How to Balance CrossFit + Running (Plus 7 WODs for Runners!)
: Runners know they need to cross-train, but can CrossFit and running work well together? Learn 4 ways to balance it, plus 7 WODs for …
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Yoga for Runners| Benefits + Top 5 Poses for Runners
As runners, yoga isn’t the first thing that pops into our minds when we consider all the different options out there. But a regular yoga …
Why Runners Need a Chiropractor and Why I Used to Avoid Them
A sports chiropractor can help much more than back pain. They help with muscle imbalances from IT band to hip adjustments for pain free …
Active Stretching: What Is It and Why Runners Should Do It
Active stretching is about more than increased flexibility. Learn why it's different from other stretches and how to add it to your routine.
Aqua Jogging: Pool Running Workouts And Benefits
Aqua jogging is an excellent form of cross-training for runners. Here are benefits, gear you'll need, and sample workouts for training.
Herbs for Muscle Recovery, Growth and Strength
A few years ago, I was introduced to the idea of turmeric as an anti-inflammatory. It wasn’t my first dabbling with a supplement …
Does Running Give You Abs? A Complete Guide for All Runners
Does running give you abs? Find out how running affects your abs and how you can use it to meet your goals to get a stronger core.
3 Full Body Workouts For Runners
Cross training to build strength and power in your running are key. A full body workout for runners you can do anywhere will get you …
9 Best Cross Training Workouts: Complete Guide for Runners
Cross training is an essential part of having a healthy, injury-free running journey. But that wasn’t always the case. Cross training for …
Rowing vs Running: Which Workout is Better?
Rowing vs running: both exercises burn calories and build muscle, but is one better than the other? Find out the benefits and drawbacks of …
The Best Glute Activation Exercises to Maximize Your Runs
Are you suffering from tight hip flexors or lower back pain while running or right after a lower body workout? Do you struggle to feel your …
Can Yoga Replace Strength Training? Which Makes You Run Better?
Can yoga replace strength training? Yoga or weights? Weights or yoga? Which will make you a better runner? Are you better doing one than the …
5 IT Band Stretches for Runners Based on Yoga
If there’s one injury that plagues running friends more than any other it’s the IT Band. I’ve talked here about the …
Your Beachbody vs Peloton Overview: Which is Right for You?
If you’ve found that working out from home has lead you to fall in love with video led workouts then you might be debating Beachbody …
30 Day Core Challenge | Abs, Glutes and Hips
30 Day Core Challenge | Abs, Glutes and Hips THE SECRET TO RUNNING INJURY FREE… is just 10 minutes a day. 4.8 (937 runners) Grab …
T25, P90X3, PiYo – Can it Improve Your Running? Beachbody Comparison
I love watching the Beachbody Program infomercials while I’m on the treadmill. Is that really weird? Yes? No…admit it. It’s weird, but …
Snowshoeing for Beginners
Do you ski? A natural first question when someone finds out we moved to Denver. Nope. However, I’ve fallen in love with snowshoeing …
Plank Benefits for Runners
Do planks make you run faster? I say this is debatable, but without a doubt working your core makes you a more injury proof runner. I DO NOT …
Best Running Injury Prevention Exercises
Nearly every runner has been through an injury, which makes the average non-runner believe that you simply can’t enjoy this sport …
Loosen Your Hips to Lose the Belly
While researching stretching for runners, I learned a crazy fact that some stretches to lose lower belly fat are what we’re already …
Mobility vs Flexibility: Why You Need Both and a Workout
Mobility vs flexibility – they can seem like the same thing, which we think simply means spending time stretching. Nope. In fact, they …
Hip Stability Exercises to prevent ITBS and Runner’s Knee
Every year, I receive a lot of questions about recovering from IT Band Syndrome and I understand why…it sucks! There is the moment …
The Incredible Yoga-Running Connection: Improving Life Through Two Modalities
You can practice running or yoga for an hour every single day for a month, a week, a year or a lifetime and while your focus might be on the …
Stability Ball Workout: Full Core Focus for Stronger Running
If I asked you the last time you worked on your core, what would say? Maybe you’d remember a plank recently or hey some crunches as …
Ultimate Running Knee Pain Treatment and Prevention Guide
When I took up running in 2002, the first thing I heard was “it’s bad for your knees“. At the time, I didn’t have …
The Colorado Fit Life
It’s Saturday morning, the clock blinks 4:55 and though you don’t need to get up yet, you can’t stay in bed. There’s …
Heal Your Knee, Hip and IT Band through the Gut: Crazy, But Scientific
You know I like talking digestion right? It’s the unsung hero of healthy bodies!! I was reminded of that again in Costa Rica chatting …
A Runner Walks in to a Gym
Stop me if you’ve heard this one… A runner walks in to a gym, buys a membership, scopes out the weight room and then heads outside for a …
Why I’ll Be Using Core Stretches to Flatten My Abs
The free 30 day ab challenge is winding down for those who started with me! I’ve heard from many of you that the moves are killer and …
10 minute Legs and Abs Workout
Working your core in different ways is key to hitting all the different muscles and one way we often neglect, but works instantly is …
Fitness Classes for Runners? Worth the investment?
One thing I’ve realized about myself lately is that while I LOVE the consistency of running, when it comes to classes I am much happier to …
Daily Burn Black Fire Review with Bob Harper
After committing to cross training this Spring, I was thrilled to find myself actually hitting a weekly goal of multiple strength …
SUP with a Twist: Core Workouts to Mimic the Board
New workouts are not only fun, but a great reminder of how much I need to cross train! During the Oakley retreat they said we would be doing …
Ab Challenge Exercises Demonstrated
Time for another one month challenge! I asked what you wanted and ab challenge was the clear winner. I get it, spring will disappear on us …
Ab Challenge Calendar
Time for another one month challenge! I asked what you wanted and ab challenge was the clear winner. I get it, spring will disappear on us …
Runner Spotlight: CrossFit to Marathon
I am so excited to bring you another great runner spotlight! Previously you heard from a runner who did a first marathon in 3:20 and a …
Fitness Retreat – Miami Beach
I have often longingly looked at the Yoga/Surf Retreat in Mexico and wondered what it would be like to shirk all responsibilities for a week …
30 Day Yoga Challenge
Can 30 minutes a day change your life? Can it help you to slow down? To create muscle? To prevent injury? Yoga was something I practiced …