Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: All at once or one before the other? Hi Hayley, I'm about a month into my weight loss and health journey. I'm 28, 5'9, and started at 205. I am currently 194. My goal is to get down to 145-150. I have been mainly focusing on cardio (walking, jogging, stair-climbing) and not By Hayley • Jul 10, 2015 11:03 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: What’s your “bike”? Four years ago I decided it was time for a new challenge. I have never thought that I would be the best in the world (heck, the best in my age group) at anything and I was feeling like I had pretty much achieved most of what I could in By Hayley • Jul 03, 2015 02:16 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Lunchtime workout Hi Hayley, I recently started a new job where the office has a gym (cardio equipment, free weights, exercise balls, etc.) that is available for use. I have half an hour to spend working out at lunch and am looking for some suggestions about how to maximize my time. I By Hayley • Jul 02, 2015 12:25 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Fueling your body for energy When you are training for an event, eating becomes less about trying to count calories and more about fueling your body efficiently to make sure that you are getting the most out of your long training sessions. If you are dragging yourself out of bed, early on a Sunday morning By Hayley • Jun 26, 2015 12:16 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Healthy snacking Long story short: I'm focusing on my physical fitness to help my mental fitness. With the warmer weather, I'm more active but I need to improve my nutrition as well. I've embraced the "small changes" attitude you suggest: a smoothie in the By Hayley • Jun 19, 2015 10:18 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Get your sass and ass back Hi Hayley, I'm a recent college grad who's moved back to my home city, and I'm starting my first full-time gig this week (gulp). I'm sure you've covered this before, but I'm looking for exercises that I can By Hayley • Jun 18, 2015 10:39 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Gearing up for the Nike Women's 15km race Over the last 9 weeks, I have been leading a group of incredible women towards the goal of the Nike Women’s 15km race in Toronto (click here to see a preview of the course). Although these women had never met prior to our first training run, it became evident By Hayley • Jun 10, 2015 10:43 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Getting your bum back Hi Hayley - I recently lost some weight, which am very pleased with and have needed to do for a long time. Unfortunately, I also lost most of my bum, which used to be curvy and awesome and is now kind of flat. What exercises can I do the bulk By Hayley • Jun 04, 2015 11:09 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: A sexy back Hi Hayley, I love your column. I am writing to ask for some tips to tone my back. I am wearing an open back dress to a wedding in July and want my back to look amazing. I currently run four times a week and am training for my second By Hayley • May 29, 2015 10:47 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Bone fitness Hi Hayley, Not sure if you have covered this before, but I'm interested in some exercises for bone health that would cater to somebody who hasn't exercised for a while and would need to start at the VERY beginner level. I had a bone density test By Hayley • May 21, 2015 10:33 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: How much cardio? Hi Hayley, I'd love to get your advice on how much cardio I need in my exercise routine please. I'm currently doing 2-3 boot camp sessions a week, plus maybe one pilates and one yoga class. I'm generally happy with how I look, even By Hayley • May 08, 2015 11:43 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: A mid-run blast Last night while out training for the Nike Women’s 15km race in Toronto, I picked up the intensity of my workout and added in a 15 minute High Intensity Training session at the half way point of my run. This is something that, if you are a runner and By Hayley • May 07, 2015 11:27 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Fitness Challenges Hi Haley, I've been working out for a few years now and been trying to figure out what works for my body and what doesn't. More recently, I've been noticing quite a lot of "8 week fitness challenges" popping up by fitness By Hayley • May 01, 2015 10:46 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Core for down there Hey Hayley, I've had a bit of a rough time with lady part issues this past year; large ovarian cysts, ruptures, endometriosis, fibroids, severe anemia. You get the icky picture. I had one surgery last spring and have another lined up next month. Chronic pelvic pain has put By Hayley • Apr 23, 2015 10:57 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Improving leg strength after injury Hi Hayley, I've torn both ACLs -- one 12 years ago, one 2 years ago. Both knees feel pretty good, considering, and I'm lucky insomuch that I have very few problems. I'm still an active person; I currently play in two soccer leagues and By Hayley • Apr 17, 2015 11:46 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Spring running and race training Spring is my favourite time of year as it is symbolic of a new beginning, and with the snow melting and new buds blooming I am always inspired to start fresh. I review old data from last season’s training to help set new and improved goals; for this season’ By Hayley • Apr 16, 2015 10:56 am
