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40 Ways to Get a Spartan Workout While Doing Everyday Chores

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During these crazy COVID-19 times, we are all missing our gym time and Spartan training! You can still stay in fighting shape and be ready for race day (whenever that may be) with home workouts. Vacuuming lunges home workout during chores

Spartan has been sharing plenty of home workouts for obstacle course racing across their various media, they are worth a look-see! But, you can also get a legit workout when working at home and/or doing every day chores – check out my 40 Ways to Get a Spartan  Workout While Doing Everyday Chores. Continue reading →

4 Empowering Trends in Women’s Sports, Fitness and Adventure for 2020

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 International Women’s Day (3/8/2020) brings awareness to the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women – including the celebration of female athletes of all ages and abilities, not just those in professional sports.  That’s what I want to speak to today, how everyday women are supporting, empowering and lifting up each other to live, love and give their best through an active lifestyle. yoga adidas jennifer fisher thefitfork

Over the last few years, I’ve noticed several trends that remain on the uptick for active women. These include more female participation in “extreme” sports at an amateur level; support and encouragement through various “sisterhoods of sweat;” “do as I do” role modeling by older women to younger women and/or girls; and solo (or mother/daughter) adventure and sport travel. Read to learn more about these Empowering Trends in Women’s Sports, Fitness and Adventure for 2020.

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Easy Plant-based Snack Ideas to Fuel Fitness Goals

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It’s a new year with new fitness goals! Whether you are starting a new fitness routine for the first time or just hitting the “reset” button for 2020, choosing the right pre- and post- workout snacks (and even bedtime snacks) can help you optimize overall results.

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Today, I am sharing some of my favorite homemade workout snacks that can be incorporated into a training diet to help you make the most of all that hard work. All are vegan-friendly and gluten-free, but also tasty for us omnivores who are looking to add more variety and plant-power to our plates. Read on to learn more about pre- and post-workout nutrition and get my ideas for plant-based snacks to fuel fitness goals. Continue reading →

How to Become a Runner and Love Running for Life

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A new year is just around the corner, and countless new health and fitness goals are being set across the planet with almost giddy expectation for success. Unfortunately, most resolutions don’t even last a month until good intentions give way to less favorable old habits. Starting and keeping a running routine to lose weight and/or improve health, is one of these popular goals that often fizzles well before the figurative finish line. jennifer fisher running since 1988

But that doesn’t have to be the case; everyone can begin a running routine AND KEEP IT for a lifetime. In fact, being a runner is an easy, inexpensive, versatile, empowering way to maintain health and fitness throughout the decades. Over my 30 years as a runner, I’ve relied on various mental strategies to stay in a committed relationship with the sport. Today, I’m sharing these tips can that can also help you start running, keep running, and actually like it! Continue reading →

Holiday Gift Guide (and Tips) for Mom and the Sporty Family

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As the mom of three young adult males, wife to lifelong athlete and hardcore fitness fan myself, I can confidently call myself an expert on the gear needs and desires of a sporty family. First, there’s “needing” something essential for the playing of a particular sport – like shin guards, or a helmet or a running bra that fits just right. Other times (and probably more frequently), there’s the wishing of some epic new gear, like those buzz-worthy sneakers that just dropped, a jersey in support of a favorite team, or some fancy sunglasses.

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The holiday season is always a great time for me to gear up my family (and myself) with sports and fitness gifts. Whether we are training for and competing in our individual sports, or enjoying some fit family togetherness during off-season, vacation or a few found moments of free time, athletic gifts from adidas is a simple and stylish way to treat the squad -everyone is happy! Read for these mom-approved gifts for the sports and fitness fans in your family.

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