Don't Forget Sunscreen

If you're participating in an endurace event this month, chances are you will encounter some strong sun rays.

Many of us forget about the sunscreen, particularly when it begins to cool a bit.  However, if you're out in the sun for an hour or more for an event, consider the exposure that may find you. You definitely risk getting burned.

Make sure to get the sunscreen applied Ryan Falkenrath writes for the Everymantri.com site.

Your skin will appreciate your efforts to preserve it.

A Quick Workout

Needing a quick and effective workout?

Try this 20-minute, full-body workout provided in a post in the The Happy Runner blog.

The workout is inspired by CrossFit and if you move from exercise to exercise, you can keep your heartrate elevated for cardio benefits.

Give this a shot, particularly when you are short on time.

Bodyweight Exercises

When we get away from home for business or pleasure, it's challenging keeping up with fitness.

If you're like me, you're always wondering if a weight room, treadmill or pool will be available to keep up with training.

For weight training, you don't always need the services of a weight room.  As Rachel points out in her Fit Mom's Blog post, you can use the benefit of your own bodyweight to do a variety of valuable exercises.

She offers a series of exercises you can do without weights along with combinations of ways to do them.  Another form of exercise you can do without weights is yoga.  Yoga primarily takes advantage of using your own bodyweight to support your exercises.

There are ways to continue your fitness activity even though you may not access to the tools you normally need.

The Importance Of Strengthening The Core

Our core is vital to so many of the activities in which we engage.

As Michael Clarke writes for www.active.com, our bodies don't maintain much skeletal support at the core, so abdominal muscles become critical.  It all starts at the core - and it's not just your abdominal muscles, as your back is part of the equation as well.

Clarke's article lays out why keeping core muscles tuned is important and offers three key exercises toward maintaining core strength.

Six Running Sins . . . And How To Repent

If you're a long-time runner, you will enjoy the humor of this post.

Susan Lacke posts on Competitor about some of the most common mistakes people make as they navigate the sometimes complicated world of distance running.  "I'd be faster if I had better gear" or "I just signed up for my first marathon. I can be ready in six weeks, right?" are examples of the errors eager rookies will make.

What's most important about this post is she lists ways to "repent" from the commitment of sins.  So, if you're guilty of these mistakes, here's your opportunity to visit to the confessional.

100 Best Running Songs

I'm sure you have your own "favorite's list" of workout music.  Everybody does.

Here's a new list of the "Top 100 Running Songs" as compiled by the DailySparkBlog.

Even though I have my own favorites, I enjoy reviewing list compiled by others so I can add songs I've either forgotten about or didn't consider for whatever reason.

Summer Bucket List

Did you make up a summer "bucket list" this year?

I always try to put together a list of fitness activities I'd like to do for summer.  Ride certain trails, swim in local open watering holes, do a fitness activity, then attend a local farmer's market . . . you get the idea.
This post from the Iowa Girl Eats blog reminded me of how it's good to plan out some activities for your summer.  Officially, there's about a month left of summer.  So get your list out and finish it up!

With that being said, I'm going to take a break from posting as I try to finish some of my summer "bucket list" activities.