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Boxing Champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. wants you to carve flat abs

Posted: May 16th 2008 9:28AM by Fitz K.
Filed under: Emotional Health, Fitness, Food and Nutrition, General Health, Health in the Media, Healthy Aging, Healthy Habits, Women's Health, Men's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, Celebrities, Book Reviews, Cellulite, Obesity

"Pretty Boy Floyd" is not known for mincing words or sugar-coating anything. In fact this elite fighter who has won six world championship belts in five weight classes and has gone undefeated as a professional says it straight. He describes himself as the "greatest athlete ever," and honestly ... has done a lot to back that up.

He's featured in the book, Men's Health Celebrity Diet Secrets 2008, and I think one of his quotes is both poignant and hysterical. I encourage you not to read any further if you're easily offended though. He wasn't vulgar, but his thoughts on maintaining flat abs isn't for children either.

Before I go there, I just want you to know that Floyd not only walks the walk, but he has made it possible for his team (those who bust their butt to keep in at the top of his game) to get and stay fit as well. He's purchased memberships to 24-Hour Fitness for all of his employees. "I want to keep everyone around me healthy and in shape," he says.

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Celebrity Fitzness Report: "Lazy Man Stretches" with Pro Ice Skaters Kyoko Ina and John Zimmerman

Posted: May 15th 2008 6:05AM by Fitz K.
Filed under: Fitness, Food and Nutrition, General Health, Health in the Media, Healthy Aging, Healthy Habits, Healthy Home, Spirituality and Inspiration, Stress Reduction, Work/Home Balance, Women's Health, Men's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, Celebrities, Celebrity Fitzness Report, Obesity

Curious to know how celebrities squeeze fitness into their daily lives? Want to know the secrets of the stars? Bi-weekly our That's Fit fitness expert Fitz sits down with the celebs we want to know more about, and digs out their great and not-so-great methods to staying healthy.

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Celebrity Fitzness Report: Slam Dunking with Globetrotter Scooter Christensen

Posted: May 8th 2008 6:05AM by Fitz K.
Filed under: Fitness, General Health, Health in the Media, Stress Reduction, Women's Health, Men's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, Celebrities, Healthy Kids, Healthy Products, Celebrity Fitzness Report, Healthy Events

Curious to know how celebrities squeeze fitness into their daily lives? Want to know the secrets of the stars? Bi-weekly our That's Fit fitness expert Fitz sits down with the celebs we want to know more about, and digs out their great and not-so-great methods to staying healthy.

I recently had the opportunity to spend time with Shane "Scooter" Christensen of the World Famous Harlem Globetrotters. Now, when handed the opportunity to pick the brain of a Globetrotter....I had to learn some skills! Cause quite frankly, when it comes to basketball....I have none. Well, I had none until I met Scooter. Now I know how to dunk.

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Get your yoga yuks with The Guru Pitka

Posted: May 6th 2008 10:00AM by Kristen Seymour
Filed under: Spirituality and Inspiration, Stress Reduction, Celebrities

So, most of the time, yoga is a fairly serious practice. There's a lot of concentration and meditation involved -- you breath, you focus, you get more in tune with your body -- and it's wonderful.

However, laughter is good for your body, too, and in honor of Mike Meyer's new flick, The Love Guru, I present to you Mr. Meyers' newest character The Guru Pitka. He has a series of yoga poses that are not for the faint of heart and definitely not for those without a wicked sense of humor.

It's kind of what you'd expect if you were to do a private yoga class with the man behind Austin Powers and Shrek -- asanas like Gassy Cobra and Yank My Doodle, It's a Dandy, and the faces to go with them. Are you going to get a great yoga workout from it? No way. But, you're pretty much guaranteed to laugh, and that's worth something, too.

It's so funny when Bear gets diarrhea

Posted: May 3rd 2008 4:47PM by Fitz K.
Filed under: Eco-Travel, Emotional Health, Fitness, Food and Nutrition, General Health, Health in the Media, Women's Health, Men's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, Celebrities

Last night, I watched in both horror and hysterics as Bear Grylls, one of my past Celebrity Fitzness Report interview guests, devoured "too many" worms in Zambia -- which left him with an atrocious case of diarrhea. Imagine that!!! He cooked and ate a few big, gooey, spiny worms that he found on a tree, then continued to groan in agony throughout the rest of the show due to his "killer diarrhea." The guy is a combination of handsome, athletic, daring, brilliant, and accidentally hysterical all at the same time.

