Fitness Blog

  Happy World Smile Day!   The saying goes that when you “turn that frown upside down” you get a smile. That seems easy and quick!   Recently I was listening to a podcast where the hostess and guest were speaking ab

Happy National Golf Day! I had the good fortune to watch the LPGA women’s tournament here in Portland recently. Those women were for the most part very petite in build, but boy could they whack the heck out of the b

Happy National Name Your Car Day! What is the name of your car? Ours is “Bluetiful” after the crayon of the same name. Have you ever tried doing a handstand as a way to get into your car? This cool lady named Dr. Ka

Happy Confucius and Chinese Moon Festival Day!  Funny Confucius quote: “Confucius say, man who sit on upturned tack, rise above all!” 🙂 (there were some super saucy ones in there, too!)    Serious Confucius qu

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