Recess with Janet

We are heading into party season, so it is time to talk about… posture.   Next to avoiding weird relatives and exercising care with the...

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.   The directions are simple:   be grateful and eat food. This is not actually bad advice for f...

In theory, the point of cardio exercise is to strengthen your heart and improve your ability to oxygenate your cells.   To accomplish t...

(I wrote this essay for my Pilates training.   It gives an overview of why I say all those crazy things about frogs, zombies, and the l...

We all do squats.   Sit down.   Stand up.   Voila!   A squat!   Now we just need to work on form a little. Stand with your feet abo...

I’m from Berkeley.   That’s both a credential and a disclaimer.   I don’t have a tinfoil hat.   T. and I laughed like maniacs about the...

Boredom can be a good motivator.   No, I don’t mean that it is a good idea to wait around to exercise until you are so bored that it’s ...