Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: running stretches For those of you that are following the 10km running training program you should be three weeks in by now, click here if you missed it. Hopefully you followed my advice on buying new running shoes so you should be well on your way to your first (or your fastest) By Hayley • Mar 08, 2012 03:07 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: pre-workout nutrition Last week I wrote about how to fuel your day for a late afternoon/early evening workout. Click here if you missed it. I have since received a lot of emails asking me questions on what to eat if you are working out first thing in the morning. You may By Hayley • Mar 06, 2012 11:49 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: late night eating Hi Hayley, I've been working out regularly for over a year now and have gotten into a solid routine of going to the gym for about an hour 4-5 days a week. It's been awesome and I've managed to lose a bit over 15 By Hayley • Mar 02, 2012 10:48 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: ab stitches and training zones Hi Hayley, I am currently training for my first-ever half marathon (yay!). I am 27 years old and I started exercising regularly (5-6 times per week) about 8 months ago. I have had periods of being active in my life before, but have struggled with disordered eating for most of By Hayley • Mar 01, 2012 11:40 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: A Back & Biceps Circuit Last week I posted this medicine ball workout which targeted your chest and your triceps. This week’s routine will focus on your glutes, back and biceps. Here are three of my favourite exercises that help to lengthen your hamstrings, tone your glutes and strengthen your biceps, back, core and By Hayley • Feb 28, 2012 01:02 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Post Workout Hair Lately I’ve received some emails from readers asking for sweaty hair tips. Got your workout on? Good girl, now what to do about your once lovely but now sweat styled hair? I have managed to keep my mane from going completely out of control and I wanted to share By Hayley • Feb 24, 2012 01:00 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Jennifer Aniston’s arms Hayley, Say what you will about Jennifer Aniston but she has a rockin body…it’s not even her abs or legs I yearn for but her arms. I think she achieves that toned yet feminine target without bleeding in Cameron/MDNA territory. Any tips for those of us who By Hayley • Feb 23, 2012 11:12 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Medicine Ball Superset Here is a quick super set that you can add to your workouts, whether you are at the gym or at home. All you need is a medicine ball and some space. This routine will challenge your triceps, shoulders, quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes and your abdominals. 1 – Lunge with an overhead By Hayley • Feb 21, 2012 02:30 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: buying running shoes Few things are as exciting to me as buying a brand new pair of running shoes and I can hardly wait to put them on and take them out for a run. I have a pair of shoes for each of my running outfits (yes, while most women are more By Hayley • Feb 17, 2012 02:21 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: For Intermediate Runners For those of you who have followed the last running program for beginners you should be just about ready to take it to the next level and for those of you who did not try the running program and you are looking for a bigger challenge here is the next By Hayley • Feb 15, 2012 11:39 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: workout breakouts I have a question and am not sure who is better to answer it. I have been working out a lot at a Karate dojo doing some really great, high intensity cardio kickboxing and punching bag workouts. I am loving the definition in my arms, legs, back etc. What I By Hayley • Feb 10, 2012 12:42 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Exercising and pregnant I have received a lot of emails from readers who have just found out that they are pregnant and are wondering about working out and being pregnant. According to the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP), if you are healthy and experiencing an uncomplicated pregnancy you can continue to stay By Hayley • Feb 08, 2012 02:53 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Post-Super Bowl Bloat If you are like the rest of North America, myself included, you woke up this morning with some Super Bowl guilt. I don’t know about you but I definitely overindulged. It is like I always say: “make the wrong choices at the right time”. A Super Bowl party is By Hayley • Feb 06, 2012 02:15 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) I went to the gym for the first time ever in my life on Monday after signing up for two months only, as a trial. It was for a fitness assessment, so the consultant weighed me, gave me diet tips, etc. However, after talking in her office, we just jumped By Hayley • Feb 03, 2012 02:30 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: A Workout for Beginners When beginning a strength training program there are specific physiological steps that need to be followed. The first step is called muscular adaptation – this is where you do high repetitions (18-20) but very light weights. What this does is “wakes up” your muscles so more of the fibres in your By Hayley • Feb 03, 2012 02:21 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Working out and losing weight while injured I found you via Lainey Gossip and wanted to see if you would be able to help offer any insight. I was playing soccer (weekend warrior) about 6 weeks ago & severely sprained my ankle. My orthopaedic surgeon currently has me doing physical therapy 2-3/x week for mobility. That By Hayley • Jan 31, 2012 02:40 pm
