Shvitz Giveaway.

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Oh Bumbling Band
To you I won’t lie
There’s no post today
I shall explain why.

I write about fitness.
Day out & day in.
Takes time from my Playouts
Much to my chagrin.

Today I’ve no linkage.
No mindbending prose.
No video ramblings.
(We can do without those…)

I am off to shvitz.
Take this time to go run.
Or climb or do yoga.
(Not sure. SOMETHING FUN!)

You don’t know the word?
Not familiar yet?
To shvitz is to glow
To glisten. To SWEAT.

Its origin? Yiddish
But schvitz we ALL do.
Some more than others
(Uh, Ren Man? That’s you).

So leave me a note.
At the end of my rhyme:
How will *you* shvitz
With your ‘no post here’ time?

Will you run up your stairs?
Will you get out the Yee?
Will you yank out a jump rope?
Go running for me?

What ever you do
Be it solo or sport
Enjoy & embrace it
As life’s far too short!

The people at Pop Judaica have generously offered to sponsor my semi-slacker but filled with shvitz post.

Chime in below with your shvitzing plans and you’ll be entered to with the official SHVITZ workout tank.

Guys? It would make a great for-no-reason-in-particular gift for the special sweater shvitzer in your life!

(and, yeah, this Tribe member would love to know if you’d heard the word before today’s poetic rambles.  I’m curious that way…)

Please to hit us all up in the comments.

Winner announced Monday.

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  2. I’m the second comment, and I’d love to win the shirt! I first heard Shvitz in the book Rivington Street! Ever read it? I’ve lost 75 lbs so far, and I could really use new workout clothes that FIT.

  3. Never heard of it before! Thanks for the enlightenment!

    I love this rhyme…great Friday send off Miz!

    ahh, me to pilates myself into exhaustion today as our guest room/converted studio is now filled (jam-packed) with new equipment!

    Have a great weekend

  4. You are hilarious and YES I KNOW THE WORD!

    This weekend I’m doing hot yoga.

    Nothing is sweatier than that!

  5. That made me want to call my mother.

    YES I know the word 🙂

    I’m running this weekend and my girlfriend would love the tank.

  6. oh HILARIOUS! When you said ‘workout tank’ I thought you meant, like, an actual glass tank you get in to work out that makes you sweat more or something!! HAHAHA Now I realise that you meant a workout top! I need lessons in American English!

    To shvitz today I am going to go through my new cardio programme designed for me by my trainer and hope to get through it without ‘shvitzing’ through my ‘tank’…have a fab weekend Miz, love BigFatPie xxxxxx

  7. I am new to the word!

    Feel free not to enter me but I wanted to stop by and say how I look forward to your blog every morning.

    Thank you.

  8. Not a word I’ve heard before, but one I’m going to enjoy using now!

    There is nothing like having a good sweat. Sitting on the front step, watching the sweat drip off is one of my favourite parts of my runs!

    I also love the steam room and sauna at the gym and often alternate them with a cold shower in between!

  10. New to the word.

    I’ll schvitz mit jillian when my digestive system allows me to stray from the vicinity of the bathroom…flu up in here.

    aaack.

  11. cute post! i <3 the rhyme 😉 you are tooooooooo creative!

    i will be schvitz’ing somehow, hopefully a run outside but the rain looks like it’s gonna prevent that, so dreadfully the treadmill hehe

  12. I have never heard the word either!

    I will be running a 5k and svitzing the entire time LOL

  14. and she adds language teacher to her list of many talents! **cue tongue shaped confetti**

    I took the kids to the gym yesterday – broke my 6 week exercise fast. Has anyone heard about the slow motion workout where you use lighter weights but really slow it down?

    Hurray for Friday!

  15. Marianne (you made me laugh and) I actually wrote a magazine article on superslow.

    I’ll link in a bit when I’m at the computer!

  16. I think I’ve heard the word, but I didn’t know the definition. I’m not a big shvitzer, and I have to work the next two days, so I hope I don’t shvitz…but next week I’m actually going to meet with a personal trainer finally, and then take a group class she is offering. I bet she’ll make me shvitz.

  17. New to the term not to the action.

    Lots of active rest this weekend with my twins at the park!

    Have a good weekend!

