Tag Archives: Central Florida

Can You Do One Push-Up?

So the next day at work, sharing the story with a colleague, who was also miserably out of shape, I said, “Look at us, we need to start working out. Can you do a push-up? I mean, right now. Let’s … Continue reading

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Running Results

Do you keep track of your progress? I mean, with a few things that are really important to you. Your checkbook maybe. Or your vacation savings. Or your weight loss or weight gain. Or your running distance or running times? … Continue reading

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The Key To Health

Ever struggle with your motivation to exercise or with making smart food choices? (If you said no, you’re lying) Yesterday while at Gold’s Gym Orlando, I asked one of the staff, “What is it that makes some people commit to … Continue reading

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Find A Million Ways?

Yes. If you don’t know what this means, there’s still hope for you. There are hundreds of ideas here at Lane 8. But they are of no use if you don’t do something, like read them. Here’s today’s biscuit.

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10 Tips To Better Digestive Health

Yesterday’s blog post about bread and high fiber is really part of everyday life for my Family. Living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), has taught us to pay much closer attention to fiber, hydration and a host of other high … Continue reading

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Lane 8 Health & Wellness Blog

Last night I experimented with a WordPress front page “sticky post”. This allows bloggers to indefinitely keep a certain blog post as the very first post. Like a sticky note. If it works, regular Lane 8 readers will see the … Continue reading

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Blood Pressure Tests

Do you know your blood pressure? And do you know your resting heart rate?  How often do you check?  Do you know how and why you have the numbers you do? Also known as a no-brainer, putting it off and … Continue reading

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Gold’s Gym and Lane 8

Last night at Gold’s Gym Orlando in the Dr Phillips area, I meet Pleasant Lewis, the owner of several Central Florida Gold’s Gym facilities. As a 50-year old, I struggle like everyone else, to find time and motivation to exercise. … Continue reading

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Lane 8 And The Art Quitting

Lane 8 is the worst lane.  The slowest competitor is placed there. You know this already. There is an art to being in Lane 8. Huh?  Exactly. Although it doesn’t seem so, striving for (metaphorically) Lane 8 is really impossible. … Continue reading

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Reader’s Wisdom Shared

“Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable.  It may get tough.” — 2006 Fortune Cookie A Lane 8 reader commented recently that part of her motivation, as she was training for a Marathon, came from a fortune cookie … Continue reading

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