The single greatest hack I’ve found that keeps me consistent with my fitness is working out at home. I don’t have a ton of space or a bunch of equipment and I tend to follow programs that lead me through a specific transformation. These are a list of my personal favorites. There are 100s more I still…
Workouts
A Vinyasa-inspired Sweaty Flow Yoga (you can do at home)
I’ve been getting back into yoga lately, mostly because I feel the need for a spiritual pump and yoga always does that for me. No matter how scattered I feel (and yes, I feel that often), yoga always brings me home to myself. I’ve never been one for studio yoga. Mostly because I can only…
How to Make Your Workouts More Enjoyable + a Printable Full Body Workout You Can Do at Home
It’s Saturday morning. I woke up and my first thought was to make breakfast, sit on the couch and numb out for an hour or two on Insta-Face. But instead, I delayed breakfast and headed down to my spare room to get my leg day (my least favorite workout) out of the way. Want to…
80 Day Obsession Workout: Get the Equipment For Less
Hey Guys! Unless you’ve been living in a hut for the last 3 months, you’re probably well aware that the 80 Day Obsession workout by Beachbody is has launched. Get the workout with the supporting supplements here or just get access to the workouts and skip the supplements here. 80 Day Obsession: A Focus…
Do you take more or less steps than the average American?
Okay, first the facts: According to a recent Stanford study, the average American is taking about 4,774 steps a day. Most fitness professionals, myself included, would encourage you to aim for 10,000 per day, so we’re hovering at about 50% of where we should be as a nation. Not sure how many steps you’re taking…
Home Gym Ideas + Quick Upper Body Workout
Time and motivation are two of the biggest roadblocks that prevent my clients from getting to a gym on the regular. There seems to be this conception that fitness can only happen in the confines of a big box gym which is completely untrue. A well rounded fitness practice is doable in a spare room,…
Fitness Purist or Dabbler? Why you should cheat on your exercise.
A quick clarifier: Cheating on your exercise does not mean not doing any exercise. Sorry 🙂 The more I started to explore the world of fitness competitions and seek out role models in that area, the more I heard about how weightlifting was “it” and cardio was kinda bad, or perhaps just for amateurs. In…
How to Carb Cycle Your Diet As a Runner
Carb cycling may sound technical, but really it’s just a practice of cycling your carbs up and down in cadence with your running schedule. Let me explain. If you’re a regular runner, you might train 4 to 5 times per week. In that period you will have days where you run different lengths and speeds,…
Are Nike FlyKnit Shoes Ideal for Flat Feet?
I’m not typically a shoe fanatic, but Flyknits are so freaking comfortable, I thought they were worth talking about. These shoes make for some seriously happy (and super cute) feet. I bought a pair of these earlier this year because I loved the color. As someone with a flat foot, I didn’t think it would…