  18. To the weight room today, followed up by a vigorous, shvitzy game of chicken ball.

  19. Hey Miz,
    I have heard the word before but I did not know what it meant. I plan to insert it into my vocabulary, shivtz, I love the sound of it.

    Today after a doc appt for me, there will be much bike riding, swimming and running around the park. I may even make it into the gym for some me time!

    I hope that you have a great weekend!

  20. Oh Lovely Miz Fit
    You were quite right
    I gave quite a giggle
    when I saw this sight

    My crazy grandmother
    Bertha, her name
    Was unlike any other
    Yiddish? That was her game

    Shvitzing, ferklempt mashugga, oy vey
    would replace English swears
    And my tatted mom would say
    “Eh, nothing compares!”

    I’ll shvitz quite a bunch
    That I will do
    You have a hunch
    Jazzercise, boo!

    My brain is spent,
    off to work I go
    just please pick my comment
    win I must, yo!

  21. I am going to try and run this morning,but I’m very tired from being up all night from storms. Would love to win this though..

  23. learn something new everyday 🙂 thanks miz! i’m off for a short run, hoping my foot doesn’t bother me… then maybe some jillian time at home!

  24. What a fun word!! My Schivtz today is this killer cardio machine at my gym. I’m going hill climbing baby!!!!!!!!

  26. Yup, I know the word. Nope, not likely to do it today. ugh. It’s raining here today — again!! — and that rules out strapping th elittler one into the stroller while the bigger one is in school. I am still recovering from a pulled back muscle, so taking time off from the gym right now. Desperately hoping to see the sun sometime soon….

  28. Shvitzing? I do that – my bed can attest
    Menopause? I hate you – I get no rest!
    Night sweats and hot flashes
    keep me awake
    Make me so cranky
    My health is at stake!

    My poetry sucketh – I know it is lame
    Perhaps on menopause this, too, I can blame!

    Have a great weekend, oh bumbling band!

  29. I remember times when we lived in Texas and Turkey when just sitting outside caused us to schvitz! We didn’t have to move, exercise, or go anywhere special. Just sit there.

    This afternoon I’ll be hauling equipment to set up for Frontier Days then performing there. I’m sure I’ll have plenty of schvitzing going on in the sun.

  30. Never heard the word before, but I’m extremely familiar with its definition.

    This weekend my shvitzing will be from the elliptical, C25k, and Jillian. If I can convince my behind to get off the couch, that is.

  33. I plan to shvitz (yes, even we Catholic girls can sweat) by cleaning the living daylights out of my house in preparation for inviting my girlfriends over for coffee tomorrow. I’ve lived in this house for 4 years and this will be their first time here. Am I a shvitzing slug, or what?!

  34. Hadn’t heard that term before- but oh my goodness I LOVE that tank and the fact that it actually says “shvitz” on it. I think this is my new favorite word.

    Today I will be shvitzing just from trudging through the snow on my way to work! But will hopefully also be shvitzing tonight from aikido practice. Just the immense amount of focus and concentration and mental efforts has me shvitzing (told you its my new favorite word), never mind the physical aspect!

    Now you’ve got me reminiscing to when I was in the Turkish bath in Istanbul… that had to be one of the most amazing experiences ever. Lots of shvitzing 😉

  35. I’m new to the word too, Miz, but not the action.

    Its a 5k weekend for me!

    Wish me luck!

  36. hiya

    I shvitzed last night and I’ll shvitz again this early evening, with a run. Then a weekend of friends and relatives who can happily shvitz for me.

    If i had a sauna I’d shvitz on a daily basis.

    thanks
    Jens

  38. LOL. Never heard the word, but I’ve definitely done it! In fact it’s one of my favorite things to do, gross as that sounds, because know if I’m shvitzing I’m working hard, and I know if I’m working hard it’s making a difference.

    Plus how cool would it be to watch people’s faces as they read the tank and try to puzzle out whether it’s an obscenity? 🙂

    V.

  39. If the rain holds off, I’ll be shvitzing during an outdoor run or two this weekend. Probably some Jillian Michaels’ No Mor Trouble Zones, too. And does watching the final 4 count? I might shvitz a bit then!

    Have a great weekend!!

