5 Tips for Preventing Running Injuries I belong to several on-line running communities, and one thing that comes up in our chats quite often is what can we do towards preventing running injuries. Here are my tips.
Please join me in welcoming Lauren to my blog as she shares this fabulous guest post about how to massage and release trigger points with just a tennis ball: You like to run, jump, keep healthy and exercise right? Me too! Getting your exercise on is a great feeling, but sometimes when we workout we …
Happy Friday Everyone!! As you may have seen from my instagram or facebook pics, I’ve managed to over-train myself into injury…. And yes, once again it was due to too much training in footwear not ideal for my gait. When will I ever learn? I’ve managed to give myself a nice case of peroneal tendonitis. …
Alcohol, especially wine, is often considered to be one of a dieter’s worst enemies because many standard glasses (125-175ml) of wine contain as many calories as a handful of sweets or a couple of biscuits. That said, a little treat every now and then when you’re watching your weight can help to keep you on …
Last night I was brainstorming blog topics in order to put together an editorial calendar for the month of August. Then, as I reviewed my topic list, I realised I’m not likely the only healthy living/fitness blogger out there who struggles to come up with blog post ideas (am I?), and since I haven’t organised …
As I mentioned yesterday in my Motivation Monday post, my summer long solo parenting stint has officially started, which means I have to be pretty organised in order to manage to have the energy to keep up my training. Every day I have two drop-offs to do before work, and two pickups to do after …
These are my three little princesses: (Sierra, Amber & Brooke)They mean the absolute world to me, and as such, making sure they eat their fruits and veggies is important to me, but unfortunately it’s not always an easy task. Because I don’t believe in tricking the kids (I’ll leave that to Jessica Seinfeld) which means …
…you like to stand using a split stance for greater stability. …you feel an urge to do lunges while walking down the road. …when you sit down on the toilet, you pull your hips back, pull out you chest and check that your knees don’t go beyond your toe line. …you make sure your wrists …
So on Sunday I ran the Sporting Life 10k and here it is Thursday and I haven’t ran yet. I did let my co-worker drag me to BodyPump class yesterday, but that’s pretty much the extent of my running. This leads me to ask: How much time do you allow yourself to recover after a …
Whether you’re travelling for business or pleasure, one thing is clear; you’re probably not thinking about you’re exercise routine. Yet if you really want to build and maintain that rock hard set of abs, you’re going to need to focus on getting some type of exercise while you’re away from your normal gym. No Gym …
16 months ago, (right after I had Amber) I realised that I needed to make some positive changes for my overall health. I had just newly become a mom for the third time to a wonderful little girl ” another little girl who would eventually look up to me to be a positive role model …
Keeping kids busy and entertained without the use of TV’s and other screens when the temperature drops, or otherwise keeps you indoors isn’t easy – I know, I have 3 little mini-me’s. My girls have a TON of energy (just like me), but if I don’t harness that into fun activities they make their own …
The other day I walked through my office after a particularly hard tempo run to grab my backpack, and bring it to the showers so I could get cleaned up and dressed back into my office clothes. As I walked through I was embarrassed and aware that I my clothes stunk something awful (it might …