LifestyleArticle Smutty Fitness: Skeleton and Spine Hi Hayley, I'll get straight to the point, after putting up with lower back pain I've just gotten a diagnosis from my physio of Severe Degenerative Disc Disease (L5-S1). Thankfully I have a physio that's caring and understanding, and really the first one who& By Hayley • Jan 17, 2019 04:33 pm
LifestyleArticle Smutty Fitness: Tips for the new year It’s officially the second week of 2019 and I’m not sure how many of you did what I did this week, which was look at your credit card balance (ouch) and step on the scale, but this is the week when any New Year’s resolutions you have By Hayley • Jan 09, 2019 04:59 pm
LifestyleArticle Smutty Fitness: Running in the cold Hi Hayley, Any recommendations for running outdoors during winter in -5 temperature? Or is that not even worth exploring. I run on an on-off basis on treadmill (although more off than on these days) and would like to start running outdoors. It is starting to get chilly in Toronto so By Hayley • Dec 17, 2018 03:47 pm
LifestyleArticle Smutty Fitness: Q&A The other day my ‘little cousin’ (who is now in grade 12) asked me to answer some questions for her English project and it was interesting reading what she was asking. I got the sense that she, and maybe her peers, have a one or two dimensional view of health By Hayley • Dec 07, 2018 01:02 pm
LifestyleArticle Smutty Fitness: Solo Workout Success Hi Hayley, For the last several years my main workout has been commuting by bike to work (20+ km round trip), with outdoor activities like hiking, skate skiing, or road cycling on the weekends. I’ll be working from home from now on, so I won’t have the built-in By Hayley • Nov 21, 2018 03:25 pm
LifestyleArticle Smutty Fitness: Exercise and Grief Hi Hayley, I recently went through a very stressful life event. One of my family friends was diagnosed with terminal cancer at 37, and passed away shortly after. It is one of the most difficult things I have ever faced, and it has affected every single aspect of my life. By Hayley • Nov 16, 2018 10:56 am
LifestyleArticle Smutty Fitness: Be consistent when you can The other morning when I was training a client, she brought up her concerns about her weight (again) and how when she was on a trip with her girlfriends they were all faster than her on the hikes than she was, even though she exercised WAY more than them. So, By Hayley • Nov 09, 2018 11:00 am
LifestyleArticle Smutty Fitness: Crunching properly I want to take a second to go over an exercise that has a bad reputation yet if done correctly, it can be a very functional movement. Crunches. You’ve probably been told countless times do stop doing crunches, that they are bad for you and all they do is By Hayley • Nov 01, 2018 04:03 pm
LifestyleArticle Smutty Fitness: Ankles Dear Hayley, I have a pear shaped body, and although I’m very slim I have “cankles”. I hate that word. My legs from the knees down, look a lot like [a certain actress] but without all the exercise she does. And I don’t have any boobs, so I By Hayley • Oct 10, 2018 03:56 pm
LifestyleArticle Smutty Fitness: Pregnancy fitness motivation Dear Hayley, I’m currently 10 weeks pregnant with my third child. In my past pregnancies, I had been able to do some workouts, like running and circuit training, although scaled way down, and found the workouts to be extremely helpful in getting energy back and combatting morning sickness. This By Hayley • Sep 28, 2018 04:53 pm
LifestyleArticle Smutty Fitness: September start It doesn’t seem to matter how long it has been since I have been in school, years of years of fresh paper, pens and binders being carefully placed into a new backpack along with new goals of straight As has instilled in me this sense of a fresh start By Hayley • Sep 21, 2018 04:44 pm
LifestyleArticle Smutty Fitness: Working out through injuries Hi Hayley, As I write this I’m feeling very discouraged (and sorry for myself). I’ve managed to get into a really good rhythm with exercise this year: I’ve been running with a friend 3x per week for the last several months and we recently ran a 10k By Hayley • Sep 14, 2018 02:52 pm
LifestyleArticle Smutty Fitness: Postnatal running Hayley, I am 8 weeks post unplanned c section. I got the all clear at 6 weeks to work out and even start running. I was very active during my pregnancy doing HITT work outs, swimming and yoga (all with modifications). Then during my 6 weeks after surgery I was By Hayley • Aug 23, 2018 02:11 pm
LifestyleArticle Smutty Fitness: Rut & Reformer Hi Hayley! Looking to get some guidance from you as you’ve mentioned your love for the Pilates reformer. I’ve historically done majority HIIT and circuit type workouts but have hit a bit of rut. I’m less interested in losing weight and more interested in toning and lengthening By Hayley • Aug 14, 2018 05:09 pm
LifestyleArticle Smutty Fitness: Scale obsessed Hi Hayley! I'm writing to you out of complete, end of my rope, frustration. I am (almost) 39 years old, and the mother of four. My youngest is two and a half. I have been working out and eating healthily for most of my adult life, although I By Hayley • Jul 25, 2018 04:38 pm
LifestyleArticle Smutty Fitness: Workouts for marathon training Hi Hayley: I'm training for my first marathon this fall. Yay, turning 30 bucket list! I am using Hal Higdon's Novice 1 training program, which seems to be going okay so far. I'm also losing weight, which is great, because I had a bit By Hayley • Jul 18, 2018 04:53 pm
