Fitness Blog

Happy National Fitness Day in the UK!  The USA has a National Fitness Day in May.    Shoot! I guess I missed it!    Last week I talked about the one exercise I would do if you didn’t have time to warmup.    You do h

Happy World Dream Day! Yesterday I was at the first of two soccer games, and one of my teammates Mia had her neck spasm on the field.    As in, couldn’t turn her head without turning her whole body.    To my amazeme

Don’t have time to warmup? Yes you do. Take a tiny chunk of time (and I mean tiny!) and do one thing. How about a really fast warmup exercise that uses every muscle from your hands to your toes? I’m pretty sure I’ve

Happy National Indoor Plant Week! Did you become an indoor plant enthusiast during lockdown? Good for you, but get back outside now! I’ve been outside playing soccer on the weekends with my teams, and inevitably som

Yesterday was National Women’s Friendship Day. As a busy working mom, I felt like I rarely had time to see my friends. Now that I’m a bird launcher (as opposed to an empty nester!) I make a point to schedule workout

Happy Positive Thinking Day! One of my most un-favorite statements that occasionally roll off my client’s tongues is: “I can’t”.   I immediately interrupt that statement with, “I’m having difficulty” instead. 🙂    I

Today is 9/11 Remembrance Day.  Have you been able to visit the memorial?   It is beautiful and haunting and astonishing how quiet it is in the middle of the city.    One of my favorite parts of the memorial is the

Happy National “Fight Procrastination Day”!   Well, I have a strategy to fight procrastination and some exciting news!   I think having a crew to workout with is super fun and very helpful in many ways.    Therefore

Happy Labor Day! Fun fact: Canada, The United States, and Bermuda are the only countries to celebrate Labor Day in September. All other countries celebrate Labor Day in May. “The end of labor is to gain leisure.” –

Happy National Bacon Day! I have two super fun friends that live in Minnesota named Lindsay and Jessie.    Jessie happens to loooove bacon and is frequently photographed wearing her bacon costume. So, when I went to

We escaped to the Oregon Coast during the 4 days that Portland had temperatures in the 100s. We just happened to choose a happening surf spot to camp near, and I struck up a conversation with a surfer as he was clim

Happy Race Your Mouse Day! Are you a desk jockey, often finding yourself in front of a screen, using your mouse extensively? That sitting stuff can catch up with you, and it’s easy to start slouching down slowly in

  Happy National Dog Day! (Tomorrow!) The video above is of my friend Heather’s puppy Luna. Cuteness overload! Luna was “helping” me film the other day when I was talking about the benefits of eating protein. I’m wo

Happy National Senior Citizen’s Day! Here’s the question: Are you ever too old to lift weights? Nope. Not ever. Why would you? Muscles are the engines of the body and are the best anti-aging strategy you have. The b

Happy Ride the Wind Day! Portland had a heat wave last week and we headed to the beach to work remotely. Guess what we got to do while we were there?    Fly a kite!    It was super fun, whimsical, and brought back s

Have you heard of Gua Sha? Happy Collect Rocks Day! I was interested in getting after tight spots in wrists and ankles and elbows,  but the foam roller wasn’t doing the trick. Too big. I turned to another idea: Gua