Fit Journey / Advanced

5-Minute Workouts, Healthy Recipes and Sanity Savers!

May 16, 2013 by  

High-fives all around for easy five-minute workouts and healthy solutions! Credit:  Michael Dunn~!

May the Five-Year Birthday celebration continue! This time with another kindergarten/No. 5-obsessed approach to all things healthy living. “I don’t have time” is the top reason many say they have trouble getting and… Continue reading...


All We Really Need to Know About Health, We Learned in Kindergarten: 10 Healthy Lessons

May 14, 2013 by  

In kindergarten, we totally learned that these are okay in moderation. Credit: Carsten Schertzer

Remember that whole kindergarten theme we’re going for with our Five-Year Birthday celebration? Well, today’s post is certainly inspired by it! We FBGs sat down and reflected on our own kindergarten school experiences and… Continue reading...


The ABCs of Being an FBG

May 13, 2013 by  

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Following our kindergarten theme for our Five-Year Birthday Week (five!), today we are bringing you the ABCs of being an FBG. Do these things—no, live these—and, well, we pretty much guarantee that you’ll be healthy… Continue reading...


Get Dirty With Us—Let’s All Do a Mud Run Together!

May 10, 2013 by  

Let's get dirty together!

Man, we must have the running, racing, obstacle-loving bug lately! I credit Kristen—her race recap was so darn amazing that I swear it made my four-mile race even more fun. And then we read this book, and we got really pumped for… Continue reading...


3 Fun CrossFit Goodies for Your Home Gym

April 29, 2013 by  

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While I love workouts of all kinds, I’ll be the first to admit that CrossFit gets amazing results. It’s incredibly challenging and pushes you—for better or for worse (usually for the better unless you stop listening to… Continue reading...


Workout I Did: A Run-Happy-Is Earth-Day HIIT Session

April 22, 2013 by  

Workout I Did: A Run-Happy-Is Earth-Day HIIT Session

Just a reminder that this is our new feature called Workout I Did. Today’s is extra special and sponsored by Brooks Running. Read them all and feel the workout love here! Happy, happy Earth Day! To celebrate this holiday, I just… Continue reading...


Trying BLITZ at Reebok Sports Club/NY With Actor Stephen Lang of Avatar

April 8, 2013 by  

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For years, I have been curious to check out the super-fancy Reebok Sports Club/NY, which is up by Lincoln Center and (according to my sources) takes up six floors of space for an indoor pool, full-scale rock wall and a spa. So imagine… Continue reading...


Review: Jillian Michaels Hard Body Workout DVD

April 4, 2013 by  

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Jillian Michaels is one of our go-to workout DVD choices (along with Bob, of course). Whenever we need our fit booties handed to us, we know we can count on her to lovingly yell at us and get our muscles and lungs burning. So when we got… Continue reading...


7 Often Overlooked Signs of Overtraining

April 1, 2013 by  

Do you know the hidden signs of overtraining?

Healthy habits are awesome, but you actually can have too much of a good thing. Fiber is good for you, but too much fiber? Um, if you’ve done it, you know what I’m talking about. Even too much sleep can make you feel like… Continue reading...


All of Your Muscle Soreness Questions Answered!

February 19, 2013 by  

Yep, that's Robert Forster with Maria Sharapova.

We get a lot of questions here in FBG Land about muscle soreness: how to prevent it, what to do if you have it and if working out sore is okay. So when we got the opportunity to ask Robert Forster, physical therapist, author, member… Continue reading...


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