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LifeStretch: Learning to Stretch for Life
With the exception of a few Instagram posts, I’ve been off the grid this weekend. I’ve been in Tempe, Arizona training to become a LifeStretch instructor. What is LifeStretch? LifeStretch is based on...
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A Different Type of Track Workout to get you Stronger & Faster
What if you could do a different type of track workout? As runners, we frequently say things like, “I need to do some strength training,” or “I need to improve my core strength,” or “I really should do...
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Amazing Adventures at Blogfest and IDEA World
Wow! What a weekend! I spent the last several days in Los Angeles at the IDEA World Fitness Convention and, of course, Blogfest. As with any amazing educational experience, it will take some time for...
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Take Yoga Anywhere: How to Get the Most from Your Home Yoga Practice
In an ideal world, we’d all be heading daily to our favorite yoga studio, where we can practice with our beloved instructor, the one who is creative, intuitive and knows how to describe each movement...
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Friday Favorites: New Styles from Janji, Stylish Yoga Mats and More!
I’m so excited that it’s Friday! Not only is it time for Friday Favorites, but I am happy to see the weekend arrive. I guess I’m a little spoiled, but I’m virtually off for most of the summer, not by...
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It’s Monday Madness! Share your prAna Weird Workout!
This post is sponsored by prAna through my association with Fit Approach. All opinions (and Weird Workouts) are my own. I am so excited to partner with one of my favorite companies, prAna, to announce...
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Getting Outside with LÄRABAR (plus a Giveaway)
Today’s post is sponsored by LÄRABAR but my love of their bars is all my own. Get Outside I love to exercise outdoors. I am a runner first and foremost, and as I have, ahem, gotten a little older, I...
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Turning the Corner: Starting My New Job
Well, after three months and six days of unemployment, I officially started my new job on Tuesday. I’ll be working as a personal trainer at a country club in Palm Desert. Actually I’ve already seen a...
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Fit Fall Fashion: Fun at Lorna Jane!
This post was sponsored by Lorna Jane through my association with Fit Approach as a Sweat Pink Ambassador. All opinions are my own. Okay. I’m know that I’m no fashion blogger. In fact, I fail at...
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Now It’s MY Season. Yoga, Pilates, and the SLO Marathon
Okay, that title sounds pretty selfish, doesn’t it? My Season. The season of ME. Well, sometimes it’s okay to be selfish. Saturday was our final meet of the cross country season. It was a big one, the...
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Can Clothing Inspire Fitness? prAna Early Winter Collection
This post is sponsored by prAna in partnership with FitApproach Many years ago, when I first started exercising, there were no gyms in the desert (dark ages, I know!). I lived in Palm Springs at the...
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My Stinky Life (Thank Goodness for ShowerPill!) Plus Stocking Stuffers for...
This post is sponsored by ShowerPill through my association with Fit Approach as a Sweat Pink Ambassador. This is my stinky life (we’re talking literally here) I run. Then I go to yoga. A quick clean...
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Workouts, Vegan Eats, & Christmas (and Blendtec)!
Yes, I’m jamming it all into one post. To keep the wordiness down, the Christmas recap will be mostly pictures. But, first, a couple announcements and my training recap. A Blendtec Kind of Holiday So...
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Life at the Gym: Asics Gel-Fit Sana Review
I am one of those lucky people who get to spend more than half of their life at the gym. I work there. I work out there. I teach classes, I go to classes, I…well, you get the idea. I’m at the gym a...
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Welcome 2015: Running and Fitness Goals
It’s kind of funny, talking about running and fitness goals. I’ve been at it for so long, I’ve achieved all the PRs that I’m ever going to achieve (unless I start a new sport, I guess), and I’m already...
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The Scoop: Blogfest and IDEAWorld. Gabby, Jillian, Beto and more!
The powers that be at IDEA have finally released the speaker list and schedule for Blogfest and the IDEA World Fitness Convention, which is July 16-19, 2015 at the Los Angeles Convention Center! Pay...
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5 Plank Variations for a Strong and Stable Core
I will state the obvious. As a personal trainer, I love planks. As a fitness buff, my feelings are mixed. Yes, they strengthen your core. Yes, they can be done anywhere, anytime. But they can be kind...
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5 Great Core Exercises for Athletes (that aren’t planks)
Whenever I tell a client that it’s time to do planks, I usually get a groan. Which is a bummer for them because I have my clients do a lot of planks! But, sometimes, just like my clients, you may want...
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Create Your Half Marathon Race Plan and Avoid a Race Day Fail
We’ve all done it, no matter the race distance. Trained hard, stuck to our plan, did the taper, got psyched up for the race, then, bam! Race day comes and it all falls apart. Let’s not let that happen...
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Prepare When You’re Young to Keep Running When You’re Old
I see them at the fitness center where I work all the time. Former runners. Some of them are clients, others are members that I chat with. I’ll say something about running and they’ll say, wistfully,...
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