Flip Flops Get A Much Needed Design Update

I found this article about the PecheBlu flip flops on Tribble Agency.  Usually, I wouldn’t think about the design of my footware, especially flip flops, but this is pretty compelling.  Now I know why my feet constantly hurt and my shins feel like they were kicked 10 times each with steel – toed boots.

PecheBlu flip flops, unlike other “slab” flip flops, offer arch support for your feet.  I didn’t really think about it until now, but I can see how if your feet aren’t supported, it tends to cause a lot of strain on your ankles, shins, and knees. Not to mention that regular “slab” flip flops make you feel like you’re walking funny…

I did some more research into them and it looks like a pretty cool company….and they actually care about how they make their flip flops!  Granted, some of them are a little expensive ($400 for a pair of crocodile flip flops?), but they’re definitely worth checking out.  Walk the beach in comfort!

Time in a Gym: Less is More

Peoplejam.com has a post on how to get more of a work out in less time.  It has some really cool insights on what you should be working on and how long it should take you, and it’s very simple to understand.  It goes into how many times a week you should work out (3), and being able to do a full body workout in about 40 minutes.  It also gives you a small, really simple exercise program you should follow.

Article Here

I’m one of those people who used to have 2 hour marathons in the gym.  It was great at first, but eventually I started regressing.  I wasn’t putting on as much muscle, somedays I couldn’t lift as much as other days that same week with the same muscle group, and I would always be pulling a muscle, or I’d have tennis elbow and joint pain.  I wish I had some muscle spasm lotion back then, because I’d be hurting for weeks with a pulled muscle.  I’d train through the pain, though, like an idiot.

The article is right in saying that fitness magazines are depressing.  You can’t do any kind of marathon in a gym and expect to go anywhere fast.  This article says to train for three days a week, which is precisely correct when you’re first starting out.  I go to the gym four days a week because most of my program consists of upper body training, so I use the fourth day for lower body.

If you want to go five days a week, though, make sure that two days are dedicated to cardio.  Get on a treadmill for 20 minutes and do some windsprints, or hop on an exercise bike for an hour.  You need to give you body time to heal the muscles that you just worked.

Anymore, I spend about 40 to 45 minutes on my workout.  I have no more muscle discomfort, no aching joints, and I’m constantly seeing improvements.  Remember: Less is more!