All Entries in the "Workin’ Out – INSIDE" Category
Finding and caring for the right yoga mat
A Yoga mat has two basic purposes. It needs to keep you from slipping and sliding while you go through your Asanas postures. It also needs to provide padding between you and the floor if you are very thin and/or do hard fast workouts like Ashtanga Yoga. There are so many different yoga mats available [...]
A World with more Birthdays!
This is one of the charities that Girl Get Strong proudly sponsors. Now a short word from, American Cancer Society. Join people around the globe who are passionately committed to making a world with less cancer and more birthdays a reality! The movement for more birthdays is about everyday people coming together to make a meaningful difference. [...]
Naked Yoga: The Naked Truth
. . Naked Yoga?! Downward Dog in the buff? I’m no prude but really, is this necessary? Diets in Review sheds some insight….. Naked and yoga are not two words or actions that I would with any comfort place together. But obviously given the recent popularity of naked yoga classes and studios sprouting up all over the country, my [...]
Muscle has memory…and so do I
After losing her husband to a rare illness in 2001, Laynie reached a weight of approximately 194 pounds. Five years later in 2006 she was declared winner of the Sydney Women’s Natural Masters Physique Championsip. If you aren’t familiar with her amazing story, click here to read it. Laynie is currently training for the 2010 Australian Natural Women’s Masters Body Building [...]
Twitter Friends Gym Etiquette 123
The gym is a place where we go to get in the zone: to work hard, sweat it out and enjoy some ‘me’ time. We all pay for our gym memberships but we must all share the space. And sometimes we are sharing that space with someone who isn’t that um, fresh. Or we share [...]
Taking it all the way to centre stage
The GGS crew are closing the office for Spring Break and will be away until March 24, 2010. We have promised our families no computers or phones. So we have some favorite encore posts until that time. ~Happy Spring, from the GGS crew! To give you some background information, eight years ago in late July [...]
Workout Video: Bringing Your Sexy Back
Yup, this week’s video workout is all about bringing sexy back…to your back. Often we focus on our abdominals and forget to balance our ab workouts with an adequate back workout. The one thing I’d caution about the moves in this video is to really watch your form and make sure you power from your [...]
Workout video: building abs like boxers with an ab wheel
Today’s workout video comes courtesy of our twitter friend @Smashfit. When she mentioned ‘the ab wheel’ I knew she didn’t mean some pansy shopping channel gimmick. Because if you’ve seen pictures of her abs, you know she’s the real deal. And so is today’s exercise. This one is favored by boxers and athletes. Take a [...]
Beginner level 5 minute leg toning exercises – workout video
An easier workout video this week! The moves in this exercise video are great if you are new to bodyweight strength exercises and are looking to begin toning your legs. As suggested, try them out three times a week. Then you may want to move to exercises that are a bit more challenging, like the [...]
Your Perfect Circuit Workout for a Hot Body! 5 Minute Video
Blast calories with this cardio and toning circuit workout that promises to have your body looking hot in no time… Here’s a five minute video by Sarah from Diets.com that is guaranteed to get your heart rate pumping. Check it out: While I don’t know about the hot body in no time part, the workout [...]
How to do the Split Squat
This week’s video workout is the Split Squat or, more specifically, the Bulgarian Split Squat, a move I’ve not seen or tried before now. But given that my physiotherapist has me doing squats, squats and more squats as well as stretching my quads and hip flexors, this is a move I was eager to try [...]
Best of…the abdominal workouts – video
Here’s a great short video from Diets.com on moves that will work your abs, your obliques and more…try the moves out and see how this video compares to Cassey Ho’s Pop Pilates 10 minute abdominal workout. My abs look nothing like the photo on the right, but I’m going to keep on doing more with [...]
The Mathematics of Weight Loss
Weight loss is often shrouded in mystery. Thousands of diets with variations on what it takes to lose weight proves this. While it’s not necessarily quite as simple as calories in, calories out, that is a very important starting point to getting yourself to your weight loss goals.
10 Minute Abdominal Workout Video
Got ten minutes to spare? How about a short but effective 10 minute abdominal workout? We’re lovin’ Cassey Ho’s ten minute Pilates workout videos. The way she combines the Pilates moves with pop music keeps us upbeat and inspired…try it out and tell us what you think!
Cassey Ho’s Super Butt Burning Workout
We received this killer workout from California Pilates instructor Cassey Ho, who uploaded her video on our GGS Facebook page (which, by the way, we’re hoping you are a fan of!). We think if you can get through the full ten minutes of this without a major bum cramp you have buns of steel! (Nope, [...]
A 3,000 Year Old Holiday Stress Saver
In-laws, holiday parties, tightened wallets, the list goes on of what we need to accomplish in just a few short weeks of the holiday season.
