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- 2012: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
- 2011: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
- 2010: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
May 2013
- Hit a strength training plateau? Try pre-exhaust supersets
- High rep workouts | Why you don't need to do 500 squats or hold a 7-minute plank
- April's Free Workouts-of-the-Day
April 2013
- Hate to exercise? Like it or not, it's all the same to your health
- #FatblasterFriday | A Bosu Circuit Workout that won't embarrass you at the gym
- 10 Earth Day activities that are good for your health
- Are you an urban gardener? 8 reasons to grow your own greens
- Stress keeping you up at night? Tips to calm an anxious mind
- Common misconceptions about fitness professionals debunked
- New to step aerobics class? 8 tips for making your first class great
- Kale salad starter | food prep makes healthy eating easier
- Healthy living motivation and inspiration | I'll take mine without the judgement please
March 2013
- How do you deal with disappointment?
- My paleo diet success story | a guest post from a paleo pal
- Canadian #fitgear giveaway | Mandala Sky yoga and lounge wear
- #FatblasterFriday | 5 benefits of stretching more frequently
- Ensemble of confidence | a strength training guest post from Contemplative Fitness
- 5 tips for fitting in exercise on vacation
- #FatblasterFriday | Strength, speed and balance training on the BOSU
- Healthy living and weight loss encouragement | all bets are off
- Albion Fit workout clothing review | one for me and one for you
- #FatblasterFriday | whole body pyramid workout
- Recipe roundup | March Clean Eating Magazine review
- Why over 40 women make the best personal training clients (for me)
- #FatblasterFriday | The 'hit the wall workout'
February 2013
- Compound lifts plus body part training | the best of both worlds?
- Why every day is heart health month at my house
- Strength training tips | the benefits of lifting weights slowly
- Introducing the workout reward jar | get fit and fashionable at the same time
- The Graston Technique | possible help for your intercostal muscle strain?
- Functional, flirty and feminine fit gear | A Tough Girl Skirt review
- #FatblasterFriday | shorten your workouts with compound exercises
- Announcing fitknitchick's DietBet Round 2 | social weight loss games work!
- Bloggers love positive feedback | blog comment love roundup
- #FatblasterFriday | Reading nutrition labels for fat loss
January 2013
- I need your help | it's blog improvement month!
- Mom and baby fitness | postnatal exercise classes benefit both
- 10 Reasons Why You're Not Getting Results in the Gym
- Knee injury? 7 workout ideas to try while you recover
- The gym is my 'happy place'
- #FatblasterFriday | A little power training goes a long way
- Favourite music to exercise to? Share and share alike!
- Low sugar and sugar free dessert recipes | we're sweet enough
- #FatblasterFriday | Metabolic hotel gym workout
- Fitness and health motivation to listen to | my favourite Ted talks
- Weighing in on weighing in | how often do you weigh yourself?
- #FatblasterFriday | Fitknitchick's DietBet 'Weigh In' Workout
- 5 tips for reducing sugar consumption
December 2012
- Review, reflect and move forward | 5 lessons from 2012
- #FatblasterFriday | Staircase Circuit Workout
- Eat, drink and be merry | Christmas over fitness, not fitness over Christmas
- #FatblasterFriday | The 'snowed in' home workout
- 5 reasons to trade your glasses for contact lenses during exercise
- Join my January DietBet: lose weight, win money and have fun!
- #FatblasterFriday | The Virtual Partner Workout
- January motivation and inspiration | tearing into 2013
- On the benefits of letting go of holiday exercise expectations (Guest Post)
- #FatblasterFriday | Best exercises for your back (and back side)
- Trampoline fitness | it just makes exercising fun!
- 5 Tips for Making Cardio Machines More Fun
- Fitness over the holidays | The #30FOR30 movement challenge
November 2012
- #Fatblaster Friday | Why we all need to do cardio interval workouts
- Health benefits of mushrooms | Hungarian mushroom soup recipe
- Holiday stress and weight gain
- #FatblasterFriday | 8 Resistance Band Exercises for Home or Travel
- Yoga inversions and arm balances class | not quite what I expected
- Need motivation to exercise? Look within!
