Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Motivation for mom Hi Hayley, After decades of crash dieting and little strenuous exercise (coupled with constant complaining about how "fat" she is), my mom has finally started going to the gym three days/week with a trainer. She seems really excited about it all, but after 3 weeks she is By Hayley • Aug 18, 2016 11:52 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: An Olympics-inspired workout With the Olympics in full swing I am finding it hard to get anything done other than cheer on all of the amazing athletes competing for Olympic gold. I thought I would use this inspiration to share with you some Olympic-inspired workouts that you can add into your current fitness By Hayley • Aug 11, 2016 02:24 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Fitness tips for a busy mom Hi Hayley, I recently had my second (and last!) baby and am eager to restart a fitness routine. Prior to having children I ran full and half marathons, cycled, swam, and the only strength training I ever stuck to is barre-style workouts. I haven't worked out consistently since By Hayley • Aug 05, 2016 03:04 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Tips for Summer 2016 fitness I feel like I write about this every summer (which I usually do) but I thought you could use a reminder on how to make sure you do not pack on those awful, unwanted summer pounds. With the days getting hotter and the nights staying brighter, it is so easy By Hayley • Jul 22, 2016 01:43 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Toned calves Hi Hayley, I need some help with my calves! Currently I go to two step classes (Group Blast) and three weight training classes (Group Power) at my gym as well as a few 5-8k hikes with my dog a week. My calves were at their best when I was rock By Hayley • Jul 07, 2016 04:56 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Stronger on the bike Hey Hayley, I have been following this blog for years and you since the beginning. I was so stoked a couple years ago when you got into mountain biking and now skate skiing, two of my faves. The question I have for you is around speed in climbing on a By Hayley • Jun 24, 2016 01:33 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Getting out of a motivational funk Hi! I'm in a serious motivational funk and I'm not sure how to claw my way out of it. I used to fence as a kid and I've recently started again, and I'm terribly out of shape and my endurance is shot, By Hayley • Jun 17, 2016 01:50 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Marathon running nutrition Hi Hayley, I am training for my first marathon and have some concerns about getting the right nutrition and calorie intake for my body during this time. I have noticed in while training for past half marathons that I tend to not eat enough the day of my long runs. By Hayley • Jun 10, 2016 03:02 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Hating exercise Last night I was working with a client who made a comment to me that she has hated exercise, and exercising, for most of her life and that she wished that she was one of those people who loved it, which got me thinking this morning on my hike up By Hayley • Jun 03, 2016 03:35 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Staying within the lines Cheat days and cheat meals have been something I have disagreed with since I became a trainer. I have been in this industry for 10 years and not a day goes by where I don’t hear someone mention their cheat meal or cheat day. Although this idea of allowing By Hayley • Jun 01, 2016 04:42 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Working out after breast reduction Hello Hayley--I'm a relatively fit person (though slightly over my ideal weight). Up until a week ago, I was running half marathons, swimming twice a week, hitting my road bike, and generally just moving for at least 30-60 mins a day. On Monday, I had a breast reduction, By Hayley • May 26, 2016 03:58 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Barre, Barre, Barre Hi Haley, I'm hoping for your input on two different types of workouts. I have been working very hard the last few years to shift my focus from what exercise will make me "skinny" and more on my overall health and on keeping active with things By Hayley • May 19, 2016 01:55 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Running Strength In my last post I answered a reader’s question regarding how to strength train efficiently throughout a running season. As this is a big question I had to write it in two parts and today’s post is all about combing core and strength training for runners. In our By Hayley • May 13, 2016 03:20 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Running Stretches Hi Hayley, I've started my running training again (10K in April, Half in the fall) and this year I am determined to incorporate strength training. I swore the last few years I would, and I failed miserably... could you suggest some strength training and stretches specifically for runners? By Hayley • May 12, 2016 12:59 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: 10lbs at home Hi Hayley, I need some help with exercises I can do at home. I'm trying to lose the last of my baby weight, and while I'm working on getting my diet in better shape, between a baby and a full-time job I don't have By Hayley • May 06, 2016 11:48 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Work hard, rest hard I had this realization the other day while out running in the trails and it made me think. I was coming up on a long set of stairs and I started to talk myself out of running them, convincing myself that it was ok to walk them to the top. By Hayley • May 04, 2016 03:36 pm
