Fit Your Life

January is the perfect time to recommit to your health by registering for a fitness program that will keep you motivated through the cold and dark winter months in our beautiful northern city! Fit Your Life offers fitness classes for women of all stages of life and will challenge you to be the healthiest version of yourself in 2016 ! Come check out our prenatal-specific, postnatal baby-friendly, and women's only bootcamp-style classes! By registering for one of our Mom & Me Fit , Prenatal Fit , or Fit Bootcamp sessions, you are treating yourself to six weeks of fun & sweaty workouts, motivating emails, weekly challenges, and meeting some beautiful and likeminded women! For more details on the classes, click links attached to each class name above.  Get ready women of Edmonton! 2016 is going to be amazing!! Pricing: 6-week session = $85 (one class per week) Double-up = $150 (pair up any two classes per week!) Register here!

Pregnancy is such a special time, as you grow a new life inside your body. Both you and your child are constantly changing during each stage of development. Being pregnant is natural for a woman - it’s one of the most beautiful things that your body is made to do. Yet, when it comes to engaging in physical activity and exercise during pregnancy, many women are unsure what they can or should be doing. Some worry they might harm the baby or injure themselves while exercising. These concerns are only natural. But, thankfully, the human body is designed to move and pregnant bodies are no different. Prenatal fitness specialists can offer fun, safe and effective exercise routines - tailored to meet your specific needs. These professionals will modify exercises for you, throughout each tri mester, as baby grows and shifts in your body. In uncomplicated pregnancies, women are encouraged to participate in physical activity – even if they don’t have a previous fitness routine. Regard...

With the cold winter months approaching, the thought of staying active and keeping fit can be daunting. The good news is that just because we live in a country that has beautifully snowy winters, it does not mean that our health journey needs to suffer.  Why wait until January first for a New Year’s resolution? Start today with these winter active tips! 1)  Try a new fitness class! This can be the perfect way to learn new exercises in a warm environment. There are many boutique studios in Edmonton that offer a fun variety of workouts: The Surf Studio , SpinUnity , Barre Body Studio , Sculpt Barre , Bliss YogaSpa , YogaLife Studios , and of course, Fit Your Life to name a few. Also check out Fitset , which allows you to workout all over the city for one monthly membership!  2) Get outside! There are so many options to get sweaty while enjoying the fresh air. Winter hiking, cross-country skiing, skating, downhill skiing, and snowshoeing are great ex...

The Perfect 10 + Core Full Body Workout! I love this workout. I have tweaked it a few times and the other versions can be found here , here , and here . However, maybe now I have made it's final tweaking!! This workout is fantastic because it can be modified when you only have a short amount of time, but want to sneak in a quick workout or when you have more time, you can add a warm-up and complete two sets!! If you have time... Warm-up!! 20 jumping jacks | 5 burpies | 30 jumping jacks | 10 burpies Exercise descriptions Perfect 10 1) reverse lunges |   From a standing position, step one foot behind you. Bend through both knees to achieve ninety degree angles (or close to) in each. Press through front heel to bring back leg to starting position. Repeat other side. Option to hold weights on sides of the body. 2) dumbbell row | From a standing position and feet hip distance apart, bend over slightly from hips. Hold one dumbbell (or other weight) in each hand ...

Mom and Me Fit and Prenatal Fit classes [early] Winter Session starting November, 2015!! prenatal and postnatal fitness in Edmonton Kellie , the owner of Fit Your Life, is a Registered Nurse with experience in Labour and Delivery, as well as a Certified Exercise Physiologist. She is a Pre- and Postnatal Fitness Specialist and loves making fitness work for your life!  Mom & Me Fit  is a class tailored for new moms learning how to integrate exercise into their new life and routine with a little one. This is class ensures a safe and effective workout for the postpartum body and teaches tips on how to get your pre-baby body back (or better)!  Clearance from Health Care Provider required prior to engaging in postpartum exercise.  Prenatal Fit  offers a class to expecting women, of any gestation and fitness level! This class will focus on individual needs as the body changes throughout the preg...

Five tips for active, breastfeeding moms By Leah Cadieux, RLC, IBCLC, B.A. Having a new baby is a time that often involves a steep learning curve! So many things have changed in your life and yet some things are still the same. Many new moms wonder about fitness and exercising while breastfeeding. Is there anything mom’s need to know, look out for, can’t do? What has changed and what hasn’t? What hasn’t changed? 1. Go for it!   Despite what your neighbour, or grandma or someone on Facebook might tell you, breastfeeding and exercising are completely compatible!  There is absolutely no truth to exercise harming milk supply or contributing to baby refusing the breast. While there is a time of recovery and healing after birth and some time needed to get to know your baby and establish breastfeeding, unless a woman has medical contraindications you can start with gentle walks as soon as you feel up to it.  Once a mom is recovered and healed from b...

We have the best of intentions when it comes to signing up for a new class or buying a new workout DVD. "Baby is finally in a routine and I will get my workout done at this time every day!" Awesome! Then, nap time shifts or baby will not sleep unless he/she is in your arms or needs to eat every 20 minutes. It happens! Each phase of baby's development will cause you to shift your routine and how your day goes. We are so fortunate to live in a country where we have the amazing opportunity to stay at home for the first year of baby's life and witness first hand all of these developments! So, how do I stick with my fitness routine while keeping my sanity and baby happy? Shift. Adjust. and enjoy! Even if you have the most routine baby, they have off days and you will be forced to mix things up! Remember, it is just a phase! Prior to being a Mom, I liked to mix up my fitness routine by going for a few runs each week, along with a yoga class or two, some at h...