Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Fear of failure Hi Hayley, I've decided to change my career. I was in an accident years ago and injured my back. Since then, I've taken up yoga and it’s the only thing that has helped tremendously with the pain. I've decided to become a yoga By Hayley • Oct 08, 2013 10:03 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: TRX+ Hi Hayley! I'm a university student and I've recently started taking some TRX classes. I'm loving it and it kicks my butt, so I feel great after! I was just wondering about your thoughts on TRX, and what I should be doing other than By Hayley • Oct 02, 2013 10:12 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Weak Arms Hi Hayley, Question #1 for you: when I work out my arms, they fatigue very quickly! My "lifting to failure" happens pretty easily, yet I'm very rarely sore the next day. Legs, on the other hand, I feel like I can squat and lunge all day By Hayley • Oct 01, 2013 09:50 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Pre-made weekly lunches Hi Hayley! I'm biting the bullet and returning to school full time this fall. I'll be spending my life on campus between classes, labs, and library time. I'm determined to both save money and avoid the temptation of the vending machines. Could you give By Hayley • Sep 24, 2013 09:38 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Travelling and weight management I’m back from the trip of a lifetime – 3 weeks in Europe for my best friend’s wedding, and I’m ready to get myself and you guys, fit for the fall. Now people ask me all the time how they can stay in shape (or more importantly not By Hayley • Sep 20, 2013 10:45 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Barre Fitness Hi Hayley! After hearing rave reviews from friends, I have started taking barre classes twice per week. I am enjoying the challenge and the low-impact workout, but I want to make sure that I am adjusting my other workouts during the week to fit with the classes. Should I continue By Hayley • Aug 29, 2013 10:54 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: The 1% at Ironman The 31st Ironman Canada ran Sunday, the first year in its new location Whistler, British Columbia. Ironman is the Granddaddy of triathlons, consisting of a 4km swim (2.4 miles), 180km bike ride (112 miles) and a 42km run (26.2 miles) and the competitors have 17 hours to complete By Hayley • Aug 27, 2013 10:01 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Cute Pronation Shoes Hi Hayley I like to run, and building cute outfits in which to do so - you never know who you're going to bump into, right? (like the really cute guy walking English sheepdog and no wedding ring etc). My problem is finding equally cute footwear for my By Hayley • Aug 23, 2013 09:19 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Wedding Arms Hayley, I'm a cliché - I'm getting married in a year and want to get started on trying to tone up my upper body. Can you give me some suggestions for exercises targeting shoulders, chest and back - preferably using free weights? My current workouts include By Hayley • Aug 21, 2013 10:22 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Laser therapy Because of my newfound love of mountain biking I am constantly injured and covered in bruises. Two months ago I ruptured my quadriceps on my right leg just a few weeks before my race and I am still dealing with a large hematoma on my thigh. Last week, I added By Hayley • Aug 16, 2013 10:08 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Massage benefits I love your column, and among the many questions I'd like to ask, this one stuck out to me today as I cringed shelling out $$ for yet another lunchtime massage: are there really health benefits to getting regular massages? I practice yoga (vinyasa flow) regularly, and multiple instructors By Hayley • Aug 13, 2013 11:29 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Competitive Couples Hi Hayley, My boyfriend and I have been together for years and we both like staying active. However, he likes (and excels) at team sports such as baseball, volleyball and golf, whereas I prefer running and yoga. Sometimes we sign up for events together, like a baseball tourney or a By Hayley • Aug 07, 2013 10:17 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Instant Gratification Instant gratification – it is what we are used too these days. Technology has changed the way we live, especially social media and because of this we have become accustomed to the satisfaction of instant results. It seems now that whenever we have to work to achieve something we become frustrated By Hayley • Aug 05, 2013 11:13 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: The anti-Vegas girls’ weekend It’s been straight summertime sunshine for weeks here on the West Coast. One thing that I love about summer is the weekend getaway with girlfriends: packing up the car and leaving the husbands, boyfriends and kids behind (all of which I don’t have) and heading out for some By Hayley • Jul 30, 2013 09:50 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Don’t Give Up This past weekend I did my last mountain bike race of the season. I have talked about my races a lot and let me be clear here -- I am not actually racing in hopes of winning anything. My only goal is to go out and stay positive and cross By Hayley • Jul 23, 2013 10:41 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Recovering from bulimia Hi Hayley, I've been struggling with bulimia for over five years, since I was fifteen, and have recently been trying to recover. I was in treatment for about two minutes, but my school schedule conflicted with the sessions, and dropping out isn't really an option for By Hayley • Jul 19, 2013 10:42 am
