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Workouts for Wanderers- Combining Fitness and Travel Maintaining fitness habits while traveling can be tricky. But neglecting your workouts altogether is a bad idea. That's because, after an extended break from exercising, it's often tough to resume the routine. And if you travel frequently for business, skipping workouts each time you're on the road wreaks havoc on your attempts to stay in shape. To ensure that you are able to exercise while traveling, then, plan ahead carefully. Make reservations at hotels with extensive selections of fitness equipment, and gyms with business hours that you find accommodating. If you're a runner, only book rooms at properties near running trails. Carefully craft your itinerary to allow ample time for fitness, too. Further, whenever you're on vacation, cram in calorie-burning activities like hiking, swimming, and mountain climbing. One of the more important ways to stay fit while traveling is to make sure to do some r...

I like that there seem to be a new trend of more people trying to get fit. I don't know if its a temporal trend because of summer vacations, beach, weddings, reunions and etc. Whatever the case, couple with this new trend is another new trend of heavily false fitness advice and standards. So many people think to be fit and healthy = having a 6 pack or being a size 0  And even worst are those who look up to the photo shopped images of celebrities and models on fitness magazines, as their golden standard.

This Summer, the City of Boston in partnerships with  the Red Sox  Foundation, Partners Health Care, Growing Up Healthy from the  Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation, Blue Cross Blue Shields  of Massachusetts and Boston Public Health  Commission ; will be offering free fitness classes in the city through August 2013. The program is called Boston Moves for Health Here is the link to the complete schedule and Here is the link to the community Calender that lists all the activities You can follow them on Twitter @HealthyBoston and tweet about them at #BostonMoves I plan on attending as many of these classes as much as my work  schedule will allow me to. I'm not one to let a good opportunity go  to waste. If you are going to be attending any of the classes and want to go  with someone, tweet me  @mapetiteniche or send me an email at mapetiteniche@gmail.com and we can plan ...

  As my 4 days vacation winds down,  I'm relaxed and in an over all good mood. I'm also content with the decision to load my planner with things to do over those 4 days. I cannot stress the importance of making time for YOU.  To Live To Explore To Learn To mingle with other fellow Humans. What strange creatures we are  ^_^ This post gives a little glimpse into how I spent my vacation Spent July 4th at the beach with friends and family Watched the Fire Works (p.s. raw footage + amateur videographer. Keyword is snipet. The fireworks went on for a long time ) Midnight conversations with a good friend Watched Afro Pop band   Kina Zoré   perform at Middle East. Check them out, they are pretty good. I'll be writing an article about them for the Africans In Boston newsletter so keep an eye out for that.  Here is a sample of their music Kina Zoré Free Singles by Kina Zoré Atte...

I've always held the believe that African dancing, in all its varied forms, is a workout. This video shows you how to infuse certain plyometricS body weight exercises while at the same time dancing and enjoying KUKERE Here  is the Work Out Video Here is the original Music Video

Location : John Eliot Square, Roxbury, MA Juba Market & C afé   is a new African restaurant owned by Abdulkadir Hussein. As soon as I walked in, glanced to my right to see a tv screen with the confederate cup finals going on (Brazil vs Spain), I knew I was H.O.M.E I wasted no time to start a conversation with my fellow football fans who were there to catch the game while enjoying some good African food. Also spotted was a quiet nook with huge windows and a clear view of Eliot square. A perfect niche to take advantage of  Juba Market & C afé  's free wifi service and get some work done on your computer. As for the menu, there was something for everyone from beef to lamb and vegetarian platters. I also appreciate that the restaurant had signage about gluten and allergies information.  The price and portion size was appropriate and reasonable I had an opportunity to speak with the owner and cannot wait to s...

When my phone's running app started acting up, it was time to shop around for a new method of logging my miles. I also decided that perhaps it was time to buy a gps garmin watch. The problem with that thought process is, Garmin gps watches are not generally cheap.  During my research, I came across Milestone POD , a sensor device that logs in miles for your running shoes. Allowing the athlete to know when you change your shoes to avoid injury. Here is what the website says about the product; ___________________________________________ Passively track the mileage on your running shoes so they can be  replaced at the correct mileage; not too soon (wasting valuable  tread) and not too late (potentially causing injury) . ______________________________________________ Even though the idea is to log in your miles so you know when to change your running shoes, it can be used as a fitness gadget to record miles ran. For the price o...

Am a huge supporter of anything that sheds more light to the talents of female soccer players and female athletes in general. It seems not matter how good our skills, we always live in the shadow of our male counter parts. I don't know if she  is a Good soccer player but I DO KNOW, you don't learn the skills she is performing over night. It t takes time, practice and consistency PLAY BEAUTIFUL 

We are officially half way through the year! Here are some instagram exercise challenges to help you stay on track with your resolutions or to give you alternate ideas to your current routines Even if it doesn't seem like your cup of tea, I implore you to at least try it for a day, a weekend, maybe even  a week? The worst that can happen is that you love it and do the challenge for the month. Goodluck