It’s Friday evening and my last client just left. I head toward the door. I’ve been on my feet all day, my stomach is growling and there is a glass…
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Edmonds Fitness Corner: Goal met, or how I vanquished ‘The Bierch’
I’m almost there. Well, I’m actually way past the first there—the initial 10 pounds I set as my original goal. Once I’d gotten to that goal, I set myself the…
Edmonds Fitness Corner: For young athletes, play more important than competition
Remember lying on the carpet with your infant? How innocent was that? More so than you know! The endless crawling and chasing on all fours allowed us to play at…
Edmonds Fitness Corner: Breaking through the weight plateau
You just have to keep on keepin’ on. I first heard that phrase when I was helping Ellen Taussig put together a memorial for her husband, Paul Raymond. Paul and…
Edmonds Fitness Corner: Life’s second chances
“The afternoon knows what the morning never expected.”—Robert Frost About three weeks after Dan died, I went down the FIVE Restaurant, one of my “safe” places. I met this woman…
Edmonds Fitness Corner: The many levels of strength
Years ago, when I was starting out in the fitness industry as a trainer, I considered working at a gym that required that all trainers complete a standardized fitness test…
Edmonds Fitness Corner: The art of stress eating
My only uncle died last Monday. He’d been suffering from a long and horrible death caused by being in a formaldehyde fire 50-plus years ago. Smoking didn’t help but it…
Edmonds Fitness Corner: The tyranny of the FitBit
It’s working!! I’ve lost more than 10 pounds since the beginning of the year and it feels great. I’m now able to get back into clothes I haven’t been able…
Edmonds Fitness Corner: Simple ways to move more
Obviously, I am a huge proponent of setting aside time to work out. Whether it’s cardio or strength work, an hour a day combined would be ideal! However in this…
Edmonds Fitness Corner: A journey begins
Hello! My name is Cheryl, and I’ll be borrowing Pritam Potts’ “Edmonds Fitness Corner” from time to time to share with you my fitness journey. I want to say this…
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Edmonds Fitness Corner: The Healing Table
It was a Friday morning and I woke up alone. My beloved husband had passed away the afternoon before at the University of Washington Medical Center and the friend who…
Edmonds Fitness Corner: Simple nutrition tricks for weight loss
If you’re like most people, you want to lose weight. It’s a pretty normal desire, and one that is simultaneously motivating and debilitating. We’re surrounded by endless sources of information…
Edmonds Fitness Corner: Wearable devices connect community through exercise
The other day when I hit my step goal, my accomplishment was cheered by quite a few of my clients and friends. Yet no one was waiting at the end…
Edmonds Fitness Corner: This too shall pass
Happy New Year to our Edmonds community and readers of this column! I’m glad to be back in the Edmonds Fitness Corner. It’s been about six months since my column…
Edmonds Fitness Corner: Get strong, stay strong
Everyone needs to strength train. It’s the single most important component in physical conditioning. Even cardiovascular exercise is simply not as crucial in developing and maintaining long-term health and well-being….
Edmonds Fitness Corner: Injury management
Last week I injured my heel. I have to yet to figure out how, but the pain manifested on my daily walk. Forced to cease walking for almost a week,…
Edmonds Fitness Corner: Got mindset?
There is only one thing that stands between getting fit and healthy and not getting fit and healthy: making up your mind. After 15 years as a trainer and coach,…
Edmonds Fitness Corner: A guide to exercising through grief
Recently I lost my husband and my entire life changed in an instant. I am struggling to make sense of how my life looks and feels on a daily basis,…
Edmonds Fitness Corner: For health and fitness in New Year, consider lifestyle changes, not resolutions
Are your New Year resolutions implemented by now? You’re feeling determined, maybe to hit the gym every day, stick to a diet, or give up alcohol, gluten, dairy, sugar or…