http://www.idigfitness.com Fitness-If You Dig It-You'll Do It! Tue, 11 May 2010 12:35:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.idigfitness.com/498/how-to-get-results/ http://www.idigfitness.com/498/how-to-get-results/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 12:28:33 +0000 I Dig Fitness http://www.idigfitness.com/?p=498 I heard something recently that rang so true I thought I’d share it with you.  It has particular application to our quest for fitness.  Some of you may have heard it before. Unfortunately, I don’t know where it originated.  Please take time to add this to your arsenal of helpful thoughts when you are “thinking” [...]]]> http://www.idigfitness.com/498/how-to-get-results/feed/ 0 http://www.idigfitness.com/474/the-wit-of-dave-barry/ http://www.idigfitness.com/474/the-wit-of-dave-barry/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:18:46 +0000 I Dig Fitness http://www.idigfitness.com/?p=474 “I recently had my annual physical examination, which I get once every seven years, and when the nurse weighed me, I was shocked to discover how much stronger the Earth’s gravitational pull has become . . . .” - – - Dave Barry Share and Enjoy: ]]> http://www.idigfitness.com/474/the-wit-of-dave-barry/feed/ 0 http://www.idigfitness.com/449/can-exercise-be-bad-for-your-health/ http://www.idigfitness.com/449/can-exercise-be-bad-for-your-health/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:37:13 +0000 I Dig Fitness http://www.idigfitness.com/?p=449 OK.  I know not exercising is bad for your health.  But I didn’t realize exercising could also be bad for your health.  According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, in 2009 there were 575 reported instances of exercisers being injured by treadmills alone. Now if you extrapolate that to all the different kinds of exercise equipment [...]]]> http://www.idigfitness.com/449/can-exercise-be-bad-for-your-health/feed/ 0 http://www.idigfitness.com/435/the-kaizen-of-weight-loss/ http://www.idigfitness.com/435/the-kaizen-of-weight-loss/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:43:51 +0000 I Dig Fitness http://www.idigfitness.com/?p=435 I’ll bet a bunch of you Fitness Diggers are trying to lose a few (or more than a few) pounds, especially having just come through Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day if you’re in the USA.  And, the Super Bowl is coming too – another opportunity to eat too much of the wrong kind of [...]]]> http://www.idigfitness.com/435/the-kaizen-of-weight-loss/feed/ 0 http://www.idigfitness.com/421/fitness-advice-from-a-stoic/ http://www.idigfitness.com/421/fitness-advice-from-a-stoic/#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:01:57 +0000 I Dig Fitness http://www.idigfitness.com/?p=421 OK, gang. Never let it be said that IDigFitness doesn’t keep you up to date on the latest trends in fitness research. Today, I’m going to cite you the thoughts of Seneca (born around 4 B. C.). Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman, and his writings have survived a lot [...]]]> http://www.idigfitness.com/421/fitness-advice-from-a-stoic/feed/ 0 http://www.idigfitness.com/383/get-those-fitness-resolutions-ready/ http://www.idigfitness.com/383/get-those-fitness-resolutions-ready/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:47:28 +0000 I Dig Fitness http://www.idigfitness.com/?p=383 OK, gang. The New Year is coming and we wouldn’t be carrying out tradition if we didn’t make some resolutions. And, for readers of this website, those resolutions almost certainly must include resolutions to do with health and fitness. It’s not too early to start thinking about what your fitness, health and nutrition goals [...]]]> http://www.idigfitness.com/383/get-those-fitness-resolutions-ready/feed/ 0 http://www.idigfitness.com/369/another-year-another-resolution/ http://www.idigfitness.com/369/another-year-another-resolution/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:08:09 +0000 I Dig Fitness http://www.idigfitness.com/?p=369 The New Year is coming on fast, and each year around this time we all become both introspective and forward-looking. We reflect on the year gone by, usually with emphasis on our failures, and we resolve to do better. And nowhere is this mental process more prevalent than in the realm of our [...]]]> http://www.idigfitness.com/369/another-year-another-resolution/feed/ 0 http://www.idigfitness.com/319/living-in-the-past-dying-in-the-present/ http://www.idigfitness.com/319/living-in-the-past-dying-in-the-present/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:47:03 +0000 I Dig Fitness http://www.idigfitness.com/?p=319 There have been times when yours truly could be heard to say, “I used to run” or “I used to do triathlons” or “I used to be in really good shape.”  There have also been times when the current reality exhibited “a few” extra pounds and not much physical activity.  If the same could be [...]]]> http://www.idigfitness.com/319/living-in-the-past-dying-in-the-present/feed/ 0 http://www.idigfitness.com/309/stop-working-out/ http://www.idigfitness.com/309/stop-working-out/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:41:58 +0000 I Dig Fitness http://www.idigfitness.com/?p=309 The term “working out” automatically conjures up visions of tedious, unpleasant tasks. One key to fitness that we preach here at IDigFitness.Com is to break out of the “health club” mentality and to turn the things you enjoy doing into fitness activities. Remember, “If you dig it, you’ll do it.” According to Barry A. Franklin, [...]]]> http://www.idigfitness.com/309/stop-working-out/feed/ 0 http://www.idigfitness.com/264/fitness-schizophrenic/ http://www.idigfitness.com/264/fitness-schizophrenic/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:45:37 +0000 I Dig Fitness http://www.idigfitness.com/?p=264 Is it just me, or are we all a bit schizophrenic when it comes to fitness? No need to consult your shrink. Here’s a little self-administered test you can do to determine if you are at risk: Do you frequently find yourself having an internal conversation that goes something like this: Me: I should [...]]]> http://www.idigfitness.com/264/fitness-schizophrenic/feed/ 0