- Healthy holiday gifts for the fit and the fit-to-be
- #FatblasterFriday | Clock lunges and sexy shoulders workout
- November Recipe Roundup | Healthy Recipes from around the web
- Reasons for going to group fitness classes | it's not always just about fitness
- #FatblasterFriday | Offset load squats and lunges workout
- Food guilt | labelling food 'good' and 'bad' undermines healthy eating
- Ugi exercise ball review | cardio, core, strength and more
- #FatblasterFriday | Spartacus Workout for Women
October 2012
- The 15-Minute Yoga Routine to Beat your Halloween Candy Binge
- Saucony Women's ProGrid Guide 6 review | not just for running
- #FatblasterFriday | Hi-Lo LEGS Workout!
- Intercostal muscle strain: a surprisingly long and slow recovery
- 5 tips for successful partner fitness training
- #FatblasterFriday | ABSolutely Amazing All Abs Workout
- Chicken, garlic and leek soup recipe: a home made cold and flu remedy?
- Fitness professionals: do you feel pressured to maintain 'the look'?
- #FatblasterFriday: I get by with a little help from my friends
- Should you exercise when sick? 5 reasons not to
- Pumpkin pie cheesecake recipe: a Thanksgiving dinner indulgence
- High intensity interval workout: welcome to #FatblasterFriday!
- Understanding the results of human health studies: a primer
- Cooking with quinoa flakes: morning 'oats' and cranberry cookies
September 2012
- Tips and tricks to control the after-work munchies
- A CrossFit style workout you can do at home
- Healthy eating on the road: food at FitBloggin
- Trampoline fitness: 5 benefits of adding some spring to your workouts
- The hardest workout ever OR how Crossfit almost made me vomit
- It's finally time for FitBloggin 12! Fitness, friends and a flight (without children!)
- Is the paleo diet right for you? My experience with going grain and dairy-free
- 5 tips to up the intensity of your strength workouts
- What is Yin yoga? An interview with Kushala Yoga Yin instructor, Chris Dunphy
- Create a visual fitness and food journal: Instagram for motivation and accountability
- The benefits of frequent low intensity movement: lessons from space
- Tips for teaching fitness classes for older adults
- 5 Stability Ball Moves for a Killer Core
- The Fresh Start Fitness Challenge: Comments Here!
August 2012
- Tips for building a beautiful salad! Plus 5 salad recipes to make your very own
- Creating an exercise schedule that works for you: get out your calendar now!
- Trigger foods: identify, remove and resist them to jump start weight loss
- Sum it up Saturday: #fitVEDA, Bite Size Wellness, Fresh Start Fitness and Blog Love!
- Jane Fonda meet Linda Hamilton; group fitness classes build great guns!
- September is the 'new January': The Fresh Start Fitness Challenge
- 5 tips for strength training after an injury | post intercostal muscle strain exercises
- 5 healthy emergency snacks: no refrigeration required
- 3 non-traditional ways to advertise your blog
- The diversity of physiques among Olympic athletes: what does a fit body look like?
- Hooray! I've got a sponsor for FitBloggin'12!
- Why I'm taking a break from protein bars
- Sum it up Saturday: why I've been MIA and a VEDA update
- Endurance leg workout: do it for me?
- Chocolate flavoured breakfast cereals for children: how healthy are they?
July 2012
- Sexy, air-brushed fitness model photos: inspirational or disheartening?
- Intercostal muscle strain: nothing to sneeze at
- Short and sweet lower body workout: 6 moves for great glutes and lovely legs
- Avoiding overtraining syndrome: tips for the fitness professional
- Teff: a tiny grain with big health benefits
- 5 Easy Breakfast Ideas for the Time-Crunched
- Designer Whey Summer ShapeUP Challenge: workout to win!
- Spartacus Workout for Women: tighten those trouble spots
- Vega Energizing Smoothie: a video review!
- Holy Crap Energy Bars recipe
- Get more from your plank-a-day; bridge for balance
- Raw kale salad recipe: massage your greens
- Weight loss vs. weight loss maintenance: different strategies for different goals
- What's the best diet for weight loss?
- Arbonne Makeup Primer Giveaway: keep that pre-workout look all day!
June 2012
- Physical activity in children: let them ALL play ball
- 'Think of me tomorrow' total body workout
- Healthy eating on the road: Fitness and Health Bloggers Conference recap
- What to pack for a Fitness and Health Bloggers Conference?
