I’ve been looking for an armband to carry my iPhone when we go out to run. I didn’t want anything terribly fancy, just something that would safely hold th iPhone and would be comfortable. I found one: the Grantwood Technology Tuneband armband.
There’s nothing terribly fancy about the Tuneband: it’s essentially a skin for the iPhone [...]
Reviews
For those of us who haven’t exercised much - or at all - in a long time, Beachbody’s Power 90 workout program is an ideal way to get back on the fitness horse, or to climb on for the first time. It’s challenging enough to bring major changes to your body, without being so overwhelming [...]
The other day we got Turbo Jam, another program led by Chalene Johnson of ChaLEAN Extreme fame, and we gave the first segment - Learn and Burn - a try (so I can’t give a complete review here, but will add more as we do the other workouts).
The first thing I’ll say is to reiterate [...]
Tags: Chalene Johnson, Turbo Jam
This one’s for the guys out there (as well as the gals who have guys who need to get in shape), particularly the guys who look at the informercials or other ads for ChaLEAN Extreme and say, “Ahh, that’s just for women!”
Well, I’ve got news for you, buster: unless you’re really primed for the over-the-top [...]
Posted on March 05th, 2009 in Motivation, Reviews
Your first question may be What in the World is WOWY, rather than the question I posed in the title. And I don’t blame you. You may have never heard of WOWY, even if you are familiar with Beachbody and its workout programs.
What is WOWY
WOWY stands for Work Out With You and it is Beachbody’s [...]
I will be starting my last week of ChaLEAN Extreme in three days. I’m amazed at how quickly this 3 month period flew by! I guess that means I was having fun, right? The answer is yes, I was having fun. This has been the most amazing program I’ve done so far. I loved the [...]
While I’ve never considered myself an athlete (with good reason - ha!), I’m also no stranger to exercise and the principles of fitness. I spent many hours in college riding my road bike (usally averaging 100 miles or so per week), as well as doing physical training - PT - in Army ROTC, which was [...]
Posted on March 05th, 2009 in Reviews
As my wife, Jan, and progressed further along in our Beachbody fitness journey, we thought it would be a good idea to get a heart rate monitor to see how hard our hearts were working, and - hopefully! - how well we were recovering.
We went out and bought a heart rate monitor at a local [...]
