It's the busiest time of year for fitness and health clubs. This is the crazy period. Believe me I work at these places... I know! It's the time of year when everyone comes out of hiding. Like they suddenly remember they have gym membership. Plus, you see a HUGE influx of new members. The question is, with so many options which facility do you choose? Even in our small city we have 5 large gyms. That's not counting the pilates studio, yoga studio, cardio barre, the YMCA, dance studios, crossfit …
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15-Minute Mat Pilates Workout for Beginners
While HIIT is a great way to increase fitness, one question I get asked a lot, in person and in the blog comments, is "what to do if you're a beginner"? High impact or high-intensity workouts are great for fat burning but they aren't really suitable for beginners. Or maybe you're working around an injury, there are workouts you can continue to do in order to y fit. I suggest something less intense, like this 15 minute Mat Pilates Workout! Did you know that Pilates was originally created …
Total Body Workout
Summer is here! Time to get fully entrenched in the bikini season and that means it is NOT time to slack off on your workouts. So today I'm sharing a total body workout which will help: shed fat, shape up the body and stop the jiggle. As always I made a workout video for you which features one set of each exercise and a good way to set off your workout, if you have longer simply rewind and watch it over! You can view the video below or on my YouTube Channel, remember to subscribe for the latest …
Quick & Easy Cardio Circuit
Happy Workout Wednesday! Two posts in one week, nope it's not Christmas, or a blue moon (at least I don't think so?) it's actually my renewed commitment to vlogging and blogging. Vlogging is video blogging and I'm trying to commit to three posts/vlogs a week. So if you want the heads up on things head to my YouTube channel and SUBSCRIBE! So this week I am sharing one of my Quick & Easy Cardio Circuit Workouts. The full workout is embedded below, if you want to watch on YouTube follow THIS …
Health & Fitness Planner 2016
Oh boy! This has been stewing in my mind for about 5 months and now it's here and a reality. Today I am launching my newest freebie, a 13 page Health & Fitness Planner! I know right, perfect timing, because you were committing to getting fit and healthy in the New Year! It's like I planned it this way or something. Seriously though this is something I hope you ALL use, love, and get results with! If you do get some amazing results please let me know as I'd love to see the planner being used. …
5 Essential planning tools for 2016
Often around this time I get a case of the Winter blues. The weather changes, the days are much shorter and I feel that transition between the seasons deep to my core. I've talked about this before here, and more recently here. However, if there is one thing I LOVE about Winter, it's the New Year! I love New Years. It's like the slate of the year past is wiped clean and you get a brand new start. As a planner, list maker and general organizing freak, I love it, because I get to set new goals, …
Another 3 Time Saving Fitness Tips
Earlier this month I posted three time saving fitness tips, and three more time saving fitness tips to promote my new free ebook "25 Time Saving Fitness Tips". Well here's another installment in the series, BOOM, and... obviously another shameless plug for my ebook. So here is "another three time saving fitness tips", because there are just so many ways to include fitness and activity into your day. If you missed it, time was the theme for this month on the blog because it's seriously the …
Total Body Agility Ladder Workout
I'm all about getting BANG for your buck and this week I wanted to show you a total body workout using the agility ladder with my workout and video that I cleverly titled: Total Body Agility Ladder Workout. I know... I'm a literary genius. Anyway, for some reason when people think of agility ladder they hit a wall and think it's only good for upper body cardio training, not so friends, not so. So this week's workout includes cardio, strength, upper body, lower body and core! The full video is …
5 Agility Ladder Drills – Cardio Workout
I've been using agility ladders for a while in my own training and in the training programs of my personal training clients. Today I want to share a workout that uses five agility ladder drills. That's simply 5 exercises using the agility ladder to bump up the heart rate and show you 5 drills you can do to incorporate agility ladders drills into your workouts. These can be used together, as directed or as part of a longer workout that includes other strength or cardio based movements. I'll …