Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Minimalist Running Shoes I would love to know Hayley's thoughts on the barefoot/minimalist shoe running trend. I'm currently training for my 4th half marathon, and I feel like everyone I talk to is trying to talk me into buying a pair of minimalist shoes... mind you, most of By Hayley • Sep 20, 2012 09:33 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Don’t want to get too muscular Hello Hayley, I hope you are well. I am 21 years old and I am 5'10 in height and my weight fluctuates between 119 and 126 pounds (I weigh myself maybe twice a month). I don't really do any physical activity at all, which I know By Hayley • Sep 18, 2012 03:01 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Humbled I was humbled this weekend, reminded that no matter how hard I train or how much time I devote to something or how good I think I am there is ALWAYS room for improvement, there is ALWAYS someone better than me and there is ALWAYS something that will challenge me By Hayley • Sep 12, 2012 09:20 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: How much is enough? Hi Hayley, I've always been a “big” girl, which means I'm tall and inherited my family's Ukrainian peasant genes. But after 8 years of unhealthy University student living and the prospect of having to start shopping at plus size stores on the horizon, I By Hayley • Sep 11, 2012 09:54 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: September Goal-setting Ever since I was a child in school September has always felt like a new start, another chance to do my best. September has always symbolized back to routine and with summer coming to an end so does life at the cottage, family camping trips and barbeques and patios with By Hayley • Sep 05, 2012 09:21 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: My Mother-in-law and her fitness Hi Hayley, I'm very concerned about my mother-in-law's fitness level. She has always been a larger woman, but over the last few months she has gotten incredibly lethargic and is quite obese (probably in the 250lb range). She spends her days sleeping and watching television. There By Hayley • Aug 30, 2012 09:54 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Replace the excuses with a plan When I am working towards a goal, whether it’s in the gym, in a race or in life, I always figure out exactly what needs to be done in order to achieve my goal and then I create the plan, breaking it into months, days, hours and even minutes. By Hayley • Aug 24, 2012 09:34 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Managing Nutrition & Fitness Hi Hayley, I'm a professional gardener which means I spend my days outdoors in all kinds of weather conditions engaging in really physical work. Some days it's great, but most days my body takes a beating from all the lifting, hauling, digging, overhead reaching for tree By Hayley • Aug 22, 2012 11:26 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Less than 200lbs in 2 months During college I gained the freshman 15, the sophomore 30, and then some. The summer before my senior year I finally got my act together and lost a good amount of weight. 8 years later and I found myself weighing more (234lbs) than I ever have before. I've By Hayley • Aug 17, 2012 09:22 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: How hard do celebrities train? Hi Hayley, After a few years as a busy single mom, I have recently started working out again, and noticed how much more I can do in the gym now that I’m a little larger, eat a little better, and have spent the time carrying around my child/their By Hayley • Aug 14, 2012 08:56 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Paula Findlay didn’t give up I love the Olympics. Whether it is the Winter or Summer Games I find myself glued to the television from start to finish. I love the stories that unfold during the Games, the stories of athletes overcoming obstacles, athletes who make history, athletes who miss their glory by seconds and By Hayley • Aug 10, 2012 09:55 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Protein Shakes Hi Hayley, My question is for my husband. My constant nagging him to exercise hasn’t been working, but a trip to the doctor who told him, again, that he needs to lose weight has motivated him to say we can start going for bike rides together. Yay! So that’ By Hayley • Aug 03, 2012 10:52 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Create Your Mantra I am currently on my summer vacation, two weeks with my family in a place I like to call the best place on earth. It is my family’s summer cottage back east and I have been coming here since I was born. This is where I let my hair By Hayley • Aug 02, 2012 09:46 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Sweating Hi! Just back from the gym, where I do my own intense spinning class because I only have 30 minutes and I go for it! Hills, sprints, hill sprints ... anyway ... I am a sweater, I mean I have always been one to sweat and often buckets. I notice especially on By Hayley • Jul 27, 2012 09:54 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Running and Weight Gain This may seem like something that someone who is training for a running event may not need to worry about but all too often beginner runners will gain weight while training for their first half marathon or other running distance. You might be thinking that someone who is running 3 By Hayley • Jul 24, 2012 09:01 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Losing weight with a toddler Hi Hayley - My husband and I are parents to a 14 month-old. We both work long hours, but try to be home to spend time with our daughter before she goes to sleep at 7:30. We often eat after 8:00 and all we want to do is By Hayley • Jul 20, 2012 09:31 am
