Where Frugality Meets Fitness
Where Frugality Meets Fitness
Where Frugality Meets Fitness
Where Frugality Meets Fitness
You might be frugal, but are you frugalmatic? Being frugalmatic goes beyond saving money. It’s about wisely using your time to benefit both your health and your finances. Learn how to take your daily routine to the next level with my free Starter Kit. Join me, Andrew, on a frugalmatic journey.
Becoming more physically active is actually a mental process.
Good things can happen when you give up your smartphone.
If I could have only one gadget, it would be the electric toothbrush. The coffee grinder comes in a close second place, but I only use that once a day (twice for the toothbrush). My […]
Find amazing value in the electric toothbrush Read More »
One of the best ways to maximize the value of things in your home is to repurpose them. This is especially true for children’s clothes, toys, and furniture. You can buy these things one day
New uses for old things: the repurposing process Read More »
In his new book “Exercised,” Daniel Lieberman gets many things right about the importance of exercise and physical activity. He gets one thing wrong, however, in treating as extreme the idea that “sitting is the
Sitting is the new smoking, despite what ‘Exercised’ says Read More »
What do you call a device that looks like a smartphone but is free of addictive and manipulative features? Chris Kaspar believes he’s holding the answer. It’s the Wisephone. Kaspar is the founder of Techless,
Interview with Chris Kaspar, creator of the Wisephone Read More »
If woodworking intimidates you, keep in mind these two things: 1) You don’t need a big collection of power tools to work with wood. 2) You don’t need to achieve a certain skill level to
5 simple and inexpensive wood projects Read More »
Besides obsessing over how to make the juiciest turkey possible, one of my Thanksgiving traditions is to write a letter to my friend Stan, whom I met during my days as a newspaper editor. He’s
Try a new tradition: Write a letter every month Read More »
Standing desks took off after the 2009 publication of Mayo Clinic Dr. James Levine‘s book, “Move a little, lose a lot.” Suddenly, office workers everywhere were questioning their lifestyles, which no longer seemed healthy. Prolonged
What six years of using a standing desk taught me Read More »
Elana Mugdan did what few people have done or have even attempted to do in our digital age. She gave up her smartphone. The beverage company Vitaminwater picked Mugdan from a pool of thousands of
Interview with Elana Mugdan, the ‘Scroll Free for a Year’ winner Read More »
Fitness trackers are one of the few trendy gadgets that encourage healthy habits. They don’t tempt you to binge-watch TV shows or scroll through your social media feed. They don’t offer to vacuum your floors
The best fitness tracker is yourself Read More »
When you think about diets, they often involve counting, whether it’s fat, carbs, calories or sugar. The frugalmatic diet isn’t about that. It focuses on how food is prepared, whether it’s heavily processed or whole.
Whole foods are the stars of the frugalmatic diet Read More »
