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How Red Affects Your Exercise Mood plus a High Energy Workout

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Color has a major effect on mood, energy, productivity, and focus – these factors all come together to predict the overall tone for your workout! In general terms, blue is calming and serene, a peaceful choice for yoga.  Yellow is upbeat and friendly, the star of group fitness class. And, black is at once no-nonsense, fierce and intimidating – perfect for ninjas and football uniforms alike.  But, what about red and working out?

Red is a powerful and eye-catching color that can literally pump a person up – studies have shown that just looking at the color red can increase heart rate! Read on to find more about how the color red can affect your workout and jump into my Gr8teful Red Workout, which is the high-intensity sweat sesh for aficionados of red. Visit PAGE TWO for more!

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MORE Summer Fitness, Fun and Healthy Food Finds! Part 2

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Hello official start of summer! Like you, I’ve been home way more than normal for these past few months — and this has had me on high alert for new fitness, healthy living and athlete-oriented food I can order and have delivered to keep me living MY BEST LIFE.

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Summer Fitness, Fun and Healthy Food Finds

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Oh my, I can’t believe that May is coming to an end — my health and fitness life has been very surreal with this COVID19 situation and quarantining. While more and more of life’s things are making it back on the essential list, most of us are still practicing social distancing, doing as many things as we can (or want to) virtually, and taking life at a slower pace.

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

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This post is sponsored by adidas; however, all enthusiasm, editorial options, and content (other than noted} remain my own.

 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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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 →