A Mom’s Guide to Fitness She’s Losing it Blog

7 Ways to Deal with an Injury

7 Ways to Deal with an Injury I totally injured myself last week. (Happy birthday?) I was doing a short run mid-week and tripped on an uneven sidewalk and managed to...

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I’m 43 years old today.  Every year as a gift to myself I do something that forces me outside of my comfort zone; I call it my birthday scare.  It’s...

Dynamic Warm Up Workout by American Grit star Brooke Van Paris

I’m pulling out all the stops for marathon training this week!  Yesterday there was an uphill/downhill running technique video from my “American Grit” cast mate (and former NFL receiver) Tony...

Uphill Downhill Technique by NFL and American Grit Tony Simmons

Tony, aka Touchdown Tony Simmons, is a former NFL and CFL receiver who played for the New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts and New York Giants and he currently...

Running With Children And Other Silly Ideas

Ok, so my husband and I were going to run 10 glorious miles through a hilly park I had visited once previously while our two children rode their bicycles alongside. ...

5 Tips to Prevent Chaffing

The first marathon I trained for was just before my 30th birthday.  I had signed up to run with Team in Training and followed their plan to run for one...

The Next Wave of Activism

What started as an expression of anger after Hillary Clinton’s defeat organically grew into something bigger than just one election.  The Women’s March was a collective expression of people’s concerns...

I Want To Do Everything

This year I’m having a really hard time deciding my Birthday Scare.  For those of you new to my blog, every year for my birthday I decide to do something that...

Potty Talk for Runners

Everybody poops but for most people over the age of eight it’s not part of normal conversation.  As a personal trainer though, you’d be surprised just how many questions I’ve...

Lessons From the Long Runs

I’ve been training for the Austin half marathon now for about 6 weeks.  Here’s a general idea of my workout routine, loosely based on the book, “Marathon, You Can Do...

Why is Sugar Bad? And Tricks to Go Sugarless

Sugar tastes amazing, which is why it’s added to just about everything, but every health nut under the sun says it’s bad for you.  Why?  Oh why, healthy people must...

Winter Running Clothes

Those of you who know me know that I hate the winter.  Even if you don’t know me all you have to do is look at this picture of me...

My Legs Hurt – How Do I Fix That?

It’s been a few years since I’ve run a marathon, so I’ve blocked from my memory the rougher parts and just kind of focused on the warm and fuzzy feeling...

Want Shredded Abs? Do This.

Before bodybuilding I used to think that to get six-pack abs you needed to do a thousand sit ups a day, or run a marathon, or some crazy amount of...

Run Faster – Workout by Olympian David Neville

Pretty soon into the process of training for my half marathon I realized that I needed some help.  I run slower than molasses drips in the middle of winter. Fortunately,...