(not interested in the Daily 5? Scroll down a bit so you can opt-out of these Daily 5 specific promotional emails) Hey Reader, Today I did a 30 minute workout of heavy lifting (back squats), some supplemental weight lifting, and impact training. I'm working with a coach and she's programming all of it for me. I love it. But working out for this amount of time is somewhat new for me. For a long time, I found myself squeezing in 5-10 minute strength training practices because it's all I had the...
3 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, I've been working out hard lately. I started working with a coach who designs a week of fitness programming for me at a time -- and it's been incredible. Working with her has shifted the way I have been moving my body (more on that in a few weeks!) But it hasn't always been this way. In fact for the past 10 years or so, my movement practice has been consistent but brief. Some days I'd manage 30 minutes of movement, but others were closer to 10-15. Some days, I'd squeak out 5...
6 days ago • 3 min read
(not interested in the Daily 5? Scroll down a bit so you can opt-out of these Daily 5 specific promotional emails) Hey Reader, I want to tell you a bit about why I created the DAILY 5. As someone who loves to move her body, movement comes naturally to me. I don't have to convince myself to do it. Whether I'm lifting weights or doing yoga or taking a dance class or going for a run, I love to move. But after I had kids, what I found difficult was making the same space for movement that I had...
8 days ago • 2 min read
(not interested in the Daily 5? Scroll down a bit so you can opt-out of these Daily 5 specific promotional emails) Hey Reader, Can you believe summer is almost over? My kids are back in school and we're slowly getting back into the rhythm of the routines that make up the school year. Some of them are the same -- earlier bedtimes, the morning scramble to get to the bus stop on time, checking backpacks for folders and uneaten food after they walk in the door after school. And some are new --...
11 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, This week has been a busy one. My kids somehow got lice. Again. The day after treating them all for the lice, my son fractured his ankle. And on Thursday, they all went back to school -- but only for partial days. Because many of the schools here are not equipped for high heat days, they released all middle and elementary schools 2 hrs early. Despite this, I still managed to keep up with my daily movement practice. At this point in my life, daily movement is absolutely...
13 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, This summer, I didn't have access to my usual workout equipment. We spent the summer in our tiny cabin on a lake in Michigan. I do have some hand weights there, most of them are lighter than what I usually lift with, especially for my legs. So instead of opting out of strength training for the summer, I adapted. This leads me to my Movement Snack this week. Movement Snack this week: I spent more time on bodyweight strength exercises and some impact training. This meant I did more...
20 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Boat pose is one of those poses that most people either don't like very much or don't like at all. And I get it. Boat pose is not a comfortable pose or an easy pose. It's an inverted downward facing dog in which you are balancing on your butt instead of spreading the support between your hands and feet. It's a pose that is supposed to target your core, but more often than not you feel it exclusively in your hip flexors. Boat pose doesn't have to be awful, though. This leads me to...
27 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, This summer I had some big plans for movement and a dialed back schedule. I totally thought I'd have all sorts of time to work on some of my movement goals, despite being in a place without the same workout equipment. I brought my tap board to the lake and thought I'd be practicing daily. I brought my bands to work on my pull-ups and thought I'd bust them out e few times a week. Since I'd scaled back on work, I thought I'd be hiking at least once a week with my kids but maybe more...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Hey Reader, It's a rainy day at the lake today, but for much of the summer it's been hot and sticky. On those hot, sticky days, it can be hard to want to move your body. Not everyone wants to get hotter and stickier on purpose, no matter how much you love to move your body. So for those days you want to move your body and maybe sneak in a little core work without getting super sweaty, I've got something fun for you. This leads me to my Movement Snack this week. Movement Snack this week: Not...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read