Work It Contributes to Influential Magazine
I am happy to announce that I am a contributing writer for health and fitness column in a new online publication titled Influential! Influential is one of the newest ventures of my good friend William Jackson. The online magazine’s tagline is “The Art of Living Well.” Influential Magazine will deliver articles and advice to readers [...]
Review: Vibram FiveFinger 6 Month Update
By Shane Whitehead, Work It Trainer
It has been almost 6 months since my initial purchase of the Vibram Five Fingers (VFF) and I have been very pleased with them. I wasn’t sure how they would hold up since I wear them everyday but they really have surprised me. The soles are very thin [...]
Review: Vibram FiveFinger (those toed shoes)
By Shane Whitehead, Work It Trainer
One day I was out running Town Lake and I saw a guy wearing some strange camo print footwear, then as I got closer I saw that the shoe he was wearing looked more like a thick sock with a rubber sole. Since I never saw or heard of anything [...]
New Austin Raw Food Restaurant: Borboleta
A friend invited me out to lunch at Borboleta a new vegetarian, gluten-free raw food restaurant in downtown Austin. I eat healthy but I don’t have a lot of experience with dining the raw food way. That being said, here is my review of Borboleta.
The restaurant itself is pretty small, located right next to Bella [...]
New Book “The End of Overeating”
David Kessler, M.D. and former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration examines the reasons Americans are addicted to food and what the food industry knows that most of us don’t. How do our bodies react to sugar, fat and salt? What is the correlation to them and why is it so addictive? Take [...]
Informal Experiment #1: “TrailGuru vs. RunKeeper vs. Strands, part 3″
The next posting in our experiment will feature the RunKeeper iPhone app.
Late Breaking news…..yesterday Work It Training attended the Austin Marathon Expo at the Palmer Event Center. Work It Training ran into the Strands people. Strands (strands.com) is another iPhone app that is similar to TrailGuru and RunKeeper. After a quick demo of the Strands [...]
Informal Experiment #1: “TrailGuru versus RunKeeper, part 2″
Here is my write up on the TrailGuru iPhone app.
Version: 2.0
App size: 293 KB
Free / Paid: only available as free app
Ads: the google maps view shows banner ads
Here are screens shots of the iPhone app interface:
Main window (Fig 1)
Very intuitive. You start/stop/clear just like you would on a standard stopwatch. The main window also [...]
Book Review: “Every Town Needs A Trail”
I was at the Active Texas Summit in January this year and had the opportunity to talk with Jen Ohlson, the author of “Every Town Needs A Trail.” Jen’s book is all about the history and beauty of Lady Bird Lake Trail (formerly the Town Lake Hike and Bike Trail) told through stories of those [...]
Informal Experiment #1: “TrailGuru versus RunKeeper, part 1″
I have an iPhone, and I love it. I mean….I really love it. I am amazed at how many great apps there are for the iphone. When I go jogging around Austin I really like to know the distance I have traveled, an approximation of calories burned, and also the duration of the run. I [...]
Barton Creek Greenbelt: Visit 1
Park: Barton Creek Greenbelt (West) on 2/3/2009
Location: 1710 Camp Craft Road, close to Barton Creek Mall near Loop 360 and Mopac
Area: 1,770 acres in total
Call 472-1267 for info on the Barton Creek Greenbelt
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Now that cedar-fever is effecting me less I ventured out to cover my first park for the year. I picked an awesome day [...]