    And, yes, get your gait analyzed. It’s easy! It’s free! 🙂

  41. Well, my grandparents are Jewish so I was pretty young when I first heard the word. Although I daresay it took me until college to figure out it meant “sweaty” specifically and not just generally dirty. Meshuggeneh was another toughie;) That was the word she used whenever I asked too many questions and she didn’t want to explain herself.

  42. When I looked it up (nerd, I know, but you provided the link so I couldn’t resist!) they said you could use a sauna. I’d like to do that! But, maybe walking around campus today trying to get them to straighten out my financial aid counts? It’s quite a hike! Or, my big presentation today that I’m not ready for! lol. I will sweat then for sure!

  44. Enjoy your day off and shvitz!

    I’ve been thinking of doing one of my cardio kickbox DVDs tonight. Or treadmill, if I’m not quite energetic enough for kickbox.

  46. Nice post today MizFit 🙂
    My sweat (shvitz) will be from pushing the grocery cart around like a mad woman without hitting anyone and rushing home with it to get ready for work!! I love grocery shopping so it will actually be fun. And a workout top. I don’t even have one, i just use old t-shirts! So that i could use.

  47. I shall be grocery shopping, cleaning house (this counts, doesn’t it?), and maybe some outdoor fun if the rain ever stops!

  48. That is too funny! My husband and I were watching Seinfeld last night (an episode I’ve seen about 4 billion times) and Elaine said, “Hey, I’ve been stuck in a shvitz for six hours.”

    I’m still recovering from my oral surgery, so no shvitzing for me. Doctor’s orders. Hopefully I can resume on Monday.

  49. Happy Friday Miz! This weekend I’m going to break in my new WAVE and do some more fun workouts on the Wii.

  50. I’ve heard the word before.

    I feel horrible, so I may not do anything, and accept that this week was a failure, workout-wise. But I took a lot of my life back from the internet, so there’s that.

    I may also do pilates or yoga if I’m feeling up to it later.

  51. I haven’t heard the word ……so sorry to say 😉

    I will be shvitzing it up quite a bit today :)…

    Already did the 30-day Shred this morning
    Will do a 45 min cardio walk at the track later when hubby is home to watch kiddos
    will repeat 30-day Shred with hubby this evening (he’s trying to drop about 25 lbs before summer)

    And that’s how this mommy will shvitz it up today 😉

    Happy Friday Miz! Have fun with whatever shvitz you choose 😉

  53. I am skipping the gym so I can shvitz in my front yard putting in a patio with my dad! 56 stone blocks weighing in at about 40 pounds each, should be an even exchange!

  55. On April 4th I’m running my first 6 miler, the Kaynor’s Sap Run in Vermont –the longest I’ve ever run! I did my first ever mile last October, ran the 5K Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving, and am giving this race a try… we’ll see what happens!

  57. miz your two posts about eating totally made my year. i am SO going to reach all of my goals. somehow in there i stopped eating like the super healthy fitness girl that i am. i have been eating super clean WITH 200 CALORIES OF JUNK every day and still I am seeing insane changes. thanks for the reminder!!!!

    p.s. pf changs was awesome! i went for the healthy stuff for dinner, and more fun for app to share.

  58. haha, i hadn’t heard that word before. cool …

    i’ve signed up for my first 5k this weekend.

  59. My shvitzing will be done with the Wii Fitness Coach followed by the Wii Fit. I’m sticking to home workouts till I find new workout pants that don’t fall off while running on the treadmill 🙂

  60. I’m a Kiwi and even I know what it means to shvitz. One might shvitz after a schlep, even 🙂

    I’m planning to suck on my inhaler a couple of times and then do an arms workout. Should be shvitzing after that 🙂

  61. had to pop in & take a moment to say how much I really appreciate all of you MAKING the time to comment.

    I know yer gunning for the tank (wink) today but I’m also thinking in general.

    I read every comment (so many people ask if I do!) & love the fact together we are far more powerful/wise than even just the sum of our various parts.

    (Cue sentimental musical interlude)

    I’m off to shvitz at park.

    See you sunday with an update of sorts.

  62. You? Run? This poem made me giggle. I feel like I shvitz a lot. I shvitzed yesterday while running and again this morning while doing the elliptical. Woo!

  65. I will be shivtzing like crazy this weekend…a long run this afternoon, two short runs on Saturday (along with strength training), and a long run on Sunday!

