Jumping Rope
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Jumping Rope

Jump For Your Health – Jumping Rope is a great aerobic exercise. Jumping rope is an exercise we tend to overlook as adults. The thought of jump roping usually conjures memories of our childhoods, usually either in the form of fond recollections of grade school playgrounds or shuddering vignettes of endless rope skipping in gym…

Cycling for Fitness

Cycling for Fitness

Biking for fitness is a slightly different animal than just hopping on your bike and pedaling down to the store. It’s a great way to get in shape, but a complaint I often hear from people is that they bike a lot, but don’t seem any fitter or leaner. You need to diligently monitor the…

RAMROD Cycling Event

RAMROD Cycling Event

The biggest one-day ultra-marathon cycling event in the Pacific Northwest is RAMROD [Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day]. It combines the breathtaking beauty of Mount Rainier National Park with a strenuous 152-mile course that climbs 10,000 feet. John Dixon organized the first RAMROD competition in 1984, which had 45 finishers in total. The gathering…

RAMROD Part One

RAMROD Part One

First off, let me say that this is a “do as I say and not as I do” lesson….as a fitness trainer, I would never advise anyone I know to do what we did. With that being said, I can go on to say that I am totally AMAZED that we finished this ride and…

RAMROD Part Two

RAMROD Part Two

I haven’t mentioned the weather We were all really lucky. The majority of the morning was overcast with a little fog hanging in the valley when we started. Perfect riding temperature. The fog started to burn off by the time we got into Mt. Rainier National Park (high 70s?) but was not unbearable. So I…