Cardio for Kicks :  Mind over matter. We all love the energy of a child. They seem to run and bound effortlessly and endlessly. Its with envy many of us (even FITMOMS) stand on the side wondering where do they get it. Cardio for kids isn’t a chore. It is playful and a part of their every day … [Read more...]

Is Cardio Your Curse? Do you hate cardio? I do. I'm not kidding. People laugh when I tell them thinking that I'm lying to get a point across. Not true I hate it....with a passion. It may span back to my younger years as a competitive gymnast where I was to run a half hour of laps around the GIANT … [Read more...]

The key to resistance training being results based is mixing it up. Muscle has memory and will not stand for being under-stimulated. In fact it is this reason so many people give up on the gym.Showing zero results is good way to say goodbye to motivation and inspiration. Here are some training … [Read more...]

Were you once a gym junkie who is now stuck at home? I remember after my first son was born I had a lot of weight to lose. It was that weight and my inability to get to the gym that helped inspire FITMOM. The truth is I really did not believe I could get a good workout unless in a gym. My all or … [Read more...]

Gone are the days of g-strings up the %$@%$# while doing round the world moves meant to confuse anyone who doesnt have a dance background - or at least they should be. 80 style aerobics did very little to get women fit and the ones who were skinny doing it..well they were skinny anyways. Pushing … [Read more...]

Burnt out and over it? Ive touched a bit on how self care is a building block for motivation. Its the one thing I think we(moms) epidemically ignore. Motivated people often crash and burn thinking they can continue at a crazy pace endlessly without gassing up. I'm the expert on this trust me. As I … [Read more...]

Motivation (once we find it through action) is a self sustaining form of energy. The more you do to achieve it the more of it you will have. Motivation is the fuel for doing the things needed to get where you want to go. As stated before,to find you inner motivation you must first find your inner … [Read more...]

Motivated Mommy's.You know the kind. They seem to do it all. They make the rest of us feel in adequate at times. In the past I have been accused of being that mom without warrant. The reason being I had become socially misleading by keeping up appearances and forgetting that my authenticity was a … [Read more...]

How many time I have heard from people (including the voice in my own head ) things like I hate running , running is boring or I just don't like it. I remember once I came back from a run in my real beginning days and told my husband "that sucked" . He asked me what I thought about on the … [Read more...]

Running and running properly are two different things. I talked last week about how to prepare to run safely in terms of footwear and training. But it also important to know how to work up to running distances safely. Clinics are generally held at locations like the running room nationwide but in … [Read more...]