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Is Your Diet Derailing Your Workouts?
Working out is often seen as a free pass to eat whatever we want. And why not? A one hour ride can burn up to 600 calories. However, even though indulging that sugar or salt craving might not affect your waistline, it could derail your fitness goals.
Read Full StoryWhat Songs Spin Your Pedals?
If it wasn’t for the music, it’s unlikely I’d ever go to spin. Seriously. I can’t imagine doing sprints to the sound of huffing and puffing. Nor would I ever entertain doing a heavy seven-minute climb without a rocking song to push me through it. Heck, let’s be honest, every time an instructor’s iPod cuts out, I’m literally ten seconds away from getting off my bike and heading home.
Read Full StoryKick Up Your Heart Rate & Improve Your Love Life
Valentine’s Day creates a lot of pressure to show the love. Of course, if you’re a fan of Nicholas Sparks novels, Lifetime movies and Hallmark commercials then you already know that romance is easy. There’s a simple formula:
Flowers + chocolate + card = Love
For the more adventurous, there are variables that can be added to spice things up....
Read Full StoryDon't Give Up On Those Resolutions Just Yet
Each year is the same. On New Year’s Eve, bloated from the holidays and buzzed on cheap champagne, we make grand resolutions. This is the year we’re running the Boston Marathon. By Spring we’ll drop 30 pounds and have ripped abs. This summer we’ll go from struggling to keep up with the pack on muffin rides to dominating the race circuit.
Read Full StoryDon't Stop Hydrating Just Because It's Winter
Lately you’ve been listless and lacking your usual energy. Your workouts have been off, your endurance is flagging, and your muscles are sapped the next day. You may chalk it up to the cold weather, but temperature might not be the true culprit. It could be dehydration. What?? It’s ten degrees outside and it’s all you can do to keep warm! But the evidence is there: the cracked lips and dry sinuses, the chapped skin and brittle hair.
Read Full StoryArchive for 2015
Working out is often seen as a free pass to eat whatever we want. And why not? A one hour ride can burn up to 600 calories. However, even though indulging that sugar or salt craving might not affect your waistline, it could derail your fitness goals.
April 01, 2015 |
If it wasn’t for the music, it’s unlikely I’d ever go to spin. Seriously. I can’t imagine doing sprints to the sound of huffing and puffing. Nor would I ever entertain doing a heavy seven-minute climb without a rocking song to push me through it. Heck, let’s be honest, every time an instructor’s iPod cuts out, I’m literally ten seconds away from getting off my bike and heading home.
March 18, 2015 | cycle life, fitness, indoor cycling, playlist, spinning, whitman
Valentine’s Day creates a lot of pressure to show the love. Of course, if you’re a fan of Nicholas Sparks novels, Lifetime movies and Hallmark commercials then you already know that romance is easy. There’s a simple formula:
Flowers + chocolate + card = Love
For the more adventurous, there are variables that can be added to spice things up....
February 12, 2015 | fitness, cyclelife studio, cycling, exercise, love, sex, valentine's day
Each year is the same. On New Year’s Eve, bloated from the holidays and buzzed on cheap champagne, we make grand resolutions. This is the year we’re running the Boston Marathon. By Spring we’ll drop 30 pounds and have ripped abs. This summer we’ll go from struggling to keep up with the pack on muffin rides to dominating the race circuit.
January 29, 2015 | fitness, spinning, whitman, cyclelife studio, cycling, goals, new year's resolutions, Nutrition
Lately you’ve been listless and lacking your usual energy. Your workouts have been off, your endurance is flagging, and your muscles are sapped the next day. You may chalk it up to the cold weather, but temperature might not be the true culprit. It could be dehydration. What?? It’s ten degrees outside and it’s all you can do to keep warm! But the evidence is there: the cracked lips and dry sinuses, the chapped skin and brittle hair.
January 09, 2015 | cycle life, fitness, dehydration, hydrate, winter