What Happens When You Take a Break From Exercise?

What Happens When You Take a Break From Exercise?

If you follow me on social media, you may have seen that in the last month and a half, I’ve had two skin surgeries to remove melanoma from my thigh and my shoulder. You may have also seen that Kurt and I were recently able to take a short but long-awaited vacation to...
3 Tips for Getting Back into a Workout Routine

3 Tips for Getting Back into a Workout Routine

As we leave summer and approach fall, we hear a lot about “falling back into a routine.”  As I wrote last week, for many of us, fall is a time when kids go back to school, our schedules become a little more predictable, and we establish routines.  As if it were that...
How to Build A Strong Core

How to Build A Strong Core

Belly fat.  Tummy pooch.  Mummy tummy.  Ab flab.  Spare tire.  Love handles.  I’ve heard it all when it comes to the names we lovingly call our midsection and abdominal muscles.  No matter what we call them, there’s no doubt our core is the area that I get...
Secrets to Staying Motivated in Your Workout Routine

Secrets to Staying Motivated in Your Workout Routine

Our theme this past month in the BodyFit Athletic Club has been MOTIVATE.  We’ve been on a mission to both stay motivated during the tough times and difficult seasons, but also to combat that “all or nothing” trap so many of us fall into. So often we...
Push Past Your Plateau with Kettlebell Workouts

Push Past Your Plateau with Kettlebell Workouts

If you’ve been doing my workouts for a while you know I love to workout with kettlebells.   In fact, the traditional kettlebell swing could be my favorite exercise ever (as If I’d be able to pick just one).  Kettlebells are not only a great tool to strengthen,...