    Thanks for the contest!!! I would love to win the tank!

  66. doc said no running for a couple of weeks 🙁 oy – it’s my favorite way to schvitz!

    love the tank – and will be schvitzing a lot on sunday w/spin class!!!!

  67. LOL, no, I have to admit that I had never heard of shvitzing!

    That said, I am going to really enjoy doing it from now on! 😉

    Part of my shvitz for the day will be moving about ten 125# bales of hay into my barn. Always a fun time, guaranteed to get your heart rate up.

    Then I hope to actually get on the treadmill — as long as I don’t have girls deciding to have babies 🙂

  68. Have already shvitzed once today … did 30-Day Shred at 6:15 this morning, will do 30 flights of stairs at lunch today, and hopefully will fit in a 3-mile run tomorrow. I’m a new reader & would love to win the tank. Love your blog!

  70. you guys crack me up.
    Im a nonSHVITZER today!
    it was freakin’ freezing windy at the park.

    you’ll have that 🙂

  71. Haha, I’ve never heard that word before. It’s awesome! I’ll be shvitzing today during my long run!

  72. Shvitz? I never would have guessed what it meant even though I lived in Long Island where I absorbed a great deal of worldwide culture in a short period of time. Somehow missed that word, but I LOVE it. Thank you for expanding my horizons!

  74. This post was awesome! I will be schvitzing heavy leg-style today, with some sprints to finish ’em off!

  75. Do I need a “Shvitz” tank?
    Oy, that’s a yes!
    Like trafe I start sweating,
    my face looks a mess!
    At the JCC where I work
    this will get a laugh
    from the Jews and the Goyem
    the members and staff.
    So yes, I would like one.
    (And keep it, I must,
    away from the goniffs
    Heaven knows I can’t trust!)
    So please to pick me,
    oh random generator,
    I worship the Miz,
    forever I’ll venerate ‘er!!!!!!

  76. This shiksa is going to schvitz on the treadmill then in my water aerobics class. Yes, I even schvitz in the pool if I’m working hard enough! Thanks for your sweet comment yesterday. You rock my world!

  77. Geez, ya gotta get up at 1 a.m. to be in the first 50 posters here!! I first heard the work schvitz when I was in high school gym class MANY, MANY years ago. (Suffice it to say, I remember the 70’s vividly.) My schvitz for the day is a 45 min. total body workout beginning with a 30 min. recumbent bike ride. Followed by a lovely sauna and shower. Don’t need a tee, so I’m not gonna beg this time….maybe next. 🙂

  78. I used to live in NYC, so yeah, I’ve heard the word before. Today is a day off for me from formal exercise. I shall spend it … shopping. Sometimes that works up a shvitz. I like to see how many bags of groceries I can drag into the house at once. I’ve gotten up to 9. I usually don’t buy more than that. I’m also buying kitty litter today, so I’ll get to see how my musckel strength is progressing. Do I dare go to get it without a cart? Now that could be fun … since I need Fancy Feast & treats, too, I’ll probably have to get a cart. I can’t carry all them little cans in just my hands.

  79. No, I hadn’t heard that word before, and I love it!!! (I’m a word magpie, and Yiddish has such wonderful ones.)

    Mild schvitzing today with a walk at lunchtime and (hopefully) squeeze in some strength stuff this evening. Tomorrow? Major schviting, although not of the workout variety: Thing 2’s 5th birthday party, and we’re partying down with 10 fellow Things in addition to Thing 1 and Thing 2.

    Wow, lots of people doing events; good luck to everyone racing this weekend!

  80. Haha yes, I’ve heard of the word. Let’s see…

    I walking in an MS walk with the pops so I’ll shvitz if it’s warm out. Going to try not to be a chazah (that’s my favorite word!) with all the free nosh at the walk. Then I hope to go to the gym for some serious shvitzin.

    On Sunday, my puppy will kvetch until I take her for a run, so more schvitz then.

    Ah Yiddish…it’s like our own secret language (that everyone tries to take from us…I hate it when people say “Speil”…it’s pronounced SHpeil, folks!)

  82. Of course I know what it is to shvitz…infact I shvitz more than I sweat. We all tend to shvitz a bit in NYC.

    I intend to Shred, so I’ll be shvitzing buckets…oye!

