This is one of those questions where the quick answer is “it depends.” (I know, boooooo. But hang with me a minute.) To start, we need to define what exactly a workout is. This isn’t based on duration or intensity, necessarily, but can be. A beginner may count a 10-minute walk as a workout, whereas a more experienced …
Core Training 101 + a Workout For Beginners
Between social media (Instagram, Facebook, Tik Tok, Pinterest, etc), blogs, articles, books, fitness magazines, TV, and more, there is an overwhelming amount of information out there on how to exercise and eat. Literally millions of links to click on. And this can lead to paralysis by analysis. I have heard from so many friends, family, clients, and readers …
Two High-Intensity Low-Impact Workouts to Get Results While Saving Time and Your Joints
When you’re pressed for time, a full-body workout’s the way to go. By working your whole body in one session, you’ll get the biggest bang for your training buck via cardiovascular benefits, calorie burn, and strength building stimulus. Typically, high intensity workouts tend to also be high impact. But not everyone can tolerate a lot …
Boost Your Workouts With These 4 Kickass Finishers
It’s inevitable when you workout regularly for a long period of time. You hit a plateau with your results, you get bored, or you just want to push your limits and get a good sweat/muscle burn on. Never fear, I have just the tweak that your workouts need — finishers. Finishers are short circuits of all-out effort …
How to Make Exercise Feel Like a Guilty Pleasure
Now that we’ve hit September with the official first day of Fall just around the corner, it’s common to take stock of where we are with our life and goals and where we want to be before 2023 arrives. I know I am! It’s so easy to let the busy days pass us by, one right after another, a blur …
How to Properly Fuel Your Workouts For Optimal Performance and Results
I’m all for keeping nutrition simple and practical, but one area where getting it right really matters is eating enough each day to adequately fuel our workouts. If we’re under-fueled, our performance will suffer, muscle stores will be broken down for fuel, and recovery will be impaired. Under-fueling increases stress hormones and blood sugar and makes it more likely that …
How to Adapt Your Training Program to Fit You
Starting a new training program can be exciting. When we get a professionally written program to reach a goal that’s on our radar, it’s common to think that we must complete it verbatim or else. And there’s a hint of truth to that, but no quality program is 100% set in stone. You might feel like you shouldn’t …
The Best Recovery Tools & Methods (And the Ones to Skip)
To get strong, lean, and fit, it’s not enough to bust your butt in your training and eat well. Recovery is just as important a factor. Training breaks down our muscle fibers, but it’s recovery that builds them back stronger so we can lift, run, move, and be more. And we can only go hard in the next …
Run Strong: 5 Super Effective Bodyweight Exercises For Runners
Strength training is critical for runners. It helps prevent injuries, increases speed, and improves running economy (how much energy is expended at any given pace). But it’s a common belief among many runners that they only need to focus on the upper body and core. They think that running already works the lower body enough, so they can …
2019 Fit Gift Guide
It’s that time of year! Another year has come and (almost) gone, and we’re all out shopping for the loved ones on our gift list. Some people can be really tough to shop for, so I hope I can help ya out with my annual fit gift guide. The products listed are some of my favorite things (Oprah ain’t got …