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Too Busy For a Workout? No, you’re not!
If all it takes is 15 minutes, you can do this while dinner is cooking! I’m all about squeezing in exercise whenever and wherever I can get it…I can recall instances of swinging a 25-pound kettlebell in my house while my children quietly played nearby. Or the time when my first son was just two [...]
Who Needs Traditional Fitness Equipment?
Not you! Fitness can be expensive. Gym memberships, class dues, dumbbells, resistance bands, treadmills, stability balls- they all really add up. I’m going to let you in on a little secret: you don’t need any of these things. You can create your own gym at home with things you have in your home already- and [...]
A Healthy Holiday Balance
When the Holiday’s come around I tend to get thrown off balance. In effort to not go crazy in the Holiday season I try and plan the best I can. I have said it so many times, but I believe it with all my heart planning is the key to a well balanced life and even [...]
How Having Your Workouts on Your Calendar Will Get You Out the Door!
The Holiday Calendar!! Christmas season is upon us and in come the requests for parties, special events, class performances, work parties, shopping, gift wrapping, and all the things that go along with the holidays. How many of us can say, “No, I never get stressed out at during this time of year?” I have all [...]
CrossFit and Motherhood. It works.
Have you heard of CrossFit? Picture this: Beautiful park, two beautiful level 1 Cross Fit trainers (husband and wife) offering free workouts in the park for “all levels and all ages”. The flyer said “a high intensity boot camp style workout” and guess who showed up?! Yes, that’s right me. First order of business was [...]
Use Instability for Faster Results
An easy way to get more results from your workouts without adding minutes to your routine is to add a little instability. Performing exercises that challenge your balance, or doing your regular exercises on an unstable surface, will engage more muscle groups to get you faster results. Stabilizing muscles are the muscles in your body [...]
Vegging Out
There is an epiphanal moment in our adult lives that I’ll call the “Nutritional Awakening.” For some, it’s a dire situation brought on by health concerns or first-time pregnancy. For others, it’s inspired by a book like Skinny Bitch, read at precisely the right time. For me, it was Joe, a personal trainer in über-fit [...]
