FBG 5-Year Birthday Monday Giveaway: 5 Muscle Ropes!

We told you the big giveaways were coming for our Five-Year Birthday Week, and we are starting off with a bang! Or a whip, more accurately! Because our first giveaway is for a product we just recently raved about: Muscle Ropes. Ladies, we love, love, love these ropes. Just a few minutes whipping them up, down, [...]

My New Favorite: The Assisted Pull-Up

Although I’m no stranger to making a fool of myself at the gym (or on sidewalks)—and it certainly makes for a good story—I don’t love feeling totally incompetent at the gym. So I’m always hesitant to try new pieces of equipment for fear of doing it wrong or not being able to figure it out [...]

Your Holiday Gift Guide: 6 Fit Gifts for the Peeps You Love

Every year, we do a couple of fit gift guides for the holidays. Well, this year we’re taking it to the next level by doing a series of holiday gift guides every Monday from today until Christmas. Woot! From fit gifts for healthy foodies and tech-fiends to those who love all things beauty-related to the [...]

Empower Boxing Boot Camp: 12 Rounds of Striking Beauties Are Gonna Knock You Out!

A few weeks ago I wrote about attending a special 12 Rounds Boxing Boot Camp class presented by Empower Fitness and led by four-time World Champion boxer Jamie “The Hurricane” Clampitt of Striking Beauties, which is a women’s boxing gym based in North Attleboro, Mass. Recently, those same folks sent me their 12 Rounds Boxing Boot Camp Kit [...]

A Fitterfirst Giveaway for Five Lucky Readers!

Welcome to our first Back to Basics Week giveaway! Woot! Woot! And we’re kicking things off with a goodie! The fabulous fitness equipment company Fitterfirst is giving not one, not two, but FIVE freakin’ readers both SandBells and a Soft Board. Why both? Because they go together like peas and carrots, that’s why! Recently featured [...]

Stand Up for Your Fitness: Review of the Standing Fit Standing Desk

You guys have heard about the dangers of sitting, right? In fact, before reading this post, go ahead and stand up and do 10 jumping jacks. We’ll wait. Okay, phew. Now we can share our review of the Standing Fit with a clear conscience. Over the last few weeks I’ve been doing what I can [...]

Do Yoga on the Beach, Without Getting Sand in Your Face With This Sand-Barrier Rug

Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve had this issue with dust, sand, dirt, PARTICLES getting on my hands and feet. I don’t know if someone pushed me down in a pile of flour and then screamed at me, but I have serious phobias of my fingers and feet getting dirty. I know this [...]

Get Fit With This FitKit Giveaway

This giveaway is a part of our second-annual New Year, New Rear Week to help you to be fitter, healthier and a touch (okay, a lot!) more awesome in 2012. Read all New Year, New Rear posts here! Wouldn’t it be nice if everything you needed to get fit came in a nice little portable package? [...]

Shy When It Comes to Fitness Equipment? Don’t Be With These Tips

This post with tips on how to use fitness equipment is a part of our second-annual New Year, New Rear Week to help you to be fitter, healthier and a touch (okay, a lot!) more awesome in 2012. Read all New Year, New Rear posts here! Hitting the gym for the first time or hopping on [...]

What’s in Kristen’s Gym Bag?

Well, this is embarrassing. After checking out my other FBG’s bags (see Jenn’s, Erin’s and Tish’s), I think I might need to do a bit of streamlining. Maybe they’ll help me out at the next FBG retreat? Anyway, I guess I’m kind of partial to the Girl Scout (or is it only Boy Scouts? I [...]

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