Looking for a way to kick start a solid fitness routine, improve your sports skills or longing to try something new? There’s certainly no shortage of group fitness training options out there. Running groups, fitness classes, sports skills clinics, boot camps--- there are thousands of great programs out there to choose from. How do you find the right one for you? A mom’s “Me … [Read more...] about No Boys Allowed: The Power (and Fun) of a Women’s Fitness Group
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Standing Up For What You Believe In: A Letter To My Daughter
Dear Mac, This Tuesday March 8th is International Women’s Day, a time to celebrate the achievements of women while calling for greater gender parity. Today, in 2016, there are still people who don’t treat women as equals and who don’t value their contributions as much as men’s. Women are often not paid as much as men for the same work and are not always given the same … [Read more...] about Standing Up For What You Believe In: A Letter To My Daughter
The Path to a Healthy Heart is as Easy as 1-2-3
The month of February has flown right by and you may have missed the fact that it was American Heart Month: Bringing awareness about preventing cardiovascular disease and encouraging people to live heart healthy lives. Even if you consider yourself fit and healthy it’s a great time to check-in with your health. Heart disease is the number #1 killer of men and women in the … [Read more...] about The Path to a Healthy Heart is as Easy as 1-2-3
14 Reasons to Love Being an Active Mom
How to Throw the Ultimate Imperfect Super Bowl Sunday Party
The other night while cleaning out boxes of old papers, I came across a presentation I did in university called “How to Throw the Perfect Super Bowl Sunday Party”. I remember this presentation clearly. It was the first assignment we received in our Business Communications class with the purpose of gauging our public speaking skills coming in. There were two topics the … [Read more...] about How to Throw the Ultimate Imperfect Super Bowl Sunday Party
Go For It! The Benefits of Trying Something New
The new year is here and it’s back to the daily grind of our regularly scheduled activities. If the thought of getting back to the monotonous routine of driving the kids to and from school, then to their usual after-school activities and then to your same ol’ gym class leaves you with a sense of overwhelming dread, why not mix it up and make a resolution to try something new … [Read more...] about Go For It! The Benefits of Trying Something New
Toddlers and Crutches Don’t Mix
If you’re an athlete, runner or weekend warrior, injuries are (unfortunately) inevitable. From a small muscle strain to broken bones, injuries come in all shapes and sizes. And for active moms of little ones they ALL become a BIG deal real fast! Playing soccer I pick up my fair share of injuries. Last summer it was a torn calf muscle which required 2 weeks of crutches (which … [Read more...] about Toddlers and Crutches Don’t Mix
Like Mother, Like Daughter: The Key to Growing the Game & Gender Equality in Sport
Being an athlete and women’s sports advocate, a recent article by Kelly Wallace titled “The real March Madness: When will women’s teams get equal buzz?” on CNN.com caught my eye. The article thoughtfully outlined the numerous disparities between men’s and women’s sports; attendance numbers, media coverage and player salaries (The average salary for an NBA player is 70 times … [Read more...] about Like Mother, Like Daughter: The Key to Growing the Game & Gender Equality in Sport
Find Your Go: Fitness Blender
The ‘Find Your Go’ Series scouts out the best fitness programs for moms so you don’t have to! You’ve probably seen the videos and Pinterest worthy graphics…on Facebook, on Twitter, pretty much everywhere…the at-home workouts a mommy can easily do alongside her littlest ones or while they play quietly nearby. Maybe you are one of the lucky ones who has kids who will happily … [Read more...] about Find Your Go: Fitness Blender
Kickin’ It with Keelin Winters
Image Copyright Mike Russell Foto What is the best kind of support a parent can give their children in sports? How about some tips for women looking to start a new fitness endeavor later in life? Keelin Winters has some thoughts! Coming from a sports family (her dad played and coached professional basketball) and playing soccer since she was 4, Keelin knows all about what it … [Read more...] about Kickin’ It with Keelin Winters