Would earning or losing money motivate you to work out more? I wasn’t sure if it would work for me when I started using Pact last fall. But since then I have earned $42 working out 185 times. It might not be enough to retire on, but it has been a nice little incentive to …
For quite a few months now my Healthworks attendance has been poor. Between the busy summer months, my recently completed design competition and having a bunch of classes at various studios to take, I’ve been neglecting the gym. I realized it was time to change things up, and after much deliberation I put my HW …
***UPDATE*** Through collaboration on our Descience design I have learned a lot about Pedro’s research on networks within the design process. He was kind enough to write some comments on my synopsis of our design process, which I have added to the post in red. Included are some links to additional information related to his …
Over a cold, rainy spring weekend in April I ran in my first mud race, MuckFest MS. You may have remembered me posting awhile back that I was training for this, and if you are a Coolidge Corner Healthworks member you may have noticed me hitting the treadmill a lot more than normal. That’s because …
My roomie and I are total fitness nerds and for Christmas we decided to buy ourselves Gilt vouchers for three classes at the newly opened Barry’s Bootcamp in Downtown Crossing. Barry’s Bootcamp is a group fitness studio that claims to have “The best workout in the world”. With a tagline like that I just had …
Brookline is a great place to be a fitness lover right now. In the past few months two new yoga studios have opened, and within the past two weeks both Pure Barre Brookline, and Coolidge Corner Crossfit have both opened their doors. Add this to the already awesome array of studios and gyms that are …
There’s nothing worse than getting sick. Especially being sick on a weekend. This past weekend the bug going around had finally caught up with me, and I was quite the bump on a log. Or couch to be more specific. Between naps I binged on DVR’d Project Runway All Star episodes, soup, and a good …
I am torn. For a few years I have shared the same yoga studios, pilates classes and gyms with hundreds and hundreds of Lululemon clad women and men. The brand is everywhere in Boston. It feels like the official college uniform for Boston girls is a North Face jacket, Uggs and a pair of Lululemon …
In celebration of our 7 year anniversary (7 years!) Ben and I went on an overnight getaway to Portsmouth NH. Luckily the weather held out, and was surprisingly warm for a mid-November day Our main goal was to check out the Red Hook Brewery and go on a tour of their facility. Luckily our hotel …
When I started working out all I thought I wanted was to lose weight. I was out of shape, so I started going to a lot of classes that were familiar to me. I took Zumba and Body Jam, which I loved, and they got me to get a good sweat on. They were a …
I have always loved a good adrenaline rush. And I’m always up for trying something new. So when I saw the Living Social deal for the TSNY Beantown trapeze class I knew I had to give it a try. This was a little over a year ago. Luckily I had a few crazy friends who …
There’s nothing like a good adrenaline rush! And that’s why I couldn’t wait to get back up on the trapeze. (See part one describing my first visit). After a break of four and a half months since my last class I drove to TSNY Beantown filled with a lingering fear this past Saturday. What if …
Welcome! This blog has been in my head for awhile, and I figured it was time to get it out there on the interwebz. I got a lot of inspiration to do this from my friend Jess Miller, AKA Little Miss Runshine. You can check out her super awesome blog here: http://www.littlemissrunshine.com/. Another major motivator …
For a few weeks BTone Fitness on Newbury Street (my favorite workout spot!), has been offering a triple threat, hour long combination class of Spin, Barre and Tone (Lagree Pilates). I have been a longtime fan of the Tone and Barre classes, but hadn’t tried the spin in over a year! BTone has unique spin … Continue reading
It’s not so much of a secret that I’m not a big sports fan. I will very frequently call extra innings “overtime”, and my eyes usually glaze over while watching major sporting events. But it is always exciting when my city is gearing up for a major playoff series. And in the 8 years I … Continue reading
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