Happy (early) Thanksgiving to all of my American friends! Here in Canada we celebrated Thanksgiving in October so we are in full holiday mode. My husband doesn’t let me decorate until December 1st (and rightly so, otherwise I’d have had the tree up for over a month already, haha) but I am well into holiday […]
Cross-Training Your Brain
We all know and understand how important it is to train our bodies to get and keep them strong and healthy, but how often do you think about training your brain? In my job as a certified older adult fitness instructor I do a lot of work with brain training – whether my participants realize it […]
Should I Exercise When I Am Sick?
We are heading into cold and flu season, and as I write this I am sick with a chest cold that took me OUT for a number of days. I’m still not feeling awesome, and am trying to still teach as many of my classes as I can without making myself worse, which can be […]
Look In The Mirror And #OwnIt All!
A few weeks ago I shared with you how I was inspired by Special K’s new #OwnIt campaign to start being nicer to myself. That I was going to honour my body and #OwnIt instead of punishing it when things didn’t go the way I wanted, and I wanted you to do the same. Today […]
Halloween Dance Fitness: Thriller
What is Halloween week without Thriller? I mean really! I can’t NOT do it. I only bring it out once/year and only for a handful of classes and it would seem almost criminal to not to the most iconic Halloween song of my generation. Because I’m a super nerd, I know the entire Thriller dance […]
Halloween Dance Fitness: Time Warp
Hey there! Here is another of the routines I’m using this week as part of my Halloween classes. Time Warp might not seem super Halloween-y until you realize it’s from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and is just a fun (and crazy) song to toss into the mix. This routine is a bit more complex (though […]
Halloween Dance Fitness: La Cumbia de los Monsters
Happy Halloween week!!! I was intending to post one video on Friday, but when I was on periscope earlier I was chatting with Nakia about Halloween Zumba and decided what the heck, I’ll go record a few videos right now, so I will be sharing them this week. The first is La Cumbia de los […]
Let’s Learn to Love Our Bodies and #OwnIt
When was the last time you said something nice about your body? Let me guess. You can’t remember. How about this – when was the last time to thought something negative about your body? This morning? Last night? Last week? 10 minutes ago? I bet you don’t have to think very hard do you?
HIIT Workout For Beginners
Finding a whole hour to dedicate to your workout 3-5 times/week in order to stay fit and healthy is hard with the busy lifestyles so many of us have. That’s why I’m such a big fan of HIIT (high intensity interval training) workouts. They are high intensity so you know you are working, they are […]
3 Post Long Run Must Haves
I’m gearing up for my last half-marathon of the season this Sunday, so this post is one that I’ve thought about writing every single time I finish a long run. First off let’s consider what a long run is, because it can vary from person to person. For some people 4 miles is a long run, for others […]