fitness

Interval Circuits and Breaking the Plateau

Feeling stuck in your routine? Hitting a plateau in your fitness goals or weight loss? Needing a jump start? Two words: Interval. Circuits. Shocking your body is necessary sometimes, especially when the workouts that used to have you dying and out of breath now feel like a lazy walk in…

Fueling Your Body: The Basics

Sometimes it’s really important to just go back to the basics. There is so munch misinformation out there about food, and what is “good” or “bad”; every week there is a new fad, trend, diet, or body-based “breakthrough”. I love providing you guys with recipes, nutritional info, and more, but…

Let’s Talk About Abs Baby

Abs. Abdominals. Washboards. Six packs.  Let’s talk about those tricky but oh so important muscles and why there is so much more to them than aesthetics. I can not stress enough how important it is to have strong abdominals regardless of what is covering them.  I have heard people say…

A New Year, A Better You

Ahhhhhh a new year, complete with brand new shiny resolutions.  It seems that the majority of resolutions are always fitness/health/self-improvement based, some loftier than others: “this year, I am going to lose 20 pounds” or “this year, I am going to go to the gym every day and eat only…

Tricks for Beating the Holiday Weight Gain

The holidays are notorious for making it hard to stick with fitness goals, thanks to sugar-rich desserts, cream-filled casseroles, and general overindulgence.  Want to make sure that by the time January rolls around you aren’t struggling to button your pants? Worry no more, I’ve got five fail-proof easy tricks for…