- I'm new to running and ran my first 5K; can I call myself a runner now?
- More than you ever wanted to know about fitknitchick
- Tips for packing a clean eating picnic
- Recipes and requests: dessert hummus, healthy granola, monthly newsletter and a YouTube video
- The 'Functional Four' workout and a bonus move for your butt
- Good carbs, bad carbs, right carbs, wrong carbs; what's a girl to eat?
- Suffer from joint pain or osteoarthritis? Find relief with Microlactin
- Kicking it with Tuesday Trainer or 'Why you shouldn't take yourself too seriously'
- Flipping over Triple Flip! Fun and funky active wear for preteen girls
- Lettuce sing, lettuce sing, fresh fruit and veggies: June is National Fruit and Vegetables Month
May 2012
- Children don't get enough exercise: monkey see, monkey do
- The carbohydrate roller coaster: I want off!
- Dessert night recap: chocolate, protein and avocado pudding
- Exercises for knitters and sitters: stretch and strengthen to avoid injuries
- Bosu balance trainer workout and a new Tuesday Trainer video
- Will adding soy protein to your post-workout shake lead to improved strength gains? Findings from a recent study
- Guest post mania; here and there and everywhere!
- Women's Health Week: share your help-a-friend ideas
- Jock itch and athlete's foot: not just for men and the hygiene-challenged
- The 30 Day Self Care Blueprint winner
- Bathroom beauty bootcamp: straight sets between skin care steps
- Dessert Night recap: peanut butter chocolate chip brownies
- Need some self-care help? Win 30 days of self-care guidance!
- Under Armour 'What's Beautiful' campaign; why I'll be cheering from the sidelines
- Upper body pyramids and lower body supersets; one for today, one for tomorrow
April 2012
- Foodie pen pals package and my favourite (after-chocolate) core move
- Burlesque Bootcamp: strut, bump and grind your way fit!
- Fitness and nutrition challenges: you tell me yours and I'll tell you mine
- A Tuesday without Tuesday Trainer? Come work out with me!
- Lack of Motivation Monday: three questions to ask yourself
- Saturday shout outs; recent blog posts I love!
- Here's to a fabulous Friday; food, fitness and fun!
- Feeling better bootcamp workout: work, rest, repeat
- Rediscover your abs with clean eating and Tuesday Trainer
- Enjoying Exercise Has Major Health Benefits for Cancer Patients
- Getting back to exercise after illness; avoid too much too soon
- Smart Phone Apps for the Avid Hiker: Venture forth into the wild with confidence
- Short and long term goals in fitness, knitting (and life)
- Adventurous April; put some adventure in yours!
- Monday Motivation: a circuit training workout to kick start your week
- What to do when you eat too much Easter chocolate? Plan your workouts for the week!
- Working out is hard: show me your #PROOF
- Change is good: why I'm moving to self-hosted and accepting sponsors
- Five favourite fitness finds and Tuesday Trainer Tabata
- Monday Motivation: 3 Fabulous Celebs Who Stay Fit and Have Fun Doing It
- (Almost) Monday Motivation: happy birthday wishes to Kelly Olexa, queen of the motivators!
March 2012
- Guess what came in the mail? My 'Foodie Pen Pal' package!
- Tips for making indoor cycling more enjoyable (really!)
- Off to a great start: 5 things that make for a happy day
- Hanging around with Tuesday Trainer and my TRX
- Monday Motivation: exercise makes you happy!
- 'Spring' into spring: plyometric training and why you should be doing it
- Want to meet your favourite health and fitness bloggers in real life? Go to a conference!
- Sunshine, spontaneity and surprises; family holiday recap
- Tuesday Trainer and my spring teaching schedule
- Monday Motivation guest post: Jog with your dog!
- Things you might have missed while I've been away
- Why are you here? A big question for on and off your mat
- Exercise moves for your holiday hotel room: Tuesday Trainer does it again!
- Monday Motivation: sometimes, it IS about looking good!
- Packing for a plane trip and progressing your planks: all in all, a random Friday
- In celebration of women everywhere!
- Can't get to the gym? Try my 'Hundred at Home' workout!
- Tank top Tuesday: tricks for adding shape to your arms
- Monday Motivation: my favorite healthy living blogs
- Weekly wrap up: what I did, wore, ate and read this week!
