I have a newfound appreciation for playground workouts since becoming the mama of a toddler. She can’t run away into the street because she’s locked in 🙂 She is expending energy (the kid never gets tired). I am relieving stress AND getting a break from “momming.” YES, it’s totally okay to want and need a break! We are

The gym can be an intimidating place when you don’t have a ton of experience with strength training. The sweaty grunting “bros” end up taking up the free weight area and you are left wandering around the gym, self-conscious and wondering what the FUCK to do. The truth is once you take the time to gain the knowledge, it’s empowering as all hell

Pura Vida… Means that no matter what your current situation is, life for someone else can always be less fortunate than your own and no matter how little or how much you have in life, we are all here together and life is short…so start living the “pura- vida lifestyle”. This will be my first post since I got back from my honeymoon

Thanksgiving is coming! Here are a few of my favorite tips to get you through this busy season 🙂   Just because the holiday’s are here doesn’t mean you have to forget about your workouts completely. Here is a simple 15 minute workout and all you need is a stability ball!   Set your gymboss timer to :30 work :20 rest. 1) Lateral

Happy Sunday 🙂 I have a few more FREE WORKOUTS for you this week! This week’s workout Wednesday was an oldie but goodie from Coach Nick Tumminello, taken from my figure competition days! You can use this as a stand alone workout or save it for a leg day finisher…either way you will not be disappointed 🙂 Split Squat-12/12 Alternating

You all know that I LOVE me some yoga and kettlebells! One thing they have in common is the linkage of breath and movement in a nice flowing fashion. Here is a fun warm-up flow that I used with my classes this week. I think you’ll enjoy it! Now I know that not everyone has access to a gym all the time, some of you not ever! Doesn’t matter we

I hope you are enjoying your Labor Day Weekend!  I am working today and took Monday off to hit up my favorite beach on the North Shore 🙂 It is supposed to be amazing weather 🙂 The next few weeks will be filled with awesome stuff I learned at the 2nd Annual Women’s Fitness Summit in Kansas City.  The following exercise can be used by ANYONE

I’m sitting downstairs in the hotel lobby with Keri waiting for HOT Starbucks coffee. You know the kind that will get my newsletter out to you guys and take me through Day 3 of the Women’s Fitness Summit. Yesterday morning Keri agreed to be the guinea pig for the bodyweight workout I am sending you guys right now 🙂 We had  blast and

If you don’t know, know you know. #Wifey #workout coming to your inbox this weekend, congrats to Lucy who gets hitched this weekend! All you need is a single #kettlebell and a chair/couch/ bench! #progressnotperfection #fitfam #smartstrength #shreddedforthewedding #chickswholift #girlswholift #getbetter #girlsgonestrong A photo posted by Stacey

This weeks tutorial Tuesday I broke down one of my favorite beginner upper body pulling exercises, the body row (inverted row). If you aren’t already incorporating this exercise into your programs I highly recommend that you do!   I posted this photo on Instagram…it totally goes hand-in-hand with THIS AWESOME MUST READ ARTICLE FROM