Part I

Throughout the next month, I’m going to post a four-part video series on lunges. I love these because they work all your upper leg muscles and you can do them anywhere. Over the course of the series, I’ll show you a number of different types of lunges so you can keep your workouts fresh and [...]

Why The Biggest Loser Sends a Positive Message

The finale of the ninth The Biggest Loser season airs tonight and all the negative Nellies are out in full force saying the show is unrealistic and sends the wrong message to Americans. Not I. The other day I had a personal training client tell me “When I saw those guys running a marathon, I [...]

Video: Back Exercise Using Bands

Exercise bands are great because they’re inexpensive and you can use them anywhere. This is the first of lots of exercise I’ll show you that use  bands. For this exercise, you’ll need to put the band around something very stable, like a column in your basement or around a strong banister.  You could also have [...]

More Tips For Beginning Runners

As promised, here’s the follow up to my last post, Five Tips for Beginning Runners. One issue that’s bound to come up with running is that it can be hard on the body and care needs to be taken to avoid injury or discomfort. Potential problems include Achilles tendonitis, knee pain, foot pain, shin splints, [...]

How To Do A Squat

The squat is one of the best strength building exercises for all the major muscles in your legs, including your hamstrings, quadriceps, and glutes. It’s also one of the most misperformed (is that a word or is it along the lines of Roger Clemens’ “misremembered”?) exercises. Performing a squat incorrectly can lead to serious injury [...]

2010 Bronx River Parkway Bicycle Sundays

Today was the first of 11 Sundays during this spring, summer, and fall when Westchester County officials close the Bronx River Parkway to cars and open it up to joggers, bicyclists, inline skaters, and walkers. The scenic 13.1-mile round-trip stretch of open roadway runs from Westchester County Center in White Plains to Scarsdale Road in [...]

Video: Lower Back Exercise

OK, folks, don’t think I didn’t notice that far fewer of you viewed this video when it was in the Tip of the Week spot than my sexier videos, like Three Ab Exercises. I would have thought you’d wonder why in the world I was sprawled out on my stomach, but I guess you just [...]

Fitness Events: Five Reasons to Sign Up

As I promised yesterday in my Run For the Wild 5K post, here are five reasons you should sign up to participate in a fitness event. 1. Motivation What better way to motivate yourself than to commit to an event? You paid the registration fee and told all your friends you’re doing it. If you [...]

Run For The Wild 5K

Yesterday I participated in a great fitness event, the Run For the Wild 5K at the Bronx Zoo. I ran through the main trail at the zoo along with over 5,000 enthusiastic participants on a sunny morning and then got to enjoy a free breakfast and all the exhibits (the sea lions were my favorite). [...]

Five Tips For Beginning Runners

Fitness has been a part of my life for decades, but I’m definitely a novice runner, as you might have already learned from reading I Call Myself a Runner. I’m really enjoying this new running lifestyle; I’m managing my weight and stress levels and getting outside. It also doesn’t hurt that running costs nothing and [...]

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