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Critic-Turned-Cook Works on Her Kitchen Workout

Check out my husband's biceps! [Photograph: Leslie Kelly] A while back, I was standing at the sink at Alpha Sigma Phi, squeezing water from blanched spinach. The squeeze-a-thon made my forearms ache. It felt as if I had just done 50 pushups, but it also gave me an inspiration. The Kitchen Workout! Forget pilates. Deep-six the kick-boxing class. Drop the gym membership. You wanna shape and sculpt and burn mega-calories? The Kitchen Workout's just the ticket. Veteran cooks will tell you, working a shift is like sprinting in place. There might be something like a million little steps each night between the line and your mise en place (and the alley where you might run to for a smoke...

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7 Comments | Posted by Leslie Kelly, February 18, 2010 at 3:15 PM
Tagged: Critic-Turned-Cook, exercise

Ed Levine's Serious Diet, Week 87: Do Weights Help You Lose Weight?

"Will the weights help me lose weight or just license to eat more?" Last week many of you suggested I vary my exercise regimen to lose the last 15 or so pounds I want to lose. Specifically, a couple of serious eaters mentioned that weight training could re-set my body's thermostat and rejigger my natural metabolism. This notion intrigued me. I've never been much of a workout person. In fact, I've never worked out regularly, though I did take spinning classes regularly about ten years ago. I do love to play sports that involve hitting and chasing balls, though. I play squash three times a week year-round, and when on vacation, I switch to tennis. But maybe I do need...

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29 Comments | Posted by Ed Levine, October 2, 2009 at 9:00 AM
Tagged: Ed Levine's Serious Diet, exercise, health

Running for Doughnuts

Do you like running? And eating Krispy Kreme doughnuts? At the same time? Then make sure you enter this year's Iowa Sate University Doughnut Run taking place on April 13th. You won't actually stuff your face with doughnuts while on the run, but you will have the opportunity to eat donuts at the aid stations for the chance of shaving seconds off your final running time. (Eating doughnuts isn't required to run the race; then again, why else would you enter it?) Time will only be subtracted for doughnuts you keep in your stomach though; digested doughnuts upchucked before crossing the finish line don't count. [via neatorama] North Carolina State University's Krispy Kreme Challenge is another doughnut-themed marathon with a...

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3 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, April 4, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Tagged: donuts, doughnuts, exercise, Krispy Kreme, marathons, running, weird