Recess with Janet

Good posture is not a particularly sexy idea.     The cool kids slouch.     We curl up in comfy chairs.     We hunch over our desks.     And...

Lately a lot of people I talk with seem to feel overwhelmed.     Maybe it is cumulative exhaustion from more than a year’s worth of pandemic...

We don’t do hamstring curls that often because it is rare that we use our hamstrings all by themselves.     They don’t like it; they are coo...

We all have our favorite workout tools and toys.  Here are some of mine:   1.       The right water container.  Mine happens to be a travel ...

Sometimes people ask me about my workouts.     I am happy to tell them what I do, but I try very hard to emphasize that MY workout should NO...

I love making plans.     Plans are like slightly more practical fantasies.     They hold out the promise of achievement and progress and all...

This week we’re thinking about core in a different way.     Most of us think of core exercises as ab exercises, and that is true, but not th...