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Fueling Your Student Athlete
To perform at their best, young athletes need to be educated on how to fuel their bodies. Day after day my mother picked me up early from school to head to the gym. On the way we stopped at McDonalds...
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What Can We Learn When Our Heroes Fall
Lance Armstrong reminds us of the common traps of ultra success. I saw the recap on the news of the 15th anniversary celebration of the Livestrong Foundation. The founder, Lance Armstrong, took the...
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The Evolving Swimmer: Beautiful Bubbles
Swimming is for all ages and deserves to be a part of everyone's fitness regimen for life long health. Welcome to “The Evolving Swimmer” 6 part series! Designed for any swimmer who isn’t totally...
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The Evolving Swimmer: Smooth Strokes
It's much easier to master basic stroke technique in the beginning than try to correct bad habits later on. Welcome to Part II of “The Evolving Swimmer” series. Missed Part I? Click here. I learned to...
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The Evolving Swimmer: Drill It
Drills get a bad wrap but they actually bring focus and break up the monotony of a swim workout. Welcome to Part III of “The Evolving Swimmer” series. Missed Part I & II? Click here. Rarely do I...
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The Evolving Swimmer- Workouts for Speed
Swim workouts should be more than just staring at a black line lap after lap. Welcome to Part IV of “The Evolving Swimmer” series. To view previous posts in the series, click here. Don’t like to swim...
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The Evolving Swimmer- Workouts for Endurance
Focus on maintaining form over a longer interval to build up stamina and overall fitness. Welcome to Part V of “The Evolving Swimmer” series. To view previous posts in the series, click here....
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The ABCD Method of New Beginnings
Follow the ABCD method to turn resolutions into life long habits. A new year, a new you? At least for a few weeks, eh? The gyms are packed. Personal trainers are working their own tushies off. Sparks...
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I'm revealing the five key tools I've used to maintain a healthy lifestyle for 25 years. In my recent post, The ABCD Method of New Beginnings, I acknowledged the power of fresh starts. Declaring...
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The Evolving Swimmer: Total Immersion
Total Immersion swimming has its place in the pool. Welcome to Part VI of “The Evolving Swimmer” series. Missed Part I ~ V? Click here. To conclude this series, I’ll introduce you to a method of...
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What We Can Learn When Our Heroes Fall [re-post]
SPECIAL POST: This post initially appeared on FITskitz.com on 10/22/12. In light of Lance Armstrong’s confession this evening to Oprah Winfrey that he did in fact use performance enhancing drugs to...
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Lance Armstrong- Behind the Handsome Face
Lance Armstrong's interview with Oprah Winfrey was revealing and disturbing. I watched the televised interviews intently. Lance Armstrong was one of my favorite athletes. Not only did I tell my...
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Jackets for Wind, Rain & Cold
Skitz Picks Need a jacket so you can workout outdoors? Train in all kinds of weather? You can go bonkers looking at all the options on-line! Let me save you the trouble. Being the gear goddess that I...
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Hoo Rag
Skitz Pick Simplicity works for the Hoo-Rag™! I was contacted by Hoo-Rag™ and asked if I would be willing to receive one of their products for review on my website. It sounded interesting so I agreed....
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Exercise Apathy
Even after years of working out, no one is immune to a break-in. Lately working out every morning has been a struggle. A mental battle with myself. I just don’t feel like heading to the gym, sweating,...
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The Anatomy of Discipline
This discipline dissection is designed to help you train your own Gazoo. Meet Gazoo! He’s your new best friend! Gazoo and I became acquainted when I was a child watching the Flintstones cartoon. Gazoo...
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Yoga & Creativity
This is a guest post by Dr. David Kulla. Creativity is required of all of us. We need it to do our jobs well, raise our children properly, and to create– whether writing, decorating, cooking or...
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The Eye of the Runner: The Boston Marathon 2013
PERPETRATORS BEWARE! You messed with a tribe of determined individuals who don't stop until their work is finished! Today was business as usual. Up at 4:30am, made my daughter’s lunch, went to the...
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My New Favorite Fuel! Honey Stinger Waffles
Skitz Pick I’ve seen these “waffles”on shelves at sporting good stores for awhile but thought they sounded horrible. When I think of waffles, I think of soft, moist and doughy. Not exactly what I’m...
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3 Secrets to Increasing Your Flexibility
Flexibility isn't about punishment but about freedom of movement. The term “stretching” stirs debate among fitness professionals. Some think stretching prevents injury. Others argue it increases the...
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