  83. I’ve probably heard schvitz used in other places or situations, but what I remember is from Seinfeld…I believe it’s the Festivus episode!

  84. I could definately use some new sweat gear. I’d be using to “run” about 10 miles down and back the seawall near me. I have heard schvitz before, but I have no idea where… Seinfeld??

  86. i love the word:) and since my in-laws are jewish, i hear it alot lol!

    at the local Jewish Community center they had a huge billboard “Less Kevetching and more Schvitzing” ..made me laugh every time 🙂

  87. You are too funny! I know people say women glow & men sweat.. well, I sweat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no glowing here!

    Today is a day off from exercise for me so …. hey, I am just going to enjoy the “recovery”!!! Although, I do some planks later in the day to the news or some other thing I want to watch and YES, I manage to shvitz!!!!!!

  88. I’ve never heard of the word, but I like it 😉

    Ok, so I already shvitzed (haha) by taking a spinning class and doing a little elliptical action, but I’ll do a little more shvitzing later by shredding 😀

  90. I had heard it, but didn’t know what it meant- love it!

    I am going to play in the rain with my mini-me companions, lots of running and jumping and splashing (screaming/giggling/crying too) is in store. Can’t wait!

  91. Shvitz has been part of vocabulary since I was a kid. I don’t know where I picked it up… Probably from my mom.

    I’ll be shvitzing my butt off this evening with a C25K jog and some yoga. I’m doing a “Spring into Summer” challenge and this weeks task about adding yoga and stretching into our workouts. YAY 🙂

  92. Never heard the word..but I do love it!! I’ll be hitting a power scult class and then going for a nice long hike!
    Love the poem too!

  93. There may not be a post, but we still get poetry, so my heart’s happy! 🙂

    I have heard the word shvitz before, but I didn’t know what it means. I will now be incorporating it into my vocabulary.

    I’m going to be C25k-ing in the glorious sun in about half an hour, and I can’t wait!

  94. I love it. My dad’s side of the family is Jewish (think Linda from Coffee Talk, that’s how all my aunts sound…) so I have absolutely heard it before. I shvitzed this morning by going on a 5 mile run, which unfortunately seemed to aggrivate an old gymnastics injury. Hopefully some yoga and then some whiskey will help tonight :).

  98. Very cool! I need more Yiddish in my life. This weekend I’m thinking some power yoga, if my body can handle it…

  99. I have never heard of that but I like it! I’m going to shvitz this evening on my 3 mile run in the crazy wind!

  101. Funny!! Thanks for making me smile today 🙂 I plan on hiking up my favorite mountain tomorrow….I can’t wait.

  102. I love the rhyming!

    It’s supposed to be warm and sunny this weekend, so I’m looking forward to a nice long walk — and hopefully, some time digging in the garden.

  103. Miz.. you are so good with the rhymes. And thank you for inspiring me to “schvitz”. I have been doing pretty good this week, even went running without music as I decided I had to get my run in and I had 30 mins before dentist appt. and I didn’t want to fiddle with child’s gameboy headphones.
    I am filled with dread thinking about looming deadlines, I think I will go “schvitz” to release some stress.

    Have a great weekend!
    PS. My weekend plans: Lifting with Cathe Friedrich..
    Long run with Cardiocoach

  109. Miz-
    Oy you make me want to plotz! We do alot of shlepping and shvitzing around here.

    Shepping nachas from your vocab lesson. Have a zissen pesach

    Amy

  110. That’s a new word for this gal – thanks for broadening my vocab with such a fun word. 🙂

    Today was my off day, so no shvitz’n for me, unless you count the “wrangling” I did when I took the two kiddos and dog for a walk during our “sun shower” this afternoon (in Seattle we have sun breaks and sun showers sprinkled in our days . . . sort of like other areas of the country where there are rain showers).

    Tomorrow I’ll get in plenty o’ shvitz’n – short run and weights!

  111. Hoi hoi,

    Today is my rest day,
    Tomorrow I shvitz,
    14.2km of pavement I’ll hit.

    I’ll run over a bridge,
    and under a river,
    A decent bit of shvitz I will deliver!

    xox

  114. Great rhyming!!! No shvitzing for me for a few more days but hope to be back at it soon enough. Hope you have a wonderful weekend with the family.

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