Get Fit Slowly

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I came home from the driving range the other day and was greeted by my little girl as I jumped out of the truck.  When I first saw the door open, I thought it was my wife so I […]

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This post is a guest post from Trent Hamm, who writes The Simple Dollar, a popular personal finance blog.
One of the biggest challenges for me in getting motivated to get in shape is setting goals. I have a hard time setting realistic goals that challenge me but don’t leave me feeling dead tired and […]

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Greenman2001 sent me e-mail the other day:
We haven’t heard much about your workouts in the blog lately, and I’m curious how they’re going.
I haven’t written much about my workouts recently because I’m trying to “mix it up”. I think a blog full of workout reports would be boring, so I also write about pouring salt […]

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On Wednesday, I wrote about what motivates me to get out of the house and head for the gym. It seems that J.D. and I have done enough trash talking via email and IM to sufficiently motivate both of us for a while–at least in terms of exercising.
I recently read this article about pedometers–you […]

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Last week I wrote about some odd ways to improve your health. I was particularly dismissive of the Neit pot, which allows a person to perform nasal irrigation. “My logical mind just doesn’t see any reason this would be beneficial to health,” I wrote.
Tons of Get Fit Slowly readers wrote to share their experiences, and […]

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Pam recently told me that Martha Stewart sometimes says, “Tidiness begets tidiness.” Last night, after the kids went to bed, we spent about 45 minutes cleaning up the house. Later on, I told Pam, “We made a good dent in the housework tonight, we should do that every night.” Maybe there’s something […]

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My sister-in-law called the other night. “Make sure to watch NOVA this week,” she told me. “It’s about the science of marathons.” So I watched. And took notes.

NOVA’s Marathon Challenge didn’t contain a lot that was new to me. I’m aware of how hard running can be on your body, and I’m aware that it […]

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Ever since Pam and I moved to Oregon, we’ve been bombarded with advertising from Sonic: America’s Drive Thru. Their commercials are pretty funny, often depicting two people sitting in their car bantering back and forth about the food they’re eating. But what really makes me drool (literally) is the splash images of their […]

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Because I didn’t want to bore you guys with yet another marathon training report, this week I decided to bore the readers of my personal site instead. Quick summary: yesterday

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At her personal site, Mac’s wife — Coach Pam — has the story of her recent 20-mile race. She’s a life-long runner. Reading her story gives me insight into the mind of a veteran. I particularly like her approach to the end of the race, where she keeps telling herself she can walk in a […]

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