Hot To Squat: This Will Only Hurt for a Minute (or Four)
Tabata. Just that word alone will force those in the know to recoil , yet still stand tall with an odd sense of achievement mixed with dread; topped off with a healthy dose of masochism. Whether a fitness newbie or seasoned training junkie, by now you have probably heard of High Intensity Interval...
Your First Fifteen-Second Ride
It’s a right of passage — an obligatory stepping stone in the tumultuous journey of growing up. Mandated by our parents, we bravely shed our training wheels and propel our two-wheeled riding machines into a moment worthy of inspirational speeches – for eight-year-olds everywhere. So, why as adults are we so quick to forget the...
Hot To Squat: Are Your Knees Begging For It?
Feeble excuses. As a veteran fitness pro (15 years and counting), I have heard them all. From “It’s just not comfortable” to “I haven’t yet had my ibuprofen” (affectionately referred to by my clients as “Vitamin I”), I could draw you a map to procrastination and self-sabotage. However, when it comes to painful knees and...
Miss BeFit: Fitness Clubbin’
The fourth floor of the Denver Athletic Club on March 9 was one of movement. The peppermint and citrus-scented air, courtesy of an essential oils booth in the corner, was buzzing with energy. A Miley Cyrus track was bumping in a vast darkened room that was swirling with disco lights. My friend Stephanie and I...
Miss BeFit: Shake your BUTI
Everybody knows how it is. You’re cleaning your room or doing laundry and you put on a good playlist and then Gaga comes on and you just start shakin’ it. Ten minutes later, you collapse on the floor from utter exhaustion and you’re wiping the sweaty hair off your forehead. Bizzie Gold, founder of BUTI,...
Pole Ups
You’ve helped pick out her wedding dress, the bridesmaid dresses (just barely escaping those ghastly ruffles), table settings, deciding between white or ecru invitations and even gone to her hair and makeup consultations. And while we’re sure it was fun, we’ll believe you if you say so, we think you and your bestie-bride-to-be deserve something...
Downward Dog Style: The Warrior Dance
I was out last night with a friend who has recently gotten into yoga, and as a result, he has initiated his Sikh (a branch of Hinduism) girlfriend (who had never previously tried it–oh the slight irony). She joined us at one point and was discussing yoga, how she felt, what she did/didn’t like. She...
Miss BeFit: TrekDesk
In this day and age, we love to multitask and we love multitasking tools. Our phones are also our day planners, our iPads are also our books and our lipstick is also our lip gloss. I guess it was only a matter of time before our work place doubled as our gym. From what I’ve...
Miss BeFit: Joie de Vivre
Before this morning, Pilates was, to me, just a lot of crunches with little pulses, or leg lifts with little pulses or arm circles with little pulses. I had done a couple Pilates DVDs, and, sure, I could feel the burn sometimes, but it didn’t interest me much. But when Ansley Watson, owner of Joie...
Miss BeFit: Deserted Island Power Drinks
Deep in the mid-winter slump of January, let us create a hypothetical escape. If one Miss BeFit had to make her Stranded on an Island list of Top Five Beverages, she wouldn’t even need the last two slots after 1. Coffee. 2. Beer. 3. Water. No particular order. We at the base of the Rockies...
Miss BeFit: NCAA 2012 Women’s Final Four
Logo courtesy of NCAA ESPN is coming to Denver. This April, the Pepsi Center, the home of our Nuggets, will host the 2012 NCAA Women’s Final Four. From March 30 to April 3, our little city will be swarming with four teams worth of vertically-blessed women, whittled down from approximately five thousand basketball student-athletes from...
