Archive for May, 2009
Wherever Your Buns May Lead You
I know, I haven’t updated Haul Buns much lately. Work and life intervene, my little haulers. But I’m back with an exciting new prospect for you to keep in mind as the summer travel season begins: Where Have Your Buns Been?
Here’s the deal. You Haul Buns readers are a hip, happening crew. You do cool things and go cool places. So why not show your HB pride while you’re at it? From now on, when you’re traveling or out running a race or taking part in a charity walk or something equally active and healthy lifestyle-ish, have someone snap a photo of you pointing to your… assets. Just like this (from my jaunt to Philadelphia for this year’s soaking wet Broad Street Run):
Where Have My Buns Been? Philadelphia! (Photo credit: The Boyfriend)
That’s right. Pose proudly (and if you’re near some famous landmark, try to get it in the shot) by pointing to your buns. Then send the photos to haulbuns AT gmail.com and I’ll post them on the site! Even better, anyone who sends in a photo gets some special Haul Buns flair!
Jersey Shore? The Caribbean? Your mom’s backyard? Take those photos and send them in. We’re not picky, and we definitely want to know WHERE HAVE YOUR BUNS BEEN???
Where’s Kim?
Monday: 6:15 p.m. Arm Strength, 7 p.m. AbSolution and 7:45 p.m. Step at Palisades Sports & Fitness
Tuesday: 6 a.m. Spin at New York Sports Club Parsippany; 6:30 Body Sculpt and 7:30 Cardio Mix at ExCel
Wednesday: Intro Step/Step I class at 7 p.m. at Feminine Fitness
Thursday: 5:15 a.m. Du The Du II small group training, followed by 6:30 a.m. Step at Feminine Fitness; 6:30 p.m. Studio Sampler at New York Sports Club Butler
Get in a few good workouts before the picnics and barbecues begin this weekend! See you there!
Music To Your Ears
When the right song hits at the exact right time in your workout, you’re on fire. You’re faster, stronger and better than you’ve been all day. It doesn’t matter if what gets you pumped is AM Gold rock or hard-core rap: Good music equals a good time. I have a “Running” playlist on my iPod, and some songs are great for some days while others are perfect for others. Below, some of my favorites (in no particular order):
Galvanize — The Chemical Brothers
Up — Shania Twain
This Dreadful Life — Kay Hanley
Truckin’ — The Grateful Dead
The Way You Make Me Feel — Michael Jackson
Hip Hop Hooray — Naughty By Nature
The Choice Is Yours — Black Sheep
Say A Little Prayer For You — Aretha Franklin (all the love in the world for Dionne Warwick, but I like ReRe’s version better)
Best Of My Love — The Emotions
Dani California — Red Hot Chili Peppers
Goodbye Earl — The Dixie Chicks
I’m Coming Out — Diana Ross
Could You Be Loved — Bob Marley & The Wailers
Sunday Bloody Sunday — U2
But enough about me. Leave a comment and tell us about the workout songs you can’t do without? The weirder, the better!
Where’s Kim?
I’m off Wednesday, but maybe we’ll see each other at one of these other classes this week?
Monday: 6:15 p.m. Arm Strength, 7 p.m. AbSolution and 7:45 p.m. Step at Palisades Sports & Fitness
Tuesday: 6:30 Body Sculpt and 7:30 Cardio Mix at ExCel
Wednesday: Yvonne graciously covers my Intro Step/Step I class at 7 p.m. at Feminine Fitness
Thursday: 6:30 a.m. Step at Feminine Fitness; 6:30 p.m. Studio Sampler at New York Sports Club Butler
Sunday: 9 a.m. Step at New York Sports Club Parsippany
Have a great week, everyone!
Glide Is Good
My thighs, like the best of friends, are very good at keeping in touch. Those among you who are curvy, zaftig, bountiful or otherwise bodacious through the hips know what I’m talking about when I say that chafing in that area can bring a girl to tears. All it takes is a sweaty day and a long walk in a skirt. In college, my friends and I used to call the condition “Jane Blaze,” as in, “Why are you walking so funny?” “Because I have a serious case of Jane Blaze.”
When I started running, Jane was my constant workout companion. I tried wearing traditional running shorts and spent the bulk of my run trying to halt their constant migration north. As the fabric rose, my skin rubbed against itself, and nobody was happy: Not me and definitely not the innocent bystanders who had to watch me tugging on my drawers every few steps.
I switched to bike shorts and things got a bit better, but my running life was revolutionized the day I was introduced to Body Glide. Ladies, in the annals of Things That Make Our Lives Easier, Body Glide ranks right up there with Spanx and paid maternity leave. It’s that good. The anti-chafing balm comes in a package that looks like a stick of deodorant. Before you work out, you take off the cap and rub the stick anywhere that you have usually chafing or blister trouble. Poof! Your hot spots are banished.
Even members of the Thighs Don’t Touch Club can reap the benefits of Body Glide’s goodness. It’s awesome under bra straps, on heels to prevent blisters, beneath the girls to stop them from rubbing against your rib cage. You can find Body Glide at sporting goods stores like The Sports Authority, and you can check it out online here. I get nothing out of promoting this product, but if I can help even one of my sisters in sweat elude that wench Jane Blaze, that’s payment enough for me.
Where’s Kim?
The rain is here all week, folks – beat the gray days by getting in a great workout or three!
Monday: 6:15 p.m. Arm Strength, 7 p.m. AbSolution and 7:45 p.m. Step at Palisades Sports & Fitness
Tuesday: 6 a.m. Spinning at New York Sports Club Butler; 6:30 Body Sculpt and 7:30 Cardio Mix at ExCel
Wednesday: 7 p.m. Intro Step/Step I at Feminine Fitness
Thursday: 5:30 a.m. Bonus Spin class (for those who took both Endurance Spin and Boot Camp Spin) and 6:30 a.m. Step at Feminine Fitness; 6:30 p.m. Studio Sampler at New York Sports Club Butler
Sunday: 9 a.m. Step at New York Sports Club Parsippany
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