http://www.starling-fitness.com Daily writings about fitness, diet, and health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:00:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Michael Verdi has been running a lot lately. While listening to the new Flaming Lips album, Embryonic, he had a musical epiphany that lead to this awesome running video. It's only a snippet of a song and a really short video, but it feels like running to me. Thanks for ... http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2009/11/06/the-perfect-running-video-from-michael-verdi/ I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who has trouble with Nike+. It looks like Michael Verdi experienced the same epic fail that I did. This has been an ongoing problem since the beginning of Nike+. Their insistence on using a clunky Flash interface has truly been their downfall. ... http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2009/11/05/wtf-nike/ Every night, Mike and I have been taking quick walks to the lake right before the sun goes down. We chose this neighborhood BECAUSE of the lake, so we might as well take advantage of it. It doesn't hurt that they built a gelato shop next to the lake, of ... http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2009/11/04/a-quiet-walk-an-evening/ created a challenge "Fifty Miles by New Year's Eve" http://bit.ly/48W3kz # http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2009/11/03/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-11-03/ As a rabid fan of DDR, I know that adding fun to your workout will make you more likely to do it. These folks proved it again by creating piano stairs. They measured the number of people who took the escalator versus the stairs before and then created the piano stairs. ... http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2009/10/27/piano-stairs-encourages-66-to-skip-escalator/ "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a better understanding of ourselves." - Carl Jung http://tqpage.com/39788 # RT @DDRdiva: RT @News8Austin Headlines: Exergaming combines fun and exercise for kids http://bit.ly/rPWRc - vid shows split-second of DDR # RT @DDRdiva: Plug-and-play exergaming with U-Dance http://wp.me/pzT7L-8O # "It's going to come true ... http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2009/10/27/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-10-27/ I saw this funny advert for the Magic Salad Plate and I just had to share it here: I wouldn't go so far as to say that salad is useless. In fact, this plate is a great mental image of what your dinner plate SHOULD look like. With half of your plate ... http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2009/10/24/the-magic-salad-plate/ You would think it's such an easy thing to do. Just ask for a to-go box before you finish your meal. Ask the server to bring the to-go box with your entree so you can eat half as much. Yeah, it sounds so easy. Unfortunately, they ALWAYS forget. The server forgets to ... http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2009/10/23/save-your-salad-plate/ Fitness Magazine provided me with a complimentary subscription in exchange for a monthly review of their magazine. The November/December cover, however, looks strangely out of place. It's WINTER, folks! Show a trim and beautiful girl in a snowsuit. Those sun-kissed locks and swimming trunks just feel wrong when we are feeling ... http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2009/10/22/fitness-magazine-review-novemberdecember-2009/ ran 2.14 mi on 10/12/2009 at 9:51 AM with a pace of 32'10"/mi http://bit.ly/1mR7c # http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2009/10/20/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-10-20/