Postnatal Fitness- The Pelvic Floor Muscle

Postnatal FitnessWho hasn’t peed themselves during or after pregnancy?!  We might not like to talk about it, but it happens.  Being pregnant can place a lot of stress on your pelvic floor muscles, which can lead to weakness before your baby is born. Your pelvic floor can become weak and stretched from as early as 12 weeks into your pregnancy, and this can result in incontinence As a Fitness Leader I made the  rehabilitation of my pelvic floor muscles a priority….. read on for more information.

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Color Me Rad- Surrey, B.C. 2016- Race Review

Color Me rad 5KmThis past weekend I completed my third Color Me Rad run in Surrey, BC. with my stepdaughter.   This year’s race was a return to the Cloverdale Fair Grounds, rather than last years Holland Park location.  Below is a review of this years event,  if you participated I would love to hear your comments. Continue reading

Exercise During Pregnancy – Last 20 weeks

Exercises and pregnancyI documented the first 20 weeks in my blog article, Exercise During Pregnancy, now it’s time to talk about my last 20 weeks.  I originally intended to publish this post closer to the end of my pregnancy, but circumstance delayed the post, and then our little miracle surprised us by arriving one week early.

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2016 Goals

2016 GoalsFor the past couple of years I have set goals for 6 categories; personal, family, business, health, spiritual, and financial. I am changing up the categorizes slightly for my 2016 goals; fitness, family, fun, business, and financial.

I am setting my 2016 goals with apprehension; I am uncertain what to expect for this coming year and the changes it will bring. It seems self-defeating to be setting goals for a life that I am familiar with while preparing to enter unfamiliar territory.
With that being said, I will continue to maintain my goal setting practices with the optimism that I will be able to find a hybrid between the present and the future. So without further ado, my 2016 goals…..

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Top 3 Blog Posts of 2015

Top 3 Blog Posts of 2015Tomorrow will be the last day of 2015 so it seems an appropriate time to look back on my first year of blogging.

My new website and blog went live in July of this year, and in just 5 months I have managed to publish 17 posts, achieving 1531 views, 17 comments, and 19 subscribers.  As we close out 2015, I am proud to share with you my top 3 blog posts of the year, we start in no particular order with…… Continue reading