- Come Tabata with me! Five moves for fat loss
- GNC's Whey Iso Burst All Natural: move over vanilla, chocolate's my new favorite!
February 2012
- Tuesday Trainer stretches into Wednesday
- Workouts stopped working? Big changes lead to big results
- Monday Motivation: use music to energize and invigorate your workouts
- Desert island foods: if you had to choose 10, what would they be?
- Get out of your fitness comfort zone! Try the 'Accumulator' today
- Cybex ARC Trainer review: my cardio machine of choice
- Monday Motivation: healthy choices slow down aging
- The tyranny of perfection: why fitness, food and knitting slip-ups no longer faze me
- The Vega Sport performance system: a way around whey
- Are you drinking enough water? Use this handy color swatch and find out!
- Have you taken your vitamins today? GNC Women's Ultra Active Vitapak review
- Monday Motivation: diet, exercise and heart health
- The great broccoli recipe roundup
- Fitness Friday: time to change up that 15 minute workout!
- Beauty of a Woman Blogfest: the last time I felt beautiful
- Tuesday thanks: broccoli, Swiss chard and Vega Sport
- Monday Motivation: A guest post from 'down under'
- I want to like broccoli: send me your recipes!
- Weight, BMI, waist-to-hip ratio and percent body fat; which is your best indicator of a healthy body size?
- Eleven random things meme: a great way to meet health and fitness bloggers!
- Bye-bye burpees, hello (just a little) sugar and a pretty package from Arbonne
January 2012
- Monday Motivation: Rockin' your favorite jeans
- Fitness (and food and family) before social media!
- Got 15 minutes? Try my 'Done in a Flash' workout
- WIP Wednesday; lots of irons in the fire
- Monday Motivation: exercise and eat healthy to reduce your breast cancer risk
- Why, when it comes to food, I'm a creature of habit
- Lessons from a success coach: follow your passion and just say 'no'
- Bite Size Wellness and 'Shape'ly legs workout
- Monday Motivation: What motivates you to exercise and eat well?
- Snow day! Fitness, food and fiber at home!
- High fiber, no sugar, no gluten cereal that tastes great! Holy Crap Cereal!
- Time for a change and a January challenges update
- Kreativ Blogger nomination!
- Why you should knit (or take up another creative hobby)
- Two-guest-post-Friday
- The great pull up experiment
- January exercisers; slow and steady trumps fast and furious
- Challenges for January; say 'no' to sugar and 'yes' to burpees!
- High fructose corn syrup, obesity and metabolic disease: the 55% solution
December 2011
- On letting go and moving forward; fitness in the new year
- Enough is enough: the new year starts today!
- Wanna be a Hot (Sweaty) Mama? Check out this book review
- Favorite fitness Xmas presents
- My favorite blog posts; the final installment
- An early Xmas present; my new workout buddy!
- Favorite blog posts part deux
- A year in review; my favorite blog posts
- Salad days are over for another year; what to do?
- Passion meets passion: more exercise handknits!
- A number is a number is a number; on weight loss and social media stats
- Tips for a balanced holiday; make less more
- Is your workout PC? Progression and consistency are your keys to success
- Guest post and FitFluential love
- Lessons learned from The Biggest Loser
- Does blogging make you fat? Evidence that deadlines make for poor diets
- When worlds collide; handknit fitness gear
- New to fitness? Preparation is your key to success
- Crows, dolphins and (teddy)bears, oh my!
November 2011
- Some 'influential' news!
- My newest challenge? To accept no new challenges
- Rookie of the year makes nutrition no-brainer
- Blogiversary giveaway winners!
- On mindful eating; what a hospital stay can teach you
- Happy 1st Blogiversary fitknitchick! Cake and a giveaway too!
- Stuck at home with a sick child? Tips for maintaining your fitness status quo
- I am woman, hear me grunt
- Fitknitchick welcomes Hot (Sweaty) Mamas!
- Change, personal bests and serendipity
- About the other thing I love to do
- On proper gym attire and fitness snobbery
- Do what you love, love what you do
- The gift of an extra hour: what will you do with it?
- Friday was supposed to be leg day
- New to weight training? Use your own body weight to get strong and lean
- No sugar, no chocolate, no cancer!
