Monthly Archives: November 2011

Thoughts From A Triathlete Written by guest blogger Joe Stephens, Attorney and 10-Time Ironman. Continue Reading »

One of my girlfriends has a great food blog where she regularly posts yummy recipes. I asked what her favorite recipe is for this time of year and she shared this great Coconut Banana Cake Recipe with me.  Check out more of Chelsy’s recipes on her blog Mangia! Continue Reading »

Perhaps one of the primary components of Pilates is balance.  Balance is difficult to attain in most aspects of life and the physical aspect is no different.  My guess is that it’s impossible to be perfectly balanced, but it is possible to be more balanced. Continue Reading »

I’m excited to share that I reached the goal I shared in a previous post, My Running Journey: I ran the entire Turkey Trot!   Continue Reading »

When I first found out I could no longer eat gluten there were two things I didn’t know how I’d be able to go without: cupcakes and bread pudding.   Continue Reading »

Being in the city of Austin, I’m surrounded by phenomenally talented athletes many of who are in off-season right now.  Off-season is a great time to work on aspects of your fitness that often get ignored in the busy-ness of full time training. Continue Reading »

One of my absolute favorite foods to eat is kale.  I feel lucky that I regularly crave this powerhouse food and that I’m in a city where it’s so readily available.  I know for many kale isn’t very appetizing but because of how good it is for your body, I hope you can find ways to sneak this into your diet (I’ve included some tips and recipes at the end of this post!) Continue Reading »

These mat Pilates exercises help to strengthen the upper back muscles which is great for improving posture.  Improved posture gives the dual benefit of decreasing risk of injuries as well as helping to give the appearance of a leaner stomach (poor posture increases the look of “poochy stomach”.  No more pooch! Continue Reading »

One of my favorite GF advocates and recipe-maker is right here in Austin! Her name is Jessica Meyer and she has amazing recipes on her website ATXGlutenFree.   Because I love pumpkin and because it’s full of goodness, here’s another pumpkin recipe to satisfy your sweet tooth AND do it in a nutritious way. Continue Reading »

Today’s SUPATX Paddle Pilates classes were a blast!!  A big thank you to SUPATX for allowing us to use their boards and to everyone who came out.  Here’s some photos and a video from today. Continue Reading »