If you've never seen Bear's show Man vs. Wild on Discovery Channel, it's about time you check it out. Bear was a survival expert in the British Special Air Services (21 SAS). He's an elite adventurer and stops at nothing to teach us how to survive if we ever happen to get stranded in the wild. A part of survival is finding safe and energy-filled food sources. Normally I find this disgusting; typically I watch much of Man vs. Wild with my eyes under my blanket. Lately though, I've been peeking out, because Bear's facial expressions in response to his nasty food choices are side-splitting.

Watching him climb up waterfalls and run through the brush agonizing over diarrhea was priceless. My husband and I squirmed as he ate the worms, giggled as Bear grimaced while chewing on them, and then rolled in laughter as he suffered through his tummy troubles.

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For a bit of fun take this 'sexy' quiz

Posted: Oct 6th 2007 10:35AM by Lauren Greschner
Filed under: Natural Beauty, Natural Products

There are all sorts of definitions of what's sexy (and when I say sexy, I mean sexy -- not sleazy). Whether you're down-to-earth, funny and easy to talk to, nice but with a naughty side or super confident and flirty, your personality will likely appeal to a range or guys.

Ever wonder if you're the 'Girl Next Door', the 'Seductress' or the "Vixen on the Prowl"? I found this fun quiz from Elle that lets you know where you fit on the sexy scale. Answers to questions about an idea first date, your favored bra and undie combo, your typical bedtime wear, the TV character who is most like you and favorite celeb style, help determine which of the aforementioned categories you fit into.

I ended up with the 'Girl Next Door' label, which I think is pretty accurate considering it's a fun and simple quiz. Why not give it a try and let us know what kind of sexy you are?

Are funny names detrimental to kids? Parents in China attempt to name baby '@'?

Posted: Aug 22nd 2007 10:18AM by Lauren Greschner
Filed under: Emotional Health, Healthy Kids

Kids are not often kind. From what I remember of grade school, my fellow students (and I was probably involved too) could come up with pretty much anything to pick on other kids. Almost nobody was safe, and from what I remember of the times I was on the receiving end of a nasty comment, it wasn't fun. The fact that I still remember specific incidents that happened ages ago says a lot.

For this reason, while I think that parents have the right to pick unique names for their children, there is such a thing as going to far because if you give your kids a wacky name, you're giving all the other kids in school way too much to work with. Nasty days on the playground are the first thing that came to mind when I saw this article about a couple in China that want to name their child the "@" symbol.

As the Chinese alphabet is made up of symbols, I suppose it may be less strange there than it would be in North America. The article also explains that the name would be pronounced "Love Him", which is kind of sweet but sweet isn't going to get the kid anywhere when he's 9 and is hearing some mean rhyme about his name for the thousandth time.

What do you think, should parent's be allowed to name their children whatever they like? What's the craziest baby name you've ever heard?

Beautiful angst

Posted: Mar 14th 2007 9:18AM by Fitz K.
Filed under: Emotional Health, Fitness, Food and Nutrition, General Health, Healthy Habits, Spirituality and Inspiration, Stress Reduction, Women's Health, Men's Health, Diet and Weight Loss

I wanted to share one of the best fitness photos I've taken in my 17 year career. I train a lovely and highly motivated woman Kim, who comes in three times per week. Kim has been training with me for about five weeks and she's already lost 17 pounds; she's dropped down from a size 18 to a 10 as well. Kim is one of the cool folks who doesn't necessarily love exercise, but she does it because she knows it will get her where she wants to be. So far she adores the results she has earned.

Back to the photo. Kim shows her lack of love for training quite often with moans, groans and pleas for mercy. She also makes these amazing faces. I suppose it's all her way to get me to take pity on her and allow her to stop whatever horrendous thing we may be doing at the time. It never works. But the efforts she puts forth that lead to these faces of agony are the same ones that cause her to skip in beaming about her new pants.

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