Our Coach stood at the front of the room at the whiteboard at our introductory class, checkmarking and printing and unleashing a whirling blur of information: power, output, full-body movements, paleo diet.  I'd been listening earnestly till then but then my mind stalled out and refused to absorb: Diet, I thought,  A fad diet and I'm not so sure about the whole Caveman premise. I thought: I'll work out here, I like the premise of full-out, strong, short workouts and this seems right up our adrenaline-fuelled, mildly masochistic sensibilities  -- but I'll keep eating what I'm eating.  I've been seeing good results ... [More]

I love going to the health food store. I feel like a wizard collecting regents to cast spells...night sage, spiders silk, muscle milk! (wtf). There are brilliantly colored lineups of pills and powders with flexing giants hulking on the labels. It's like a socially accepted opium den for fit people! But seriously... I know very little about supplements and powders and the right mix for me has been an experiment in trial and error. Right now, I'm drinking protein shakes twice a day between meals: a mix of three different brands: ISO Sensation (chocolate fudge and Cafe Brazil) GNC Well Being Be Buff and ISO Femme Vanilla (Kristin's, but the... [More]

I work in digital advertising, and I received a call from an earnest entrepreneur several weeks ago, looking to advertise his innovative and exciting new project, one that all women would love. It's simple, he said, it's so simple and yet revolutionary. And he went on to explain: it's a holder that seamlessly snaps on to your exercise equipment.  You can put your magazine on it, but it's robust and sturdy: you can also put your laptop on it to do work while you ride or run or climb!  You could even put a Kindle, maybe a small TV.  The possibilities are endless. My mind started spinning.  Dude, how much better would a w... [More]