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Workout Tunes + Video Break: No Treadmills Required
I laughed out loud at this because I run to this song all the time. In fact, according to iTunes, I’ve played it well over 259 times. The song is Misirlou by Dick Dale & The Del-Tones, and you probably recognize it if you’re a fan of Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction. If you’re a fast…
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Feeling Thankful
I started running on Thanksgiving Day 2005, at the Turkey Trot in downtown San Diego. So every Thanksgiving now, I have one more reason to celebrate! Running has changed my whole outlook on what I’m actually capable of, and I am thankful for everyone who has shared this part of my life with me. Today,…
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Workout Tunes: Green Day Sprint
I love finishing out a run by sprinting to this song: American Idiot by Green Day Welcome to a new kind of tension All across the alien nation Where everything isn’t meant to be okay. Television dreams of tomorrow We’re not the ones who’re meant to follow. For that’s enough to argue. Don’t want to…
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Workout Tunes: Ode to Body Image Dysfunction
An easy song to run to, Posters has a nice pace for the beginning of a long run: Posters by Jack Johnson Looking at herself but wishing she was someone else Because the body of the doll it don’t look like hers at all So she straps it on, she sucks it in, she throws…
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Workout Tunes: National Anthem for Personal Trainers
My first workout song of the week is Make You Feel Better by Red Hot Chili Peppers. I always thought “we are the ones that will make you feel better” were perfect lyrics for a personal trainer national anthem. I said now, I’ll take it It’s better for you Somehow we’ll make it ‘Cause that’s what…