Pro Choice? Pro Life? Pro Komen? Pro Planned Parenthood?

I watched 'The Fall' of a mighty and what I thought was a noble foundation this week in shock and dismay.  From day one the message touted by the Komen foundation was one of access to health care for ALL Women regardless of their financial situation or their political or religious beliefs.  The Komen Foundation was a beacon of hope for millions of Women and now no matter what they try to do they have lost loyal followers forever, their brand has been tarnished beyond repair.

The reason given was they would not fund an organization under investigation.  Unfortunately they didn't apply that 'rule' to every organization they fund.  One senator decided to investigate Planned Parenthoodto see IF government funds were being used inappropriately.  To date nothing has been found to substantiate the accusation of misuse of government funds.  However Komen Foundation funding to Penn State University will continue.  This school covered up the known rape of children for YEARS and is the reason new legislation is being created to prevent something like that from ever happening again.

I must be missing something.

Conservative Senators have stated that well over 90% of what Planned Parenthood does is perform abortions.  The fact is that abortions are maybe 3% of what Planned Parenthood does, the other 97% is to provide affordable health care for Women in need.  Yep that's pretty bad and sinful.  Bad, Naughty Planned Parenthood.

In order for our world to heal we need to start focusing on doing what's RIGHT.  That includes honoring the fact that we all are entitled to our opinions, our beliefs, our political views and our right to choose what is right for us without being demonized by those with an agenda.  If we start focusing on our similarities and stop focusing on our differences we CAN change the world. 

I respect those of you who feel strongly about Pro Life and I would like to ask that you respect the fact that I feel strongly about Pro Choice.  Whether or not I choose to have an abortion is no one's business but my own.  When I stand before God it will be me and not you who will have to answer for my sins and it will be God who judges me.  God gave us free will for a reason, HE gave it to me and no one else, especially a human, has the power or the right to take it away.

Here's to you in Fitness, Wellness and Health!

Jennifer Malocha CEO of Fun at Wuhoo Fitness

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Half Marathon Training week 2

So far so good, although I'm pretty sure that I'm certifiabley insane.  After only a few training runs I started to think that doing a Half Ironman was a good idea too.  I mean after all if I'm already trained for a Half Marathon why not add a mile and a half open water swim and a 56 mile bike ride?  Boom done!  I haven't signed up yet but I'm seriously thinking about it.

It's funny, I've come a long, long way in only a weeks time.  Last week I was hoping to be able to jog a mile and ended up doing 3.  Well on my 4th training run I was able to go 4.7 miles in about the same amount of time I did 3.7 in.  Of course I was so wiped out from pushing that hard I didn't do my next training run.  I need to remind myself that it's okay to push but not to push so hard that I end up missing training runs.  I have a plan and all I have to do is stick to the plan and I'll finish the Half Marathon with legs to spare.

It's interesting how I do the exact thing in different areas of my life not just my fitness goals.  I get excited and push harder and farther than what I had planned on then run out of steam before reaching my goal.  When I just take small consistent steps towards my goals I complete them.  Hmmm - funny how that works!

Anything is possible even a Half Marathon but it's important to be smart so that I don't injure myself which could potentially prevent me from achieving my goal.  A long time ago I learned  about something called Kaizen.  In a nutshell it means that it's better to change 10% ten times than 100% all at once.  If you think about it - if we change by even 10% ten times, that number ends up being much greater than changing 100% all at once.  I'm a HUGE advocate for small changes over time because I KNOW that those small changes yield HUGE results!

Are ready to stop pushing too hard too fast and start making small changes that yield HUGE results?AWESOME!!!  What small changes will you commit to doing today?

Here's to you in Fitness, Wellness and Health!

Jennifer Malocha CEO of Fun at Wuhoo Fitness

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Training For a Half Marathon Week 1

I'm currently training for a Half Marathon. This is a very big deal for me because distance running has always been a challenge. I don't think twice about doing a 2 mile open water swim or a 150 mile bike ride but the idea of running 13 miles? YIKES! I'm doing the run with a dear friend of mine so I have a workout and accountability partner. I created a totally doable training program that over the course of 20+ weeks will bring us to our goal of running 13 miles. The weak link in the training program is me.

I went out for my first training run to see where I was starting from - I had guessed a mile but was pleasantly surprised that my starting point was 3 miles.  That's a BIG difference and has a serious impact on my training program.  As I was out jogging, and I do use the term 'jog' in the broadest possible manner, the biggest challenge I came up against was in my head.  I call it the Committee.  You might not know my Committee but I'm fairly certain that you may have one of your own. 

