Recess with Janet

When we show up at the gym, it can be hard to decide what to do with all the cool stuff.     Here are a couple of things to think about when...

Assuming that folks don’t want to try anything actually dangerous, I’m completely in favor of experimenting with workouts.     There’s a lot...

When we lift weights, our muscles do three kinds of contractions:     concentric, isometric, and eccentric (that last one is pronounced EE-c...

I am a little obsessed with compound exercises, which are pretty much the opposite of what all those weight machines at the gym do.     Comp...

I ask my clients all kinds of nosy questions when we start working together (not that I necessarily stop after that, but eventually they get...

While I firmly believe that variety is one of the keys to success in fitness, I also firmly believe that it is key to have some basic plans ...

In high school, I was blessed to have a Czechoslovakian French teacher (yes, I went to high school a long time ago, before the Czech Republi...