A Day of Fit-spiration (and a Nudge to Go Find Your Own!)

May 21, 2013 by  
Filed under From Erin, Motivation






As I mentioned previously, I had the opportunity to go into NYC last week to be a panelist at Fitness Magazine’s recent Meet & Tweet blogger event. I was in fabulous I’m-not-worthy company of some other fabulous speakers for the day, from Brett Hoebel to Rocco DiSpirito to Dr. Jennifer Ashton, author of Your Body Beautiful. So before and after my [...]

Meeting and Tweeting with Fitness Magazine

May 23, 2012 by  
Filed under On the Scene






This post is written by our NYC contributing writer Margo Donohue, who’s a fitness professional and blogger at Brooklyn Fit Chick. Since Margo lives in the Big Apple, she’ll be helping us cover events every now and again—just like this recent Fitness magazine event! Fitness magazine hosted its inaugural “Fitness Blogger Meet & Tweet” (#FitBlogNYC) right here [...]

Ted Allen of “Chopped” Talks Food, Trends and Butts!

October 26, 2011 by  
Filed under Celebs, Hot Topics, Nosh, Nutrition






A couple of weeks ago, our pals at Fitness magazine asked if we wanted to submit a question for an interview that they were doing with Ted Allen of the Food Network show Chopped. Being fans of Ted’s dry humor and food knowledge on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (do you guys remember that [...]

What’s Your Favorite Fitness Mag?

July 19, 2008 by  
Filed under ShoutOut






Earlier this week, the Fit Bottomed Girls reviewed the July issues of Fitness, Self andShape. On this beautiful Saturday, it’s your turn to chime in with your favorite fitness read. What’s your favorite fitness magazine? Fitness Oxygen Self Shape Women’s Health I don’t read them and/or I can’t read. Created on Jul 17, 2008 View [...]

FitLit: Magazine Face-off

July 16, 2008 by  
Filed under Books, Magazines






I love magazines. It’s no surprise that I work for a magazine (I promise you haven’t heard of it), nor that I subscribe to so many that I have no chance of keeping up with them. With all of the magazines available, the Fit Bottomed Girls decided to buy three July issues of popular fitness [...]

Sunscreen Scandal, Mag Melancholy and a Sweet Surrender

July 15, 2008 by  
Filed under News






Science doubts sunscreens, fit magazines sadden readers and a “sweet gene” takes the blame. No Place in the Sun News alert: Your sunscreen may be lying to you. A recent investigation of almost 1,000 name-brand sunscreens found that four out of five offer inadequate protection from el sol or have ingredients that you can’t pronounce [...]