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 …
Easy Ways to Sneak Movement Into Your Day
As a personal trainer and lifelong gym rat, it’s easy to take for granted my ongoing love of lifting weights and running, as well as the easy access to gym equipment and regular free time. But I’m frequently reminded that that’s not always the case for most people. Many are busy parents, others are not the biggest fans of traditional …
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 …
Big Changes Are Overrated. Try This Instead.
Big, sweeping changes are overrated. It doesn’t take a total lifestyle overhaul to get fit, lose weight, or build strength and muscle. And change is hard. It takes more than willpower or discipline or “just try harder” peptalks. It takes a mindset shift and a lot of strategies and tools, as well as awareness of what will actually work for …
How to Vary Your Workouts Week to Week For Results
Not every workout should end with you on the floor in a puddle of sweat, completely decimated. While it’s good to occasionally test our limits, doing so every single workout, week after week will eventually lead to injury, overtraining, and compromised recovery. And the older we get, the more we need to heed this advice. At 43, I can’t train …
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 …
Do Sweat the Small Stuff: How to Lose Weight Without Losing Your Mind
One of the most common mistakes I see women make with their health and fitness is trying to take on too much at one time, especially when they overindulge and they notice their clothes are getting a little tight. It’s tempting to want to go in the complete opposite direction with our food intake and exercise, to hit the …
2017 Fit Holiday Gift Guide [Part 3: Gifts Under $50]
This week I’m featuring a bunch of my favorite health and fitness (and some maybe not-so-much ;-)) things, and today I’m sharing gifts under $50. Tomorrow I’ll post the final installment, gifts over $50, for those special people you want to splurge on a bit. You can also check out the gift guides from 2014 and 2016 for more ideas. (Note: I DO NOT …
2017 Fitness Holiday Gift Guide [Part 2: gifts Under $25]
ItIt This week I’m sharing my 3rd annual fit holiday gift guide with tons of stocking stuffers and gifts under $25, under $50, and over $50 (splurge). Yesterday I shared my list of stocking stuffers for those active peeps on your list, and today it’s all about gifts under $25. Tomorrow I’ll post gifts under $50, and the day after gifts …