Some people need more roses, some need more chocolate, but we all need more water. I’m not sure when I first started to realize that I needed more water in my life, but I can take a guess that it was about the time I moved to Phoenix, Arizona in the late 90s. Just reading …
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I’m a country music fan, so when I’m getting some cardio in, it’s my genre of choice. Since I try to keep things at a moderately quick pace (130-140 beats per minute), it’s not always easy finding country music to match that. If you’re looking for a country music exercise playlist too, here’s what I …
“Comparison is the thief of joy.” – Theodore Roosevelt If you’ve ever watched [easyazon_link identifier=”B009EE0EF4″ locale=”US” tag=”mamaexercises-20″]Night at the Museum[/easyazon_link], you know that Theodore Roosevelt had some great words of wisdom. He became the 26th President of the United States at the age of 42 (I feel so unaccomplished now) and brought to the office …
Tried a 21 day diet or given yourself three weeks to form a habit and failed? Don’t worry, you’re not alone! In fact, three weeks is only about a third of the time that it takes for a new habit to begin to solidify. Wait, what?! Aren’t habits formed in 21 days? Nope, it actually …
I remember being incredibly frustrated that the weight I was trying to lose after I had my third child wasn’t coming off as quickly as I wanted it to. It was disappointing, it was discouraging, and it was disheartening that I wasn’t seeing the immediate results that I longed to see. Immediate as in, “I …
“It takes me three times as long to get ready to workout on days when I’m not feeling it,” a friend recently confessed. “What’s the secret to being enthusiastic about working out every day?” I laughed and tried to put her mind at ease by admitting that even those of us who love to exercise …
Okay, guys, you’re probably not going to grasp the whole exercise hair thing (unless you’re Fabio), but, ladies, I know you’re going to understand. When you exercise and you have long hair, you toss it up into a ponytail or a bun to get it out of your face. It also keeps it from sticking …
For about a year now I have been posting my after-workout sweaty selfie pictures in the Mama Exercises Motivation Group. There’s no perfectly done make-up or hair (ha, okay, there’s never that!), but what there is is a lot of sweat and, most days, smiles. In fact, “exercise and post picture” is on my daily …
Some people are not naturally morning people. Thankfully, I’m perfectly content getting up at 4am these days, but that’s not always been the case. When I realized that, for me, the morning was the most effective time for exercising, I knew I had to change my sleeping-in-until-7am ways. If you want to work out in …
Well, it’s been over two months since I passed my NASM Certified Personal Trainer’s Exam and I am just as excited about having passed today as I was on March 24th. With no background in sports medicine, exercise physiology, or nutrition, I was worried about passing. BUT, I did it and you can too. Here’s …
It hardly seems possible, but it’s been exactly one year since I snapped my first “before” picture and started on a fitness journey that’s had a huge impact on my life. April 28th, 2015, a day that shall live in infamy…or at least serve as a landmark for what I never want to go back …
It’s almost the new year and with it comes the pressure to make resolutions, start new habits (like exercise), and kick out what’s not working in your life. We have grand ideas, make lists, create tracking charts, save ideas from Pinterest and, generally, do all the work necessary to ensure that we have a great …
When I first started getting serious about fitness at the beginning of 2015, it was with the primary goal of losing weight. I had gone with my family to my parents’ home (they live on an island in the Caribbean – rough, I know), and the day that we were leaving, my dad’s friend snapped …
Stress and Exercise – how are they related? I wear a lot of hats in my life. Mom, wife, daughter, sister, friend, business owner, social media marketer, teacher, personal trainer…the list is seemingly endless. Most days, I manage to navigate the changing of hats without a great deal of hassle. But other days…the days when …