For years I thought that as a fitness instructor, it was my job to motivate my clients. In fact, the feeling still creeps back once in a while because I got into this career to help people. But I can’t make you get motivated to exercise; that has to start with you. So how do […]

What is perfection, anyway? When someone does something well we will often exclaim how “perfect” it is… but whether it’s a delicious meal or beautiful musical performance, it’s more than likely that the person behind the perfection is still striving to do better. This is also true about fitness. It’s great when my clients want […]

Right now, four of the five of us are on a road trip taking our youngest daughter back to university for basketball practice. We’re an active family and naturally got to talking about working out. It was interesting to compare our favourite ways to exercise, and how I stood out as the only one who […]

As I sat down to write this, I didn’t have a plan in mind. My mind kept drifting back to all of the things I want to get done over the next few days and the remainder of the winter break. I realized that I’m feeling anxious and stressed, something that happens to me leading […]

There is no doubt about it, finding time to work out during the holidays is always a challenge. I don’t just mean the winter holidays; summer, long weekends, and vacations (remember those?) all disrupt routine. And when routine goes, fitness is often the first thing to suffer. With all of the benefits we get from […]

If you haven’t noticed yet, there is a set order of Pilates exercises on both the mat and the reformer. Your body warms up as you move through them, with each exercise building upon the one before it. If you attend classes in person, you can rely on the instructor to tell you what to […]

Do your feet hurt? With all they do for us, it’s no wonder. And for some reason, we tend to ignore the pain as long as possible before we do anything about it – myself included! Not too long ago, I had such bad foot pain that I could barely walk. So, I turned to […]

At the risk of dating myself, do you remember when we didn’t talk about the core, and everything was about ABS? Those were the days of hundreds of crunches. I remember a friend telling me that she’d done so many crunches a day that she had to see the doctor for the pain. She’d actually […]

I’ve been surrounded by fitness my entire adult life, and it still really bothers me how exercise and fitness is portrayed in the media. I will say that things are sloooowly shifting, but it’s going to take a long time to undo the idea that to exercise, you need to already be fit. Or worse, […]

I’ve been thinking about my fitness journey lately; it’s taken many forms over the years and I’ve learned a lot along the way. One thing I’ve noticed though, is how the simplest tweaks to my routine have had the most impact. Take a quick walk with me through my years of fitness, and see just […]