Workout I Did: The Lengthy ‘I Got Lost’ Walk

Just a reminder that this is our new feature called Workout I Did. Read them all and feel the workout love here! Not every workout has to be a planned trip to the gym or predetermined lineup of exercise moves. Sometimes, the best workouts are the ones that are unplanned or ones that do double duty, [...]

Being a Healthy—and Sometimes Muddy—Role Model for My Kids

Seeing that it’s Love Yo’Self Week here on FBG, I thought it would be fun to talk about an added perk to loving yourself and treating yourself right with exercise and healthy eats: giving your family a healthy role model to look up to. As I’ve learned being a mom, it’s funny what 2-year-olds remember. [...]

Sports and Kids: What’s Too Young? What’s Too Hard?

I don’t have children, but I’ve coached them, and I’ve watched my friends’ kids get into athletics. It’s incredible how early (and clearly!) some kids’ athletic ability becomes apparent. My best friend, Jami, was fast and agile, and a tremendous jumper. Always. She started out tiny, like a hummingbird, and then grew to my height [...]

Workout, Interrupted

As I’ve mentioned, child care was a hugely important factor in joining my new gym. I knew that my daughter would likely take some time to adjust to the child care situation, but I didn’t really anticipate that it would take over a month of pretty consistent drop-offs without seeing a ton of improvement. While [...]

8 Tips for Talking About Weight With Children

This post on the topic of talking about weight with kids was part of our first Active Kids Week on Fit Bottomed Mamas. For all of the special content, click here!  All parents want happy, healthy kids. But with childhood obesity at high levels, odds are that not every kiddo is as healthy as possible. [...]

Go! Go! Sports Girls Dolls Are the FBG Philosophy in Plush Form (Win One!)

Now that I have a kiddo, I’m always on the lookout for fun, educational toys. So when an email from Go! Go! Sports Girls Dolls landed in my inbox, I got genuinely excited. Unlike some dolls that don’t exactly set the best example for little girls, the Go! Go! Sports Girls are designed to promote self-appreciation [...]

Proof of Endurance

I’ve long said that taking care of a kiddo day in and day out is an arm workout and a half. In fact, I recently came across an article that validated the baby-tending/strength-training comparison. I’ve noticed that my baby-carrying endurance outlasts even my hubby, and he’s not exactly a wimp. I’ve had almost 16 months [...]

Squeezing in Yoga When You’re Short on Space (with Giveaway!)

No matter how many years I work out and how many workout moves I’ve done, I still like to take direction when I exercise, whether it’s with a DVD or an old-fashioned paper list. If it’s just me and an empty room, I swear the only exercises I can remember are push-ups, lunges and downward [...]