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Collagen: how to use it, benefits, and why I love it
Collagen can be an amazing supplement: packed with protein and aids in healing, skin appearance, joint and bone health. Hi friends! How’s the week going?? It’s been a good one over here so far. I taught spin last night (and subbed a class Sunday!), we enjoyed an awesome dinner here at home, and we’re hitting…
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Bedtime Stretches for Relaxation
When I was cleared to work out after Liv’ s birth, I couldn’t wait to get back into sweaty interval training. Finding my personal max and soaked in sweat sounded like a dream to me. After P’s birth, I couldn’t wait to Orangetheory and Spin again. (Hopefully I’ll be back at OTF in the new…
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10 Workouts You Can Do in 10 Minutes
(not including warmup/cooldown time, mm k?) This is for all of my 10-minute workout warriors out there. Back in the day, if I only had 10 minutes to sneak in a workout, that usually meant my workout was canceled. I didn’t know that there’s a lot you can accomplish in 10 short minutes, and that…
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How to Cook Salmon: 10 Different Ways
Let’s talk about my favorite fish: salmon! We eat it so often for dinner that we now have numerous ways in which we enjoy it. I frequently get reader requests on how to cook salmon, so I thought I’d share our recipes with you to expand your own healthy dinner recipe collections. Just a note here to…
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Buff Bride Workout
Hi friends! how’s the morning going? Yesterday was a DAY. Of course we were sending last minute info to our accountant for taxes (#organized) and the SUV’s service light came on. The Pilot switched the carseats out to our other car, took the SUV to the dealership, and after they *fixed it*, it stalled and…
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Things I Didn’t Know About Marriage
Since we’re heading into wedding season, I thought it would be fun to talk about marriage since I know some of you have nuptials on the horizon. Such an exciting time. <3 I’ve had a few requests for posts on this subject, and it’s one of those subjects which I’m not at all qualified to write…
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How to Take a Break from Working Out, Without Going Crazy
Does anyone know the answer to this? Please kindly respond in the comments below. The end. Just kidding. But not really. 😉 Taking a break from the gym, especially when you’re finally feeling good/better and want to move, IS HARD. It’s hard when you have a baby and would love the endorphins and time for…
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8 Ways to Deadlift
This made me laugh way harder than it should have. Ok, currently I don’t either. 😉 (You know, that whole “6 weeks of rest” thing.) But we’re in unusual circumstances right now, and usually, I LOVE lifting. Like in a weird way. One of my all-time favorite exercises: the good ol’ deadlift. I have to…
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things that have helped me streamline the sugar
Hi friends! It’s ALMOST THE WEEKEND. This week is flying by, and I have no problem at all with that. I’m looking forward to the weekend ahead with plans with friends and some birthday celebrations. I also promised Liv that we’d hit up the beach this afternoon since the weather has been dreamy. Happy St.…
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Spring clean your fitness routine
Hi friends! How’s the morning going? I am still recovering from returning from Vegas + Daylight Savings. Not a good combo, but in Vegas, time doesn’t matter. 😉 It was totally worth it. Miss P thinks that waking up at 6:30, which is really 5:30, is pretty hilarious. We jumped right back into things on…
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What to Do if You’ve Never Worked Out
So today, I thought it would be fun to talk about starting a fitness plan from scratch. It’s one of the common requests I received on the annual blog survey, and it’s something that was very overwhelming to me when I was first getting started in my own fitness journey. Back then, when I walked into the…
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Keeping the Momentum Going
Hi friends! How was your weekend? Hope it was wonderful and relaxing. Ours ended up being a bit of a whirlwind, but it ended up with madre here for the week, so all is good. As usual, Livi FREAKED when we picked her up at the airport. Her happy giggles make my heart so warm.…
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