…the BEST news–is written by me! Oh hello ell, I couldn’t resist the play on words–go figure–as I proudly announce my second article in the widely-circulated Santa Barbara Independent. It gives 411 about the pending half marathon in Wine Country this weekend. I couldn’t be more pleased if I won the race itself. Pick up…
I am so pleased to announce my first article in the Santa Barbara Independent has been published. With a circulation of 40,000, it’s the largest circulation of any paper in all of Santa Barbara. Available online and in print, please click over and read! http://www.independent.com/news/2016/apr/20/right-moves-nite-moves/ A fresh look at a summer series of races featuring…
Take Me Out… Ahh, baseball. America’s favorite pastime, and no wonder. Is there a better way to spend an afternoon than watching a live game and cheering on the home team? Under sparkling sun, and breeze just strong enough to float a few butterflies? Even the weather was perfect this Saturday as the Westmont Warriors…
Santa Barbara gym reviews by certified personal trainer Kardio with Karen It might have been blustery in beautiful Santa Barbara today, but that didn’t put a damper on the grand re-opening of Prevail Conditioning. Located at 417 Santa Barbara Street, this one-of-a-kind athletic training facility skirts the funk zone and the cookie cutter approach so…
The Major Muscle Complexes The major muscle complexes in the human body are pictured below. With approximately 600 muscles all told, their composition ranges from skeletal to smooth to cardiac. BIO: Based in Santa Barbara, CA, Karen Robiscoe is a certified Corrective Exercise Specialist and personal trainer through NASM. DBA Kardio with Karen, she is…
A Hike and Tell to Santa Barbara’s Inspiration Point Some days, you just need to get away from it all. To hike and tell. That day was yesterday for this Santa Barbara blogger. Feeling dejected by the plethora of so-called publishers out there—along with imaginary friends, inflated egos, and career carrots dangled and withdrawn—I grabbed…
BIO: Based in Santa Barbara, CA, Karen Robiscoe is a certified Corrective Exercise Specialist and personal trainer through NASM. DBA Kardio with Karen, she is additionally certified as a Group X instructor and Spin teacher with Fitour, a licensed Livestrong Cancer Survivors instructor by YMCA, and a fully accredited Aquatics teacher with AEA. https://www.facebook.com/kardiowithkaren The…
It’s well and good to hear people say muscle weighs “more” than fat, but there’s nothing like a picture to put that into perspective. Muscle fibers are considerably more dense than fat cells, as the picture to the left illustrates so well. It’s about measurements, not weight, and the only way to slim those…
You know it’s windy when… beachgoers pitch tents on the sand instead of towels. …and while that campground’s yet to be discovered, right from the word ‘go’ I know I’m in for a wind whipped bike ride along Santa Barbara’s beach boardwalk. My first clue was the drive over, buffeted on the high plains of…
Biking & Birding in Santa Barbara Remember that opening scene in Forrest Gump? Where the camera leads us through the opening credits with a white feather buffeted by the breeze? For this post imagine that feather guiding us along a Santa Barbara bike trail, and leading us all the way from Santa Barbara, to a…