Fit Your Life

Do you have an extra 10 minutes today?  Great!  I have the perfect workout for you! Your heart will be pumping, you will be glowing, and you will have a boost of energy to carry you through the rest of your day!  If you have 20 minutes, repeat this routine twice! 10 Minute Burn! regular 30 seconds each Jumping Jacks From a standing position, press through heels to jump feet wide while simultaneously reaching arms above your head. Jump back to starting position. Repeat. Squats Start with feet just slightly wider than hip width and feet on "train tracks" (straight back and forth). Bend knees to lower booty back and behind. Keep your knees over your ankles and chest high. Straighten knees and hips to stand tall and repeat. Army Crawl From a forearm plank position, press off on arm and place hand on mat, directly under shoulder. Do the same with other arm. Then return to forearms on the mat, one at a time (think "up-up-down-down"). Keep core eng...

Fit Your Life offers Fit Bootcamp ; a women's only full body fitness class, Prenatal Fit ; for our expecting mamas to learn tips and stay active throughout their pregnancy, and Mom & Me Fit ; for our postnatal Mamas to become the healthiest version of themselves in this stage of life! Our next session begins February 22 and  I would love to meet you!  Register here! Fit Bootcamp Mondays | 6pm | Whitemud Creek Hall Prenatal Fit Mondays | 7pm | Whitemud Creek Hall Mom & Me Fit Mondays | 9:30am | The Surf Studio  Wednesdays | 10am | McKernan Community Hall Have you heard about  Talking Wellness Baby ! pre- & post-natal seminar  in Edmonton, AB March 5?   All details and registration here!

...a pre- & post-natal seminar in Edmonton, AB  all about you and your baby! Whether you are trying to conceive, currently pregnant, a new mother, or are curious to learn more about pregnancy and postpartum wellness, this seminar is for you! A full day seminar, organized by Ashley Perra Events , you will learn and be inspired by four local professionals, who work with pregnant and postpartum women daily, the changes that occur during pregnancy and how to work with our bodies to make this the healthiest time of our lives!  The professionals: Kellie Willie | RN & Exercise Physiologist Kellie is a Registered Nurse, who works in Labour & Delivery and Perinatal. She is a Certified Exercise Physiologist through the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology and specializes in pre- and post-natal fitness! Kellie, her husband, and their young daughter enjoy being active as a family - running, hiking, working out, practicing yoga, skiing, and biking. Kellie’...

Fit Your Life's 2016 is off to a fantastic start! Mom & Me Fit on Monday and Wednesday mornings are full with this past week setting a record with our biggest class yet! 16 Mamas and 18 Littles worked out together, laughed between burpies, and felt the effects the next day! Amazing! Prenatal Fit is growing each week (see what I did there?!) and I am loving meeting many expecting Mamas! Our brand new class, Fit Bootcamp hit the ground running with increased interest and some inspiring women! To celebrate the start of the year, our [almost] 1st Birthday, and how amazing you are, Fit Your Life is offering four FREE workouts in two different locations in Edmonton this week! Space is limited!  Please register online here! After Fit Bootcamp on Thursday, we will be heading out somewhere near Whyte Ave together to chat, get to know each other better, and enjoy a snack and/or beverage! Please note that having a glass of wine (or even liking wine) is not a requiremen...

As I reflect on the amazing year that was 2015 and the many blessings it brought me and my family, I cannot celebrate with toasting to each and every one of you who helped me along the way! Your support, encouragement, hugs, and love did not go unnoticed and Fit Your Life's first year of successes would not be the same without you. Thank you! In January 2015, Fit Your Life officially began by offering one prenatal and one postpartum fitness seminar as a way of testing the waters of interest for these types of fitness classes in Edmonton. I was humbled by the wonderful response and a short while later, my first Mom & Me Fit and Prenatal Fit classes were filling up! We moved Mom & Me Fit outdoors for the summer and although we had to duck under picnic shelters a few times, we were very lucky with the weather! Prenatal Fit has continued to be strong and Fit Your Life has had 15 babies born to clients of this class already! Amazing! In August and September, Fit Bootcamp | ...

As mothers, we do our best to find balance. A little time for ourselves and a lot of time for everyone else. Sneaking in a 10, 20, or even 30 minute sweat session some days can be really tough. On days that our Littles need a little extra love or just want to join in the fun, strap on your cutie and move your body!  This full body routine was inspired by a workout created by one of my amazing Mom & Me Fit clients! She enjoyed the workouts posted on my blog and also uses the Seconds Pro app (where I email my clients the workouts and it plugs right into their interval timer!!), but needed to make modifications for times where her sweet girl needed those snuggles! More often than not, she falls asleep while her Mama is working out. Mom win?? I think so!! This routine is also great if you are pregnant, as you have a built-in-babywearing system!  What you will need: - a structured carrier ( ErgoBaby , LittleLife , etc) is recommended as it ensures the best spine an...

How is your week going? I hope that you are taking some time to relax and enjoy the calmness among the hustle and take in the beauty of the snow!  Our second at-home workout of this lovely Christmas break is a little more intense in that you must (and you will!) push through as many repetitions as possible in one minute, with little to no break in between exercises. You will rest once all 12 exercises are complete before you repeat! Make sure that you complete the warm-up and the core! Yes, you recognize the exercises (and fun names!) from the Gingerbread Cookie Arms & Core , but I guarantee it will be a completely different experience than Tabata style! This is a great full body workout that requires no equipment (prenatal version requires either dumbbells or other weighted object) so you can do this workout anywhere this holiday season! Prenatal modifications are in this colour! Ready?? Let's do this!! Once again, if you use Seconds Pro and want me ...