Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Friends and Fitness Hi Hayley! I struggle with keeping a fitness routine. Personality-wise, I’m a rather spontaneous person and love travel and adventure and I guess, I’m not the best with routines in general. I’m relatively active. I do some form of water activity like paddle boarding, surfing, or windsurfing By Hayley • Oct 15, 2015 03:09 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: the macro diet Hi Hayley, I am a mid-40s woman who has struggled with weight gain since having children (add in: love of wine and good food, very sedentary job and perimenopause for some extra issues). In the last 6 months I have put a lot of effort into increasing my activity level. By Hayley • Oct 13, 2015 12:20 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: exercise rationing Hi Hayley, I have potentially a very basic question for you in regards to what I'm calling "exercise rationing". I often read that you should work out a certain amount of times per week... but does this really matter if all your fitness is done in By Hayley • Oct 08, 2015 11:32 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Pelvic Floor Strength Hayley, Getting older has many drawbacks. Once I got on the other side of 55 (I'm now 62) my body started falling apart. I compare it to a car with over 55,000 miles. Every year there is a major maintenance issue. I'm now dealing with By Hayley • Oct 02, 2015 12:13 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Sugar Addict Hi Hayley, I'm 39, I love the outdoors and I love paddling, swimming, hiking, surfing, and I recently got into Barre which is amazing. I've also struggled with my weight since I hit about 35 because while I don't drink, I have quite the By Hayley • Oct 01, 2015 10:43 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: activating your partner The other day in one of my sessions, my client was complaining to me about how she could not seem to get her husband to be active, no matter how hard she tried. She’s quite an active girl, and although he fully supports her commitment to her fitness, he By Hayley • Sep 24, 2015 10:29 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Scale obsession I have always had my opinions on using weight as a way of recording fitness progress. Yes, body weight is something that needs some attention, but placing all of your focus on how much the scale goes up or down can be dangerous. I am an athlete and when I By Hayley • Sep 22, 2015 10:37 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Not running I have been running as my major workout activity for years and I have recently developed Achilles heel tendonitis. I have been fitted for orthotics, but have not started using them yet, and I have been told by my general practitioner to stop running for anywhere from 4 week to By Hayley • Sep 10, 2015 10:55 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: I Can’t (but not Ariana Grande) I can’t. Two words that I hear all too often. I can’t find time to exercise. I can’t run farther. I can’t push harder. I can’t eat healthy. I can’t try. I was training a client the other day and when I was attempting By Hayley • Sep 04, 2015 01:13 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: summer to fall fitness transition Hayley, I really enjoyed your recent post about turning around bad summer habits. I am interested to know your thoughts on how to keep up the momentum on some good habits when summer turns to fall (and then winter). After getting a much-needed reality check on the scale at the By Hayley • Aug 27, 2015 10:59 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Summer habits Habits. They can move quickly, in each direction. We are now sitting near the end of summer, and I am not sure how many of you are in the same boat as I am, but all of the days spent patio hopping and lounging lakeside and beachside have caught up By Hayley • Aug 20, 2015 10:51 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Circuit ideas for “mom” areas Hi Hayley! I'm part of a small group of moms who get together 2 times a week to work out. We were all part of a mom and baby boot camp, but our trainer moved to another province and we are now left to our own devices. We By Hayley • Aug 13, 2015 11:24 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Tight Calves Hi Hayley, I'm training for my first 10km! I have been stop-start about trying to get fit for years, I am usually good for two-three weeks, then get lazy again. I also get pains in my lower legs, particularly the outside of my calf, which is a disincentive By Hayley • Jul 31, 2015 09:58 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: The “V” sit-up Hi Hayley, I ran my first 5k last year and after a few progressively longer races (including the Nike Toronto 15k of which I'm SUPER proud), I'm now training for a half-marathon in the fall. I try to run 3 times a week and use the By Hayley • Jul 23, 2015 11:25 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Stress and lifestyle Hi Hayley, A couple of years ago, I lost about 45 pounds by overhauling my lifestyle - I cut back on processed foods, increased my intake of good foods and started exercising on a regular basis - I started off with cardio, then eventually incorporated strength training into my routine. By Hayley • Jul 21, 2015 10:09 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Exercising after twins Hi Hayley, About two weeks ago, I gave birth to (for Lainey: spontaneous, no fertility treatments) twin boys totaling about 13 pounds of birth weight, by cesarean section. Prior to my pregnancy, I was very active, running half marathons, doing cardio cross training, playing tennis, and attending Pilates reformer classes. By Hayley • Jul 16, 2015 10:35 am
