The Tao of Me

When I went in for my RMR test, I scheduled a complete Fitness Assessment, which I completed last week. I was surprised the number of things that I was evaluated on. Here’s the list of tests and my results: Resting Heart Rate The Resting Heart Rate establishes a baseline measure of cardiovascular fitness. This number [...]

For being a Monday, yesterday was a pretty great day for me! Good things just kept happening all day long! I started the day having to skip my morning run. Normally I’d be pretty grumpy about it, but this time, I had good reason. I had an 8 am appointment with the nutritionist that my [...]

About a month ago, I wrote a post on the Health Coach that I have through work that’s part of my insurance benefits. Well yesterday was my monthly check-in session that I had forgotten all about! It was such a nice surprise to get a phone call from my Coach! We reviewed my fitness goals [...]

I’ve taken Yoga classes for about 4 years now and had a love/hate relationship with it. I know that flexibility is the key to aging so I love it because its good for my body and a good balance of the other workouts that I do, but I hate because sometimes its so painful to [...]

The first run of 2010 is finally in the books! After 2 days and 7 movies, a few football games and a “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” marathon, I finally peeled myself off the couch and headed to the Cascade track for my first run of 2010. Actually, it was my first run in 27 [...]

if you’re like me, an office worker by day and a ‘puter-holic by night, you’ve probably developed all kinds of knots and tightness in your shoulders, neck and forearms…. i get a chair massage at work every wednesday which helps but not nearly enough. and heather hindmarsh, my miracle massage person lives in danville so [...]