Recent content by athomefitness

Janie, you look fantastic! You are less wrinkled and more muscled than you think. You look healthy and fit. Great Job!

Hydroquinone I've noticed a couple of threads touting hydroquinone, and I feel compelled to mention the dangers. I went to my dermatologist regarding my melasma and was given a script for hydroquinone. I went home and did some research, and this stuff is definitely questionable. It has been...

Hi Sarafit. I am certified in group fitness and personal training. I remember reading an article back when I first got certified polling GFIs about their body composition. If I remember correctly, the average was around 20% BF, which is not crazy low, but definitely below average. Funny thing...

IPL I recently went to have some spider veins removed, but the machine for that was broken, so they comped me an IPL (also called a photo-facial), which I had never heard of. I had significant sun damage/discoloration on my face. The results were amazing! Over the course of a week, dark...

I don't know what brand they sell at Costco, but I have the 20# and 55# sets of the Bowflex SelecTech and I love them. They have a contoured handle that makes them very easy to hold, and they smoothly change plates to adjust the weight. My mother has a set of Reebok adjustable dumbbells, and...

Lori, I have been reading these forums for a very long time, and I never post. But, I just wanted to tell you what an awesome post this is. I agree with you on so many points. I do think exercise should be fun--and these workouts are! Sometimes serious exercisers do tend to get hung up on...

The chimpmunk in the dryer story brought back a memory from when I was a kid. My grandmother was very sick, and my mother had been spending alot of time at the hospital. The laundry had piled up, and I had run out of things to wear, so I thought I would just wash my own clothes. Now, we lived...

Hi All! I've been a lurker on the forums for quite some time (years!), but figured this was as good time as any to actually post. I'm 39, a certified personal trainer living in the Metro Atlanta area, married 15 years w/ 2 children--DD 13 and DS 9. I found Cathe on FitTv some time after...