….by guest writer Amanda Kaestner “Not only is yoga excellent for flexibility, but it is also a great tool for longevity and injury prevention, as it allows for internal body awareness.”       -Kyle Shewfelt

“You fight and fight. Get every ball back, run every ball down and never, ever doubt.” –Sloane Stephens Up and coming Professional Tennis star Sloane Stevens is approaching age 22 in 2015, and her quote above tells me Ms. Stephens knows tennis, and knows about the “bigger game” we’re all playing. Sloane is one of […]

Above: Nike "Hyperstrong" Impact Resistant Workout-Practice Gear (I also noticed a college basketball player wearing this under his jersey….interesting)   Just a "Fit-Spiration",  "Made for Browsing", co-ed article that popped in my head, of some of the latest "cool stuff" in fitness apparel and accessories. We all know cool gear can be good motivation to […]

….teams up with Ali Krieger for a “PARTNER POWER” Workout !!! Nike Training Club is an Apple (or Droid) based app, a variety of workout routines straight from professional athletes and other “famous people”. It can be downloaded to choose workout routines, set fitness goals, monitor calories burned, share results with others, and much more!!!

photo credit AquaStudioNY Tribecca Website The idea of aqua spinning, alone, raises many questions: What does one wear to class? What is the temperature of the water? Do you sweat heavily? Is that sanitary? And these are all fair concerns about a workout routine that, until now, has been relatively under the radar and only […]

It's time again…….to bring another Fifty, Fit, and Fabulous player onto my growing squad of amazing 50 and over ladies. Her "teammates" on the Fifty, Fit, and Fabulous squad (linked at the bottom of the article), are all inspiring women (to all of us), proof that the ages old saying is real, in that "Age […]

Okay sports fans, Lolo Jones is beautiful…let's throw that out there and move on, so we can get down to business. I remember her from her beginnings as a professional track athlete, hearing of her story of  a very rough upbringing, never really having a real home, having to work hard for everything she has […]

                   2012                                       2014 ______________________________________________________ This is an important article for me to write for a couple of reasons. First, I admit I'm obsessed with "The Art of the Blog", with my perfectly sculpted food and people, like all those buffed bods'  in my "Body Slideshows". However, in spite of "The Art of the Blog", I […]

Misty Copeland, 34 years young [in Sept 2016],  is an American ballet dancer….. …and is [though disputed] the first African American female soloist for the American Ballet Theater. Disputed because, lest they be forgotten, and reporting as a true historian, we have to make note of Anne Benna Sims and Nora Kimball (Nora is  Black/Asian)…… […]

Nike Training Club is an Apple (or Droid) based app, a variety of workout routines straight from professional athletes and other "famous people", that can be downloaded to choose workout routines, set fitness goals, monitor calories burned, share results with others, and much more. The 27 year old, Lea Michele, has such an inspirational perspective […]

Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics and music, and is sometimes referred to as "a game". It was developed in Brazil mainly by African descendants with native Brazilian influences, probably beginning in the 16th century.

Nike Training Club is an Apple (or Droid) based app, a variety of workout routines straight from professional athletes, that can be downloaded to choose workout routines, set fitness goals, monitor calories burned, share results with others, and much more. Serena Williams' Nike Training Club app shows the positive benefits of Core Training…….

I wrote about HIT (High Intensity Training) in a previous article called "Bulking Up vs. Slimming Down: When it comes to workouts, more is less and less is more". The theory, which seems to be catching on, is that the shorter and more intense routines put on muscle and get one more "cut" (think of […]

Aw man!!! I tried this for the first time today, and had to rush home to write about it. This is an awesome exercise!!!!

A.J. Johnson is 54 as of January 2, 2017. Thus, I officially grant her membership into my Elite Club, (see all the ladies in the  links at the bottom)…. We must have been twins separated at birth, A.J. Johnson was the lady who actually inspired me to start my website. We both have that endless […]

Geez……… I was kinda half joking when I apologized for having no "eye candy" for my female readers (the majority of my followers BTW), when I posted the "all female hottie" post, Body Part 5, a.k.a. "She's Strange". I just casually said I would create a post for the ladies after you guys sent me […]

The term "She's Strange" tried to take root back in the 1990's, as a compliment, when a guy would consider a woman different, eclectic, eccentric, out of the norm in style/personality/dress/hair and otherwise, sometimes excessively tattooed, but not "scary", and all in all still sexy and appealing for some "Strange" reason.

"Women sit or move to and fro, some old, some young, The young are beautiful, but the old are more beautiful than the young." –Walt Whitman As much as I love inspiring people for the sake of health and wellness, it is still a thrill when I am inspired, as often happens when I run […]

….the short answer is no. The ridiculously "man looking" female bodybuilders are on steroids, "juicing" as they call it. There is no way the average woman could get that absurdly huge from only lifting weights. It is possible for a woman to find her arms, back, legs, or any body part getting more muscular than […]

Try one new thing a month, like walking up the two or three flights of stairs instead of taking the elevator. ~stay healthy~

Okay, I don't wanna see any "pouting" from the fans of my "Body" series, having eagerly awaited that next batch of  female "Sassy, Steamy, Sexy, Sixpacks"……. ….. or those male "Bulging Bronze Booming Biceps" . For this "Body" segment, the spectacular Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater dancers will remind us why we look at photos […]

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This batch of Hardbodies is gonna finish that workout, jump in the shower, and as Jay-z says in the hot track below, "Change Clothes". "I need the space to say whatever I like "   — Jay-Z