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Sunday Stars for June 1st

 Happy June! We spent most of the day after church doing outdoor things, which is why this post is so late. But I still wanted to post some of the articles I’ve starred in Google Reader this week:

Hamburger Cupcakes - no, these aren’t an alternative grilling option for your next barbeque, but they might make [...]

30-minute circuit challenge

As summer kicks into full swing, I have a feeling I’ll have a tendency to want to spend more time outside, and less time in the gym. However, you can still get a really good workout in, in about 30 minutes. Craig Ballantyne of Turbulence Training has a really good circuit workout that can be [...]

Exercising Outdoors

Now that the weather is turning warmer here in the Chicago area, there’s a lot more incentive to get outside and exercise instead of staying in the gym. I’ve started running outdoors, which has been great, but I’m thinking of trying some outdoor weights or resistance training. Probably any of the bodyweight exercises by Craig [...]

Squat, push, pull…

…sounds like me moving furniture earlier this week after my girls got new carpeting.
Actually, these are three of the ‘Big Five’ exercise patterns that Craig Ballantyne recommends as part of a fat-burning exercise regimen (BTW, the other two are single leg exercises and total body abs exercises). Most people think that doing long bouts of cardio [...]

A killer whole-body exercise

This morning I did Workout B of the Fat Loss program from Lou Schuler’s New Rules of Lifting: Six Basic Moves for Maximum Muscle, and one of the exercises is a real killer - the Bulgarian Split Squat with Overhead Press. At first blush, the name conjures up a picture of a Medieval torture device, [...]