Like everyone in Manhattan, I can hardly contain my delight when the sun finally comes out, even if it’s only 30 degrees.I find myself wanting to take advantage of the nice weather and go for a run outside. While this option is always tempting, I find that my muscles never benefit as much as they [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Web Resources’
Your Daily Apple: Park Bench Fitness
Posted in Your Daily Apple, tagged Fitness, Out of the Box Exercise, Parks, Web Resources on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Your Daily Apple: What’s Your Real Age?
Posted in Your Daily Apple, tagged Fitness, Nutrition, Web Resources on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As a college student, I find I frequently treat myself with less kindness than I should. I stay up late, wake up too early, and occasionally find myself with a late night slice of pizza in hand on the steps of Low in the dead of winter. This made me wonder – even though I am [...]
Your Daily Apple: 101cookbooks.com
Posted in Your Daily Apple, tagged Nutrition, Web Resources on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cooking as a college student can get tedious, frustrating, time-consuming, and unhealthy. If you don’t think you can stomach another packet of Easy Mac or that the Ollie’s deliveryman might be starting to recognize your face and/or your order, fret no longer. The internet (the wonderful time-sucking tool that it is) can provide endless answers [...]
Your Daily Apple: Enjoying the Fruit of Winter’s Labor
Posted in Your Daily Apple, tagged Nutrition, Web Resources, Winter on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With winter comes one of our favorite types of precipitation. Also, the New Year and the season of gift-giving. Many of us may not appreciate, however, the wonderful seasonal produce of winter. Partaking in these offerings is not only a great way to enjoy succulent, fresh produce and nourish ourselves with important vitamins and minerals, [...]
Workout Slump? Create-Your-Own Workout Video!
Posted in Special Topics, tagged Fitness, Web Resources on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Looking for a way to revamp your workout regime? Just started lifting, but you’re not sure you’re doing it right? This is where the internet comes in handy. As children of the twenty-first century, we have become accustomed to immediate gratification; if we have a question, we google it. Now, Fitness Magazine has come up [...]
Twitter Yourself Fitter
Posted in Special Topics, tagged Public Health, Web Resources on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I started using Twitter after my terrible hometown newspaper published an article hailing the site as “the cool new place for social networking.” I signed up and quickly found that, well, none of my friends were using it. Without the social element, I couldn’t really see the point and wrote off Twitter entirely… until I [...]
eHealth and Wellness: A Viable Option?
Posted in Special Topics, tagged Public Health, Web Resources on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As a college student, you easily waste half your day in front of a computer screen. You google, check your email, your facebook, your blog, your twitter contacts, Perez, and you (ostensibly) write papers. The main question on my mind is this: since I just can’t seem to quit my computer, how can I use [...]
Welcome to Net Week
Posted in Special Topics, tagged Fitness, Public Health, Web Resources on February 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Usually, when someone invokes fitness and nets in the same sentence, they’re talking about soccer or basketball. This week, myself and fellow Barbellina Elise want to add a different net to the fitness discourse: the interNet. Check in every afternoon between now and Friday to find new internet resources to amp up your training, motivate [...]
Your Daily Apple: An Awesome Healthy Website!
Posted in Your Daily Apple, tagged Nutrition, Web Resources on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re bored, looking for new and exciting healthy recipes, or looking for your favorite meal “healthified,” I have got the website for you! Last year, one of my friends showed me a great website called “Eat Better America.” The website features a ton of interesting new recipes for dishes such as wonton fruit cups [...]
Your Daily Apple: Meetup.com
Posted in Your Daily Apple, tagged Fitness, New York City, Sports, Web Resources on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re like me, you enjoy playing sports and hanging out with friends. Sometimes, hanging out with your friends includes playing sports, but that’s not always the case. If you want to play basketball, for example, you could play 1 on 1, but its much more fun to play with full sides of 5 on [...]
