(BlackFitness101.com) Knee pain can make a person feel old before their time. I have heard that from sisters in the gym, brothers at health fairs, women after church, and men who wait until nobody else is close before they say it. They want to move, but they are tired of ...
(BlackFitness101.com) Sleep is the workout partner most people ignore, and I know that sounds almost too plain to be taken seriously. Folks come to me asking about belly fat, tighter arms, sore knees, meal timing, walking plans, protein, water, and which machine in the gym is worth using. I can ...
(BlackFitness101.com) Folks keep acting like hybrid training just fell out the sky with a new pair of leggings and a fresh podcast name. I hear it all the time now. Somebody lifts on Monday, runs on Wednesday, takes a boxing class Saturday, then suddenly they have discovered something brand new. ...
(BlackFitness101.com) I have had young folks ask me about sit ups and crunches like they were asking which team to bet on. They want one answer, quick and clean. Which one works better? Which one gets the stomach right faster? Which one should I do if I am just starting? ...
(BlackFitness101.com) I wish more beginners knew this before they ever got on the floor. You do not have to start your fitness journey by fighting your own neck. I have watched people grab behind their head, pull hard, rush through sit ups, then wonder why they feel awful the next ...
(BlackFitness101.com) Summertime down South will humble a whole household before breakfast if you let it. That heat does not ease in polite. It shows up early, sits heavy on the porch, and makes a person start bargaining with themselves about everything they said they were going to do. That is ...
(BlackFitness101.com) I have seen a man sit on the edge of the couch and say he was too tired to exercise, then turn around and move for twenty minutes because the right song came on. That is the thing about music. It can sneak past the part of the mind ...
(BlackFitness101.com) When I was little, older folks used to talk about pressure like it was almost expected once you reached a certain age. Somebody always had medicine sitting near the kitchen sink. Somebody auntie stayed talking about doctor appointments after church. Back then I never paid attention to any of ...
(BlackFitness101.com) Soon as summertime show up, people start wanting to get outside again. You can feel the difference in the neighborhood. Folks grilling. Music playing somewhere down the block. Children running around while grown folks sit outside trying to catch a little evening breeze before dark. After being stuck inside ...
(BlackFitness101) Every summer the same tired jokes start floating around again. Somebody sees Black folks near a pool or beach and suddenly the old stereotype about Black people not swimming comes right back out. A lot of people laugh it off, but truthfully, that stereotype ignored generations of history, exclusion, ...