I’m not a hater, I promise. I know I rag on the online fitness industry regularly, but it’s mostly because I want people to see that it’s not all as it seems. I AM part of the online fitness community (on a very teeny scale), and I appreciate most of the things that bringing health […]
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Where Have I Been? A Little Life Update
Ok, so I know it’s been a while. There has been A LOT going on. Wow. Life really comes at you fast when you really are not prepared for it. This is going to be super rambly and very unedited so if you see a typo or a sentence that isn’t perfect just roll with […]
Food Is Not The Enemy
Food is not the enemy. It’s summer (yes, I’m still clutching onto it with all that I have) and it seems that everyone falls into the “gotta get a slim summer body” trap. Same, honestly. Around June I started making small changes in my diet to make it a little “healthier” and less calorie dense. […]
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Become A Push-Up Queen (Or King)
If you’ve been with me since I made my 2018 New Years Resolutions, you’ll know that one of my goals for this year was to get better a push-ups. This goal wasn’t for any reason other than I feel as though being able to do a shit load of push-ups would be hecka badass. Well… […]
Training & Stretching Your Hip Flexors For Better Performance
The hip flexors are a group of muscles located anteriorly on the upper and inner thighs, as well as around the pelvic region. They help power pretty much every movement we perform whether that be running, jumping, or even just standing. Our hip flexors need to be strong, stable, and flexible enough to be able […]
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How To Grow & Define Your Glutes
I think I speak for most of us ladies (and gents) when I say that having a large, defined booty is probably in my top 3 physique goals. A struggle I tend to hear from women is that they’re having difficulty actually defining their glutes – especially where they end and their hamstrings begin. In […]
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Electrolytes: What Are They And Why Are They Important?
As I could feel the salty sweat drying on my face the other day while we were driving home from an intense outdoor workout in the sun we stopped at a gas station to pick up a couple of sports drinks to help replenish our electrolytes. It got me thinking about how little electrolyte balance […]
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Everything You Need To Know About The Deadlift
Deadlifts are hands down one of my favourite exercises to do if I want to feel strong and powerful. I can’t say my deadlift is really that strong but hiking up a mass of weight from a dead stop on the ground really does something to get me amped for my workout that is following. […]
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Using Stairs For Full Body Conditioning
If you know me, you’ll know that when the weather gets warmer, I like to take my cardio outside. Outside on a set of stairs to be more specific. There’s a park about 20 minutes away from my house that has a baseball diamond with a big concrete grandstand – the perfect place for a […]
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Upper Body Mini-Band Workout
I’m thoroughly enjoying training my upper body these days… like almost as much as I enjoy training my legs (I said almost), and something I’ve been incorporating into my workouts more is my mini-bands. Previously I only used a band on my leg days or during an at home glute workout, but after some experimentation, […]