So much of working out and staying active depends on your state of mind. Join me below for insights into what helps us maintain a fitness mindset.

Quick Results and Long-Term Success

Quick Results and Long-Term Success

We all want quick results and long-term success with fitness. There’s no doubt that the promis…

2022 Fitness Update from The Happiness Here

2022 Fitness Update from The Happiness Here

My new fitness gig isn’t so new anymore. Over the past two and a half years, I’ve taught…

Your Fitness Mindset for the Fall

Your Fitness Mindset for the Fall

With each new season comes a symbolic sense of new beginnings, an opportunity to change things up an…

Are You Smart Enough for HIIT?

Are You Smart Enough for HIIT?

HIIT, or High Intensity Interval Training, has been popular for over a decade. Maybe you’ve do…

Design Your Own Post Workout Stretch

Design Your Own Post Workout Stretch

There are people who never stretch and there are people who always stretch. What’s the right a…

Three Basic Truths About Lifelong Fitness

Three Basic Truths About Lifelong Fitness

As someone who’s been teaching fitness since I was 21, I want to share three basic truths abou…

What I Do Tue/Thu Mornings

What I Do Tue/Thu Mornings

I know you’ve been wondering. In fact, it’s probably been keeping you awake at night. We…

What We Can Learn from Elite Older Athletes

What We Can Learn from Elite Older Athletes

As we look at getting older, we all hope we can keep our bodies going. That we’ll be able to d…

Tempo and Interval Work for Form and Strength

Tempo and Interval Work for Form and Strength

There are many different types of tempo and interval workouts. Each touts benefits – from gain…

Connect Your Creative Self and Your Physical Self

Connect Your Creative Self and Your Physical Self

How often do you get to connect your creative self and your physical self? Probably not as often as …

Multitasking in Your Workouts

Multitasking in Your Workouts

We all know that multitasking is a bad thing. Or is it? I think most will agree that there are times…

Get Outside, Even in the Winter

Get Outside, Even in the Winter

Winter brings shorter days and colder weather for most of us. Do you respond by bundling up and movi…

Everyone Is An Athlete

Everyone Is An Athlete

“Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is, some of us are in training and some are not.&…

Fitness Goals v. Fitness Pledge

Fitness Goals v. Fitness Pledge

I think it’s safe to say that most of us – whether we’ve exercised in the past, ar…

What’s Your Workout Inspiration?

What’s Your Workout Inspiration?

Some days it’s hard to work out.  Some days it’s not so hard.  Truthfully, I never find it super eas…

Get On Your Feet America

Get On Your Feet America

Friday, April 24th is ‘On Your Feet America’ day.  This event is being promoted on the Get Amer…

Group Exercise and Coronavirus

Group Exercise and Coronavirus

My workout schedule over the course of a ‘normal’ week is about half solo – hiking…

Get Fit and Stay Fit

Get Fit and Stay Fit

It doesn’t matter how you exercise.  To get fit and stay fit, you need only one trait.  Yo…

Parenting: A Sedentary Sport

Parenting: A Sedentary Sport

In the early years, parenting often leads to a more active lifestyle.  You’re carrying your chi…