Do you ever feel like you're going a bit crazy with all the things on your plate? I hate saying "I'm so busy" because we are all busy and when I feel overwhelmed, it probably means I'm not doing a great job of prioritizing. I fear that I am often doing many things (blogging! working! teaching!) but doing all of…
[caption id="attachment_4129" align="alignnone" width="821"] Just my internet-famous lil friend hanging at the ski house. Photo ℅ Carroll & Stephen Ratpojanakul[/caption] Time to share Part II of my ski weekend (you can check out Part I here). One of the crazy, exciting and totally weird things that happened during the ski weekend is my friend's video of their baby went viral. On…
One of my February goals was to add more yoga to my routine. As I’ve mentioned before, yoga isn’t typically at the top of my workout to-do list. I’ve always thought that if I’m going to spend time working out, that time is best spent pushing hard and sweating. One of my most persistent thoughts during a yoga class is “Instead…
Fun ski weekends away with friends make the chilly temps of winter totally worth it. Like in years past, a big group of friends and I headed 4 hours north to Vermont for a couple of days on the mountain and casual nights hanging by the fire. While NYC has gotten a lot of snow this year, oddly Vermont hasn't had any,…
As a Premier Protein ambassador, each month I'll be sharing my goals with you, what I'm hoping to accomplish as the extra X in my month. In January I talked about going through the Group Fitness Instructor program with AFAA. How am I doing? I've started the certification and am making strides to becoming certified. It's a multi-month process so it will…
Simple does not always mean easy, especially when it comes to fitness. Take the plank for example. It's a very basic move, but done perfectly, is not easy at all, hold that for a while and you're going to feel the burn. Earlier this week I checked out an interval training class at the West Side YMCA (West 63rd St…
