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Grounded Fitness

August 17th, 2008

There’s Always More to Learn

Well, based on our past conversation, and watching this feat of amazingness last night, I’ve decided to give running another shot.
I decided that since I know for a fact now that it’s a mental block that keeps me from running, I can’t use it as an excuse anymore. So, since this is summer in Seattle, which means […]

By Kelly Turner -- 7 comments

August 14th, 2008

Q and A: One For Me and One For You, Dear Readers

Rachel sent me this question:
Can someone just not be “good” at running? I have tried and tried and tried for the last couple months to work up my endurance and speed and it just isn’t happening. I am lucky to get a ten minute mile and even then I do intervals (2 minutes running & 1 […]

By Kelly Turner -- 14 comments

August 13th, 2008

Q and A: How Long for Results?

I got this question from Danielle yesterday:
so I was wondering if you need to increase or decrease calories when trying to turn fat to muscle and how often/how much should you lift to tone and turn fat to muscle? And since I’m impatient how long should I wait to expect results?
This is one of those […]

By Kelly Turner -- 6 comments

July 31st, 2008

Depending on How You Look at It…

it’s good or bad news.  Scott over at Health and Men has put up this post about how the daily minimum requirement for cardiovascular exercise has been raised to 55 minutes for health gains, instead of 30 for the obese.
If 30 minutes seemed daunting, almost doubling it will surely send the apprehensive workout-er running for […]

By Kelly Turner -- 5 comments

July 9th, 2008

Distraction is…Uh…What Was I Talking About?

We are living in the age of distraction. Cars with TVs in them? Seriously? Ipods and phones you can watch movies on? Is it normal to unexpectedly need to kill 2 hours? If so, I need a vacation.
I bet this very post is distracting you from work right now, isn’t it?
As I write this, my […]

By Kelly Turner -- 22 comments