Since I started exercising regularly, I’ve learned a thing or two about our six-legged insect overlords. First, there’s way, way more of them than there are of us, and we should be thankful every day that they’re still susceptible to the business end of a wadded-up tissue. Second, insects really, when you come down to ...

We’re going to get ever so slightly more advanced here, so if you haven’t read part 1 take a look now. Sorry it took me so long to get back to this, my fellow fat nerds. I’m now settled in Houston for the summer (yay, internship) but it’s playing hell with my ability to run because ...

Exercise can be rough enough without feeling uncomfortable while you’re doing it. Particularly when you’re getting started, there are enough distractions from the actual exercise without adding uncomfortable clothes into the mix. So that’s rule number one: Be comfortable. You’re not going to do your best if you’re wearing tiny shorts that have dedicated themselves ...

I’ve done a lot of talking about getting ready to start running, but you know, at some point you have to transition from the state of thinking about something to actually doing it. Procrastinators know this moment well. It can also seem a little daunting, because if your time in high school was anything like ...

I learned pretty early on in the exercise process that having goals is one of those necessary things, like drinking plenty of water and eating peanut butter straight from the jar. (Just kidding about the last one (mostly).) Anything you can possibly do to help yourself get motivated and stay there is important. For me, ...

This is a topic that’s caused a lot of digital ink to be spilled on the internet. A lot. I’m not in this to start up an argument. As always, I’m just going to throw out there what works for me and hope you can gain something useful from it. I will say one thing, ...