By Cool J in MinneapolisTwo weeks ago, I posted about a Fresh, New Fit- Kona Kases! My friend Meggan highlighted this new monthly club to me, and I signed up for a three month subscription to check it out. I was excited to find that my first box arrived a few days ago. I thought it wasn't supposed to arrive until mid-April, so extra points for early arrival!The orange box was a bit Continue Reading
Fresh New Fit: Kona Kases!
By Cool J in MinneapolisI just cancelled one monthly subscription (to Ellie- if you missed it, read about it HERE, HERE, and HERE) And now it’s on to the next subscription!My friend Meggan gave me the heads up about Kona Kase – a monthly subscription of a completely different sort than Ellie.Rather than fitness apparel, Kona Kase is a monthly delivery of “awesome Continue Reading
Fresh New Fit: Swimming Laps…
by Cool J in MinneapolisAll these snowboarding pics...what about the RUNNING, Cool J?It's true. I barely ran in Big Sky! It was all snowboard, snowboard, snowboard, all day, every day. We would head to the mountain right away every morning, and be there until the lifts closed. The long days on the mountain, combined with a few late nights, meant that I just wasn't feeling an early wakeup. I mean, Continue Reading
Fresh New Fit: Snowmobiling in Yellowstone National Park
Hello readers, we're back! Laurie and I both returned to our respective cities today (Kansas City and Minneapolis) after a wonderful ski trip in Big Sky, Montana. We had three days of skiing (snowboarding for Dusters and me, skiing for LL and her husband) on the mountain, split up by a day touring Yellowstone National Park via snowmobile. Back to the snowmobile tour. In the winter, regular cars Continue Reading
Failed Fit? Snowboarding in the Midwest…
By Cool J in MinneapolisHi readers! How was your weekend? Mine is still continuing on, as I have off of work tomorrow for President's Day. Woo-hoo!Weekly recap?Lots of running here.Monday- morning run with Abby and KellyTuesday- morning run with Abby and KellyWednesday- complete rest day. I had planned to go to kettlebells, but got stuck at work. Failed fit!Thursday- Valentine's Day morning tempo Continue Reading
Fits Do Fitness Class Reviews: Orange Theory Fitness
By Cool J in MinneapolisSunday Funday indeed! It was an action-packed end to this past weekend for me.It started with Orange Theory Fitness, a Moksha yoga class, a viewing of Les Miserables with my book club, and a post-movie dinner to discuss the book/movie.{Yeah, I read this. The whole thing.}But this post is about a fresh new fit at Orange Theory Fitness. I wasn't even sure what Orange Continue Reading
Fresh New Fit: Trampolining at SkyZone!
By Cool J in MinneapolisA few weeks ago, LL posted about a fresh new fit: Trampolines! In her post, she shared an article that said that 10 minutes of trampolining burns as many calories as 30 minutes of running. That's phenomenal! So when a friend of mine suggested that we buy a recent Crowd Cut deal (similar to Groupon/Living Social) for 2 hours of jumping at SkyZone Trampoline Continue Reading