Tag Archives: stroller fitness
1-Minute Toning Tips for Back-to-School Season
Dara (Belly Bootcamp) in Been Around the Blog, Fitness Blogaholic, For the love of parenting - 8 comments - posted on Aug 30th, 2011Yes, you can sneak exercise into your day in tiny bits AND reap the benefits! Here are my top tips for staying fit when you’re a slave to the school-year schedule. Continue reading
Curing Separation Anxiety
Dara (Belly Bootcamp) in Been Around the Blog, Enter to Win!, Fitness Blogaholic, For the love of parenting, Holiday Blogaholics, Just Between Us - 28 comments - posted on Dec 14th, 2010My kids are growing so quickly. I probably will not have another baby. I just don’t want to miss anything. Sometimes I’m so sad to leave the house and step away from my babies that I don’t even want to go to work (for a minute or two)…. Continue reading
Turn Your Stroller into a Toning Machine!
Dara (Belly Bootcamp) in Fitness Blogaholic, Just Between Us - 3 comments - posted on Sep 13th, 2010It’s still stroller season! Our Belly Bootcamp outdoor classes are still in full swing and we’re loving the cooler temperatures and fresh, crisp breezes. The next time you and your little one head out for a walk in the sunshine, turn the walk into a workout and earn that latte! Steal these three stroller exercises from our popular Bellies & Strollers postnatal classes and tone that lower body while you show baby the sights. Don’t forget supportive athletic shoes and some water to stay properly hydrated – even though the temperatures are cooler, nursing mommies in particular need to be … Continue reading
Cellulite What Cellulite
Dara (Belly Bootcamp) in Fitness Blogaholic, Just Between Us - 0 comments - posted on Sep 2nd, 2010I have pretty good body image, I think. Sure, there are things about myself I’d like to change but I only focus on the things I can change with healthy habits. For every part of myself I am not crazy about, I can name another thing with which I really am satisfied – even happy. I am still breastfeeding, and I have some weight left to lose after my last baby was born in November, but overall I feel alright. But cellulite. If there is one part of postpartum that makes me feel as unattractive as possible, it’s the cellulite. … Continue reading
Outdoor Workout Secrets from Belly Bootcamp
Dara (Belly Bootcamp) in Fitness Blogaholic, Just Between Us - 1 comment - posted on Jul 8th, 2010On the go, on the cheap… there are tons of reasons to skip the gym (and the babysitter and the line-ups for treadmills and the creepy guy who keeps lifting his shirt to ‘wipe his face’ and show off his six-pack). Summer is an especially tempting time to forgo the gym altogether. But skipping the gym shouldn’t mean skipping your workouts! There are tons of exercises you can do with little or no equipment. If you’re not so keen to spend an hour at the gym while the sun is shining outside, put baby in the stroller (or head out … Continue reading
Safe Summer Workouts
Dara (Belly Bootcamp) in Fitness Blogaholic, Just Between Us - 0 comments - posted on Jun 2nd, 2010At Belly Bootcamp we’re experts in outdoor workouts. Our Bellies & Strollers classes are a huge hit in the Toronto area. While we can’t stop the summer heat (not that we’d want to), we can be safe when exercising in the midst of it. These long, hot days are perfect for getting outside and injecting a little extra activity into your day. To avoid illness and injury and stay on track for your fittest summer ever, you’ve got to play it safe. From Belly Bootcamp trainer extraordinaire, Beth Beauchemin, here are our tips to surviving summer workouts safely, and in … Continue reading
May Move of the Month: Upper Body/Core
Dara (Belly Bootcamp) in Fitness Blogaholic, Just Between Us - 1 comment - posted on May 19th, 2010It’s the May Move of the Month! View all the Moves of the Month at www.fitfamily.ca and design your own at-home workout… no equipment required! THE CATERPILLAR PUSH UP Target Body Parts: Arms, Shoulders, Chest, Hips, Core Equipment: None Got time for just one move? Why not tackle chest, shoulders, core and legs all at once, all while revving your heart rate and burning tons of calories? The caterpillar push up is a favourite at Belly Bootcamp classes! Begin standing with feet hip-width apart (or wider to make the push up portion easier). Bend forward, keeping legs as straight as … Continue reading
the truth about breastfeeding & fat loss
Dara (Belly Bootcamp) in Fitness Blogaholic, Just Between Us - 17 comments - posted on Apr 8th, 2010You’ve heard it before, probably even from your OB-GYN or your midwife when she was listing the benefits of breastfeeding to you. Your mom, sister, aunt, girlfriend or coworker might have told you. Maybe you googled “baby weight” or “benefits of breastfeeding” and read it there. hello baby, bye-bye treadmill? Breastfeeding an infant burns about 500 calories per day. Wow! 500 calories a day! That’s like jogging an entire hour. Or doing two back-to-back bootcamp classes! Only… it doesn’t quite work that way. It’s true that maintaining a supply of breastmilk requires a woman to eat approximately 500 calories more … Continue reading