October 2011
- No time to exercise? All you need is 15 minutes
- The same, but with a twist; little changes can lead to big results
- Where's the starch? Non-starchy carbs can be just as satisfying
- From now until Christmas; exercise switch up
- Simply "irresistabubble"? Strategies for avoiding Hallowe'en weight gain
- Fake it til you make it!
- Thanksgiving leftovers? Make soup!
- Sometimes new things are hard
- Wednesday is for baking; pumpkin protein bars
- Midterm report card; making good on intentions?
September 2011
- Thursday guest post
- Stillness and movement can be friends; lessons from the yoga mat
- To splurge or not to splurge? Benefits of a 'treat' meal to fat loss seekers
- Friday means dessert night!
- I should have taken my own advice; the worst reason for a rest day
- What does 'rest day' mean to you?
- Welcome to the 'other side'; when nutrition and exercise become second nature
- Just breathe, she said; reflections of a yoga newbie
- Dig deep (in your psyche) and give me one more rep
- September intentions
- Chair lifts and zip lines and high wires, oh my! The last play-out of the summer
August 2011
- A peach of a breakfast!
- Weighing in on Whey
- Why Wallis Simpson was wrong
- Is your fitness program balanced?
- Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue*
- What inspires you?
- A mediocre workout is better than none at all
- Fruits-of-our-labors scones
- Mid-summer goal re-think
- What happens at Sock Summit stays at Sock Summit; NOT
July 2011
- What would you pack for a sock knitting convention?
- The toughest workout ever
- On the importance of celebrating little victories
- Optimist or pessimist? How attitude affects your workouts
- I used to be a good mom; a cautionary tale
- That elusive balance point
- Jumping straight into the deep end and a pile full of laundry
- Scooters, bikes and feet; family play-out any one?
- Taking the long way home; road trip recap
- Friday Fitness Blog Hop; My first post
- Healthy holiday scorecard
- The greatest irony of my life
- Things you might not know about me (or even care about, for that matter)
June 2011
- Just in case you think I haven't been knitting...
- A clean-eating road trip; pipe-dream or oxymoron?
- Non-traditional uses for your bathroom scale
- If variety is the spice of life, why does routine make me so darn happy?
- No more pencils, no more books, no more getting to the gym?
- The end of the No Sugar Challenge; lessons learned
- Hurt so good; adventures in foam rolling
- This is what 44 looks like and I'm okay with it!
- The end of a perfect record OR a reminder to be mindful
May 2011
- Building up your Health Account
- The thing about willpower
- The one in which she posts a no-sugar dessert recipe
- A change is as good as a rest!
- No sugar tonight
- Can I really go 14 days without sugar?
- A few of my favorite (green) things
- Want to live a long and healthy life? Exercise like your ancestors!
- Overnight oatmeal; new to me and maybe to you too!
- Have your cheesecake (and eat it too!)
- Confessions of a serial project mom
April 2011
- Well excuuuuse me (with apologies to Steve Martin)
- The day after; let's talk turkey
- All I need to know about exercise I learned from knitting: 10 similarities between exercise and knitting
- The knee bone's connected to the...
- How do you deal with setbacks?
- The Last 10 Pounds
- Pro-D Day; not just for kids!
- Wordless Wednesday (or 'Today, at a glance')
March 2011
- Keep your chin up!
- Fly-by visit
- Parenting your way to fitness
- Beware the saboteur...
- Knit, knit, purl, purl
- Twenty percent down
- In celebration of women everywhere!
- Posture pointers
- But what do you eat?
February 2011
- Tabata training: quick and to the point
- Oh na, na, what's my name, what's my name, what's my name
- Back and back at it!
- Top 10 reasons to exercise
- Exercise and body image; the search for perfection
- February already?
January 2011
- Skip to it!
- Fall-off-the-wagon-Friday
- Let them eat kale: kale recipes to try at home
- Sleep-deprived; curse you paperboy!
- Snow day; almost
- WIP Wednesday
- Time: how much is enough?
- New Rules; Phase 1, Day 1
- The New Rules of Lifting for Abs... a book review
- What motivates you?
- And they're off...
December 2010
- Favourite fitness tools
- Head spinning with thoughts of Christmas?
- A random Monday
- Get out of the gym!
- Fail to plan = Plan to fail
- Yummy, yummy in my tummy!
- Just checking in...
