The Books & The Articles
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Fitness for Dummies, Second Edition
IDG Books Worldwide, 1999
By Suzanne Schlosberg and Liz Neporent

"A funny, irreverent, and very smart guide to wading through the confounding maze of fitness information." -Cooking Light

"Armed with insider information on gym jargon, etiquette, trainers and more, you’ll never be intimidated by a weight room again." -Shape

The Ultimate Workout Log: An Exercise Diary and Fitness Guide
Second Edition, Houghton Mifflin, 1999

"This is an invaluable log. It will hold you accountable for the work you do and for the goals you set. It’s a great psychological tool." -Steve Scott, three-time Olympian, American record holder, mile run

The Articles

Back to My Roots - Southern Californians often fantasize about moving to small towns for the safe streets, the clean air, the sense of community. I moved to Bend, Oregon-an unfamiliar town in a state where I knew no one-because of my hair....(click to contiue)

For a Good Man, Click Here - Knowing that I’m about to horrify my mother, I will divulge exactly what happened: I had a torrid affair with a guy I knew only as BikeMan. That was his alias on the Internet, which is where we met and where we carried on our affair-before we dared to meet face-to-face...(click to contiue)

Great in the Sack - My boyfriend, Alec, has come up with some pretty loopy ideas, but recently he topped himself: He suggested I run around Yerington, Nevada, with a 50-pound sack of chicken feed around my neck. Let me explain...(click to contiue)

Houseguest from Hell - According to recent news reports, it’s trendy for college-educated 27-year-olds to move back home with their parents. I am a college-educated 27-year-old, but I have not moved in with my parents. I have moved in with my friend Teri’s parents, Sandy and Mel Breuer. It happened like this...(click to contiue)

L-O-S-E-R: Triple Word Score - There are some challenges in life for which you’ve had years to prepare-swallowing Mom’s Passover gefilte fish without actually tasting it comes to mind. Then there are those challenges that come out of nowhere and knock you on your butt, such as last week when I played Scrabble at the Granada Hills Jewish Community Center with my 82-year-old grandma....(click to contiue)

Bowled Under - Excuse my meager supply of testosterone, but I will not be watching the Super Bowl on Sunday. I have better things to do, like clean my toaster-oven tray. The Super Bowl is an event whose sole purpose, it seems, is to give the American male a legitimate reason to hurl pork rinds at a big-screen TV...(click to contiue)

Gladiator for a Day - A federal agent with bulging biceps. An ex-Marine sergeant who squats 400 pounds. A gasoline truck driver who finds bungee jumping dull. They were big, they were tough, they were determined-and they were my opponents, three of the 500 women with whom I was vying to a contender on TV’s "American Gladiators."...(click to contiue)