Chafed

You must be motivated to start working out. Once you are doing your activity (or about to start your activity), your attitude is the single biggest factor on how that workout will go.

Starting to workout is important. Staying with it is even more important. You don’t get any benefit by doing your activity/sport/fitness regime for a week.

A strong core leads to better balance and stability making daily activities such as walking, running, and sitting much easier. This will make you less susceptible to injuries, keeping your body aligned and minimizing strain on your muscles and joints.

Nothing is going to turn back the clock. It’s more a matter of delaying what nature has wrought. All the nutrition in the world won’t make up for a lack of exercise, decent sleep, and (in general) not abusing yourself.

Chafed helps you feel better about your dad bod.

Chafed does some heavy lifting for the website.

Coach Chafed gives us that kick-in-the-ass motivational speech we all need.

Chafed reminds us about the importance of maintaining the purity of our precious bodily fluids.

Just 30 minutes per day of walking can significantly improve mental health (including reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety) and boost immunity, according to a study published in the Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Crossrope is a well-designed, well-built jump rope system. The ropes are steel cables in varying weights coated in plastic. The handles have some sort of rubberized finished to aid your grip.

There really is a difference between men and women. Viva la difference! You aren’t better or worse for being one or the other. But you have certain advantages depending on the sport.

Swimming uses all the muscles in the body so whether you swim a gentle breaststroke or hammer butterfly, you will get a full body workout. Plus, exercising in water makes your body work harder so 30 minutes in a pool is worth 45 minutes of the same activity on land.

This week we promote pugilistic prowess.

A very special Easter edition of GlibFit.

Where did all the cookies go?

Chafed takes us hiking, and explains the many health benefits of the activity.

Chafed breaks down the costs of running a commercial gym.

No, this isn’t some skeevy stoner joint! Chafed discusses the endorphin rush experienced by some athletes.

Sometimes you overdo it…

Let’s do something different this week. Let’s start with a quiz…

You ever have one of those weeks where you aren’t injured but some stuff is bothering you enough for it to be concern? Me too.

“It took me years to fully appreciate the value of the lessons I have learned from the Iron. I used to think that it was my adversary, that I was trying to lift that which does not want to be lifted. I was wrong…”