All Entries in the "What's Up?" Category

Oscars 2010: Celebrities’ Pre-Awards Weight Loss Plans

Elle.com contacted us to post this fantastic article about the celebrities Pre-Award Weight Loss plans, which the GGS crew thought our readers would enjoy.
Oscars 2010: Oz Garcia, nutritionist to the stars, reveals Hollywood’s slimming secrets By Emily Hebert 
 Hollywood’s leading ladies never fail to dazzle the night of the Academy Awards—but don’t be fooled: Their svelte silhouettes [...]

Five Foods that will Save your Heart

February is American Heart Month. It’s a time to bring awareness to heart disease and stroke, the number one killer in the United States, so you and the people you love don’t become a statistic. If you know someone who would benefit from this information on preventing heart disease, please share it.
Five Foods That Will [...]

Run, Ride, Inspire…and two ways to help

I’ve written about the inspiring and amazingly dedicated ultra-marathoner Sarah Stanley (pictured on the right) a few times here on Girlgetstrong.com and I’m really excited to share her latest project with you.
It’s called Run, Ride, Inspire and Sarah’s doing just that: Sarah’s 2010 project will incorporate 50 mile run/ride events in all 50 states, taking [...]

My Favorite Posts of 2009

I don’t know about you, but after relaxing and over indulging so much over the holiday I’m more than ready to get back to my healthy habits.  I thought it would be appropriate to reflect back on some of my favorite healthy posts from the past year. It seems like a shame to let them get lost in the [...]

GGS Holiday Gift Guide – Fitness for the Family

Girl Get Strong’s Holiday Gift Guide
Giving the Gifts of Health and Fitness
Fit Family Edition
It can be a challenge keeping ourselves fit, let alone thinking about the rest of the family. But who needs family fitness when you can play together?
Here are a few gift ideas – both low tech and high tech  – that [...]

Review: SinuCleanse Neti Pot and Squeeze

Here I go again…guinea pig….trouper…good sport…what the heck have I agreed to this time…? Pouring saline solution up my nose? Yikes!
Do you suffer from allergies or sometimes have difficulty breathing?  My brother suffers from both and he’s been using a Neti Pot for months now.  He LOVES it.  He RAVES about it. He goes on [...]

Mueller Sports Medicine Launches Earth-Friendly Line of Braces and Supports

Need a little support?
As a runner, I’ve injured my knees a few times with over-training (I like to think I’m better prepared and smarter now, but I say this with an ice pack currently resting on my left knee – yikes!).  I’m also keenly interested in environmentally-friendly products, so this new product announcement is much [...]

The GGS Holiday Gift Guide – Click here for new picks

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It’s that time of year again….
….shopping time!
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This year why not show your loved ones how much you really care and give them the gifts of fitness and health?
We’ve put together a series of fab finds with the coolest books, dvds, gear, gadgets, clothing, equipement, footwear and…well, you get the drift!
As we publish each post, we [...]

Welcome to the new GGS!

It’s far too late for me to be writing and we’re still tweaking our new look, but we’re really excited to share it with you right now, so here we are!
You’ll notice some new categories, and that we’ve dropped (or are soon to drop) categories that are unrelated to fitness.  But they aren’t deleted, all [...]

Twitter part-ay, a new look and expansion, oh my!

So much fun going on, I’m not even sure where to start… so I’ll just jump right in:
Tonight we’re excited to be co-hosting the #galtime Twitter Party from 6-8 PST/ 9-11 EST.  Go here to rsvp and be entered to win some fabulous gift-card door crashers reserved for RSVPers only!
But no you don’t have to [...]

Hands-Only CPR: How the power of song can help save a person’s life

The Ad Council and American Heart Association recently launched a national multimedia campaign that encourages bystanders to use Hands-Only CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) when an adult collapses and is unresponsive.

GGS High Fives for Five Great Posts

Before you head out to your weekend fitness class, check out these great posts!
45 years and 45 lessons by Fit and Female Blog
How To Train to Get Body Like Jessica Biel by Mun Fitness Blog
23 High Protein Foods By Mr Healthy
9 Top Tips for Maximising your Metabolism by Free Fitness Tips
 Jennifer Love Hewitt’s Dieting Tips [...]

GGS High Fives for Five Great Posts

You need a break this weekend. So relax and enjoy these fabulous posts we found! Happy Weekend!
Rules to eat by and Rules to Live by by Feed me I’m Cranky
You Asked: Working out Buzzed? by Fit Sugar
Walk (or Run) Your Butt Off by Shape
Chicken Shepherd’s Pie Plus 10 Riskiest Foods by Truth 2 Being Fit
Life Lessons by [...]

4 strategies that will improve your sleep

~Debi Silber
Are you getting enough sleep?  According to the latest survey from the Better Sleep Council , 68% of American women admit to getting less than 8 hours of sleep per night.  You can bet that percentage is higher among moms!
Sleep eludes some of us because stresses in our lives make it difficult to quiet [...]

Girls Giving Back – Helping Children Through The Fresh Air Fund

Looking for a great cause to support?
Why not consider The Fresh Air Fund , an independent not-for-profit agency, that has provided free summer vacations to more than 1.7 million New York City children from low-income communities since 1877. Nearly 10,000 New York City children enjoy free Fresh Air Fund programs annually. In 2009, close to [...]

Where the Girls are – a GGS update

Happy Monday!
We’ve had a couple of sunny fun-filled weeks as our children have settled back into their school routines and now, with our little darlings safely tucked away at school, we (the GGS girls) are able to turn our minds and bodies firmly toward fitness once again.
So what’s new?

The new GGS Club – exclusive [...]