Emily Bloss

The instructor (Jenn) set up a bunch of stations and we spent two minutes at each station. We did stuff like situps on the balance ball, mountainclimbers, reverse mountainclimbers (those were really hard), moving kettlebells around, walking lunges, about 7 or 8 other things. I got a really good, total-body workout today!

Recently I discovered a blog, by Jon Barron, which seems to have a lot of good advice on health and well-being. Here’s one article in particular I found interesting:

Intense Exercise Slashes Diabetes Risk

Now that I’m exercising on a regular basis (and even getting used to getting sweaty!), perhaps I’ll try to add in some High-intensity Interval Training (HIT). Anybody out there have experience with this type of training?

Today in one of my newsletters, I got an interesting article:

Best Yoga Poses for Women

I think I’m going to try it! It’ll help mix up my workout and add some interest. I’ve been wanting to try yoga for a long time – I have a book that I bought years ago but never got past the intro. Now that I’m exercising nearly every day, it will be good for variety.

Update! Here’s another workout I want to do, to get a nice backside:

Sculpt Your Butt from Women’s Health Magazine

Oh and here’s an article with little things you can do to help lose or keep off excess weight, from Health.com:

20 Little Ways to Drop the Pounds and Keep Them Off