I mean, really, who wants to work out when you can be playing with a cute, fluffy puppy? [ Read More ]
Work Out With Your Dog [VIDEO]
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Categories: Animals/Pets, Hall of Fame, Sports/Fitness, Videos
An Insincere Suggestion Box
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July 26th, 2014– My Dear Secret Diary, the photo accompanying this entry is of the “Suggestion Box” at a golf club. [ Read More ]
Categories: Hall of Fame, My Secret Diary, Photos, Playful Pranks, Sports/Fitness
Why I Did Hot Yoga and Why I’ll (Probably) Do It Again
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Born and raised in the suburbs, my parents tried to expose my brothers and me to new things. They took us to places including the Netherlands, Mexico, and Canada. Granted, it was Aruba, Cancun, and I’m from Buffalo, so Canada was about 30 minutes away. But nonetheless, I considered myself quite “worldly”. [ Read More ]
Categories: Personal Growth, Sports/Fitness
The Marathon Hog
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In the fall of 2011, I opted to run my first marathon. I was prepared for fatigue, dehydration, and muscle aches, but not for what I [thought I] saw at mile 20… [ Read More ]
Categories: Sports/Fitness
Getting Ripped: Day One
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When I was fourteen I decided, like so many budding athletes, to take up weight lifting. [ Read More ]
Categories: Kids, OOPS, Sports/Fitness
Sports Terminology
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Sports can take on another language, and if you’re new to sports, certain phrases and sayings may leave you confused. Let me help break some of these down for you. [ Read More ]
Categories: Advice, Funny Sayings, Sports/Fitness
Where Can I get Muscles Like That?
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June 7, 2014– Dear Secret Diary, the other day I looked in the mirror and asked, “Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, whose got the fairest muscles of them all?” [ Read More ]
Categories: Advice, Health/Medicine, My Secret Diary, Playful Pranks, Sports/Fitness
Country Baseball
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Growing up on the West Side of Chicago in the early 40’s was an adventure in itself. Being the children of parents who lived through the Great Depression, we didn’t have the niceties or advantages of the children of today, but we had a closeness of family and friends that bring back warm memories that can never be … [ Read More ]
Categories: Kids, Sports/Fitness
How Not To Make A Good Impression At Your Karate Class
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June 8th, 2013– Dear Secret Diary, I can’t believe what you let me do at my Karate class today. It was only my second class, I felt like a fish out of water, and my legs spent much of the class hour burning. While this might be OK (or not) on a weekday, it was … [ Read More ]
Categories: Advice, Fashion, My Secret Diary, OOPS, Sports/Fitness
The Bench Warmer
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When I began my first year of Junior college, I was surprised to learn that my high school gym teacher had become the college’s basketball coach. [ Read More ]
Categories: OOPS, School/Education, Sports/Fitness
