Category: Fitness
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Five ways to make your time in the gym effective
You show up every week sometimes more than others but you keep showing up. But alas you don’t seem to be stronger or more tone. If you’re newer to the weight room or have spent most of your fitness journey in group fitness classes your approach might need a little tweak. Focus on these five…
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How Bad Body Image Days Affect Your $$$
When you’re having a shitty body image day it’s easy to compare yourself and your body to the dancer who seems to have it all: ???? the body ???? the clients ???? the full calendar of gigs ???? the $$$ It can feel impossible to hype yourself up to go out and be sexy, funny,…
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Why Stretching & Foam Rolling After Work Isn’t Helping And What To Do Instead
As a $trippah you spend hours in heels multiple nights a week. Your werk shoes are the #1 culprit for your post-shift aches & pains. They are the #1 culprit for why your knees hurt. Why your hamstrings & hip flexors feel tight, why your low-back aches. Well, that and all pole work & lap…
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Red Flags that Your Relationship with Food and Exercise is Unhealthy
We’ve all been in bad relationships before. Hopefully, we’ve all been in good relationships too. We’ve definitely all dated the person who was covered in red flags but we chose to ignore them. More than likely we’ve all been in relationships that we didn’t realize were bad until we got out of them. Your relationship…
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Stretching for Flexibility & Mobility
Have you ever noticed that somehow being bendy, flexy and mobile has become synonymous with doing yoga? Do you practice yoga yourself but still haven’t been able to get your splits? Yoga has many benefits, the connection of breath to body, mediation effects, and deep restorative stretches. But the thing with stretching, and yoga, is…
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The Fit Showgrrl Guide to Navigating The Gym As A Beginner
So you are thinking about joining a gym or recently have and now you’re wondering what to do when you walk through the doors. Rest assured you aren’t the only one. The majority of people at the gym walk in feeling intimidated that everyone is watching them and clueless about exactly what to do. Yes,…