I was having a conversation last week with a friend who’s been doing a lot of hiking and running recently. He mentioned that he hasn’t been strength training as much as he used to and he is starting to feel like that’s catching up to him – that he’s lost a little strength and is just …
If you’re a regular reader, or you follow me on Instagram, you know that I’m finding it a little challenging to accept my postpartum body while I begin the long, slow process of regaining strength, fitness and yes, something resembling my pre-pregnancy figure. While I’ve been doing a lot of at-home workouts, I was thrilled …
If you’ve ever read any article on running, you’ve read about the importance of stretching. But how exactly should you stretch? You probably have the basic stretches for runners down – hamstring stretch on a bench, or holding your foot behind you to stretch your quads. But if you have a few minutes extra to spare …
I first stumbled across Ruthie’s blog She’s Wicked Healthy after reading her column Run For Your Life on the iRunner blog (iRunner is one of the founders of the #runchat hashtag and chats on Twitter). Ruth is now one of my favorite bloggers to read. She’s smart, fit, funny and totally gets it when it comes to …
