Happy Anniversary to the SIP 10,000 Steps Challenge

I'm so happy to celebrate the one year anniversary of the SIP 10,000 Steps Challenge! When COVID-19 shut the whole fricking world down, many of us found ourselves without access to our usual places and spaces to "work out" what was happening. The gyms, the pools, the classes, the tracks, the boxes, the parks - …

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Creating Community

While all indoor fitness facilities in California remain closed for the foreseeable future, many people who have relied on their gym-buddies and fitness-friends are missing a huge support system. Which is why ye old Internet and social media can be a very useful tool.   But if you've successfully opted out of Facebook, Instagram or other …

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Tip #4 – Dance with the One that Brung You

Kiss your husband or significant other every time one of you leaves the house and tell them you love them.  Even if you are angry at the time. Yesterday my husband and I celebrated our 24th wedding anniversary.  At the time of our wedding (on April Fool's Day, no less) we had been together for …

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Tip #3 – A Little Money Goes a Long Way

Invest in a gym membership, classes or streaming to help keep you motivated and on track. Ok, you've made a decision to get off your tuchus and get in shape.   In this day and age there are thousands of ways to go about it.  You can download an app, troll IG and find some #fitspo, …

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Tip #2 – Squad Goals

Find a buddy to hold yourself accountable to your goals. This tip, #2 on my list of 52 things is, I think one of the most valuable.  It's one thing to set your fitness goal, craft your plan of attack and then completely fail at the execution.  It happens all the time. Working to reach …

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SMART-y Pants

I just launched my first ever 21-Day Kickstart Challenge.  I have 13 people enrolled and the challenge is based around accountability, exercise (of course) and healthy eating. One of the things I have asked of the group is to set goals.  For the challenge and daily goals.  But they have to be SMART goals. S …

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Brain Fart

I get most of my writing inspiration when I run and last week I had some great content flowing. So good that I kept reminding myself to write something down, even the topic so I'd be able to remember my brilliance.  After my run I did some yoga and completely forgot that I was supposed …

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