Another New Year approaches and a new list or resolutions is building in the back of your mind. This year, follow through with your promise to be more active and get into shape. We all know it's easy to declare your new resolve, but keeping up with it for an entire year takes a lot of dedication. Winter is a good a time to build up your workout routine... [Read more...]

What's not to love about the prime location of Alterra apartments in La Mesa? Aside from your chic apartment and community amenities, La Mesa dwellers enjoy a year of not-quite-as-cold winters and pleasanter-than-most summers. Don't forget you're also a hop, skip, and a trolley ride away from downtown La Mesa, malls, parks, even the beach if you're adventurous... [Read more...]

Ladies and gentlemen, this is not a drill! The cold and flu season is upon us and microscopic minions are moving in with the intent of causing stuffy and runny noses, soar throats, coughing, sneezing, and all sorts of horrible symptoms! Even if a head cold doesn't seem frightening to you, it can cause for a miserable holiday season with achy, nasty... [Read more...]

When it comes to training for the next big competition or preparing for a fun run with friends, there are a few things that keep my lean muscle mass and body fat in check.  Some of the things I do to stay lean seem like the exact opposite of what you should be doing.  Well, other than never using those big, bad for you protein bars (3 Bars Good for... [Read more...]

I have always been interested in the types of workouts that will come in handy one day.  Working out like a football player doesn't make much sense to me anymore, and spending hours in the gym getting bigger biceps sounds boring.  Back when I was looking into the military as a career path, my Ranger friends told me about a workout program called "CrossFit."... [Read more...]

Whether you're just starting a new routine, or you've been keeping up with a workout for the past year, you're bound to start losing motivation soon.  Even the most disciplined will lose some drive when they don't keep their motivation in check.  These 5 tips to help keep your workout motivation up to par can be translated into most spheres of your life... [Read more...]

There's a new style of getting in shape this year, and I know that you and your friends will love to go wogging together as soon as possible. No, that wasn't a typo  Yes, I meant to write Wogging.  It's called wogging and it's a fusion of walking and jogging (power walking).  It can help lead you to running if you don't like to run but would... [Read more...]

Dozing off after lunch isn't just embarrassing, but it can cause a whole handful of problems.  Chances are, your boss isn't going to think that it is cute if you fall asleep during the meeting, and you're going to be pretty mad at yourself if you sleep through the movie that you just spent $12 on a ticket to see.  Normal people do not experience exhaustion... [Read more...]

When people ask what I did to drop nearly a third of my weight they always seem to think that I starved myself.  That's an assumption that can help you lose weight at first, but the majority of your weight lost will end up being your muscle mass.  Losing your guns is the last thing you want to do when going on a diet, especially since your muscles... [Read more...]

Those $150 running shoes that were supposed to help your knee and lower back pains might be making it worse.  You see, modern running shoes aren't exactly the problem; it's what they encourage which is the problem known as the "heel strike."  Authors like Christopher McDougall and Paul Rambali have been writing about the technique of barefoot running... [Read more...]

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