Social Workout

Noon Stretch

Just 'Cause I'm Proud

"...i wanted to share that i had SEVENTY wild meals this month. damn."
— msh258, today, 10:44 A.M.

Featured Body

on eating plastic.

In which this week's "Featured Body," msh258, takes a close look at some pretty un-wild food.

A few weeks ago, I was in a supermarket by my job and as I'm wandering the aisles, I come across this madness: fat-free, sugar-free, calorie-free, cholesterol-free, carbohydrate-free, and gluten-free...chocolate dip?! Seriously people, what IS this stuff? Turns out it's something along the lines of plastic...here are the ingredients:

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Featured Body

you better realize you're hot...like...now.

In which this week's "Featured Body," msh258, gets a dose of wisdom from her hottie of a mother.

Sundays are usually my days to catch up on the 'real life' activities that I inevitably neglected throughout the week. So, yesterday I did all the laundry, cleaning, cooking, etc. that needed to be done and then I popped by my mom's place for coffee and a chat. I love those! Anyways, at some point she showed me some pictures that my older brother came across recently of her in her late 20's, just a couple years older than me now. She was a total hottie!!! When I said so, she just responded with a 'yea! I just wish I knew that then!'

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Almost There

Eat.Sweat.Blog. Day 29. Do It.

Two days left. Hopefully you're busting your ass on the treadmill as we type, or sprinting alongside the Hudson River, legs pumping, heart thumping, feathered hair blowing gently in the breeze. Or your guns are glistening in side crow pose and you're off coffee and sugar and dairy and gluten—basically, you're a lean, mean smoothie machine and no one and nothing will ever harm you again. And even if you're acting like a fat pig laying inert in your bed eating only white bread there is still time! We believe in you! Go for a walk, eat a leafy green, rejoice in a jumping jack! Honestly. You can do it.

...And the Oscar goes to: msh258, who, while struggling through a difficult stretch of life, responded to a text from sassletics82 who encouraged her to go to Crunch, which she did, and once there, did a 70 minute workout and left feeling much better. msh258 will be recieving a copy of Clean Plates N.Y.C., our favorite guide to conscientous eating in the big city. Rock on, dudes!

Day 17: G Fresh Feat, Song #1 "Bikram Blues"

As I mentioned in a blog entry below, as a brain-strengthening challenge/feat to myself to complement the physical challenges/feats that we're all doing, I'm going to try to write 10 songs from now until the end of the month based on subjects relating to SocialWorkout.com and physical fitness in general. 

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msh258's Cardio Pop Trash Mix

SW Challenge Champion msh258 wants you to know she has good music on her iPod, and this isn't it. This is straight up guilty-pleasure mainstream trash, which, turns out, is the perfect compliment to high-intensity cardio. For her champion playlist, she's placed energy-boosting favorites like "Womanizer" and "Paper Planes" right where you need them to fight fatigue. Download, sweat, repeat. 

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Alt.Saturday

Get Your Chase On

Attention you: A week from this Saturday, July 25, The City Chase comes to New York (or other city near you). Participants rappel off buildings, bowl naked, shoot bows and arrows, swim in rivers, and generally navigate their city using all sorts of clever problem-solving techniques. Think Fear Factor and The Amazing Race crossed with a scavenger hunt and CrossFit. Takes a certain kind of person. Like, say, the sort who are 23 days into another urban fitness challenge.... FYI: May Edition General Hero msh258 has already signed up. Care to join her?

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Social Workout Encounters = Hitting Things??? aka Flurries are Not Milkshakes

I really don't have a lot to add to msh's post, but here goes:

I stayed a little later than usual at work, then walked twenty minutes to the gym, arriving around 5:45. Changed, showered, and hopped on the ellipticals while waiting for the sign up sheet for Aaron's Boxing Class, squinting at every passerby hoping to spot the notorious msh.

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