The Committee is made up of all those voices in my head that tell me why I can't or shouldn't do something.  They were powerful my first day out!  It started with "It's cold", followed quickly with "My legs are tired", not to be outdone one of the voices piped up with "who do you think you're kidding you'll never be able to jog a mile let alone 13!"  The committee kept repeating the litany of reasons why this whole Half Marathon thing wasn't going to work and was certain I'd come to the realization on my own soon enough.

As powerful as the Committee can be I know how to beat it at it's own game.  I fight those voices with the voices of the members of my Dream Team, well them and great music.  I also play games with myself like picking out a tree and telling myself that as soon as I get to that tree I can slow down.  Since I am just beginning my training I don't care how fast I jog, I can jog as slowly as I need to I just can't stop.  I'm pretty sure that I walk faster than I jog right now but as I said I don't mind because I know I'll get faster with each training run.

Giving myself permission to go as slow as I need to as long as I don't walk is a powerful training tool.  Knowing how to speed up and slow down gives me a ton of options during my training runs and allows me to go farther than I thought possible which really shuts the committee up.  I may not set any speed records and I'm okay with that, after all in April I'll be celebrating my 48th birthday and being able to complete a Half Marathon at the age of 48 is something to be very proud of.  When was the last time you challenged yourself and your committee to setting and achieving a personal best goal?  Why not make today the day to challenge yourself?  I believe in You and soon enough you'll believe in you too.

Here's to you in Health, Wellness and Fitness!

Jennifer Malocha CEO of Fun at Wuhoo Fitness

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Low to No Cost Workout Options

As a fitness expert I sometimes forget that people have a certain picture in their minds that 'exercise' looks a certain way and that if they aren't exercising in that way it's not exercise.  The reality is exercise is simply being active.  You can get a great cardio and strength training workout just cleaning the house.  Using our bodies as weights is one of the very best ways to get in shape. Doing push ups, sit ups and squats you will give you a full body workout and when you combine that with something like walking or even jumping jacks you'll get cardio thrown in as well. 

If getting and staying motivated is a challenge then find a friend, family member, neighbor or co-worker to be your workout/accountability partner.  It's harder to bail on a workout if someone else will be doing it with you.  Even though I'm a fitness professional sometimes I don't want to do my workout and with all the different hats I where it's easy to find reasons why I can put off my workout. When I experience the 'I really don't want to do my workout syndrome' I rely on what I call my 'Dream Team'. 

My Dream Team are the people in my life that I rely on to help me stay focused and motivated.  These are the people I can call, email or text that will help hold me accountable.  I can reach out to these people when I REALLY don't feel like doing my scheduled workout, they encourage me when I'm down and they celebrate with me when I achieve a personal best.  The reality is that even though I LOVE fitness I don't always feel like working out and the reason I'm sharing this is to help encourage you to stay on track.

Back to low to no cost workout options.  Pretty much every city has some sort of discount program such as Groupon, Living Social, Amazon or Bloomspot that offer huge discounts on a variety of things including services.  I see discounts on yoga, personal training, dancing, rock climbing, gym memberships to name just a few different types of activities.  These specials are a great way to try a variety of different types of activities for very little money.

There are also some great fitness web sites that offer free exercise libraries.   One site I really like is the IDEA Health and Fitness exercise library which includes videos of the different exercises.  Another site I like is the American Counsel on Exercise (ACE) exercise library. I don't always agree with the difficulty rating that they give the exercises but I do like the exercises themselves.

I hope that this gives you some ideas for low to no cost workouts and for staying motivated.  As always please feel free to email me with any questions or comments you may have.

Here's to you in Fitness, Wellness and Health!

Jennifer Malocha CEO of Fun at Wuhoo Fitness

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The single MOST important thing you can do for your health

I know it's been a while since I've posted a blog.  It's funny how things come up in life that can distract me from doing the things I don't want to do as well as the thing that I DO want to do!  My husband Mike was telling me about a great video he watched on wimp.com the other day that really made an impact on him.  I looked it up and had to keep myself from telling the screen over and over and over I'VE BEEN SAYING ALL OF THIS FOR YEARS!!!! 

I love the format that this information is presented in, I love the simple high impact science behind the information and I just plain LOVE the information!  It's a short, fun, easy to watch video about the one simple most important high impact thing you can do everyday for your health.  Please watch the video, share the video and most importantly DO what the video suggets.

Here's to you in Health, Wellness and Fitness!

Jennifer Malocha CEO of Fun at Wuhoo Fitness

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