This Tip for Tuesday is short and sweet, so pay close attention: CROSS TRAIN. It took me 3 marathons and half a dozen half marathons to realize that cross training = speed. I added 2-3 days of cross training to my marathon training plan and dropped 23 minutes off my PR. Check out my latest Instagram post to see a mashup of my favorite cross training workouts in Charlotte. If you don't have …
Workout
Are You Squatting Properly?
Has anyone ever told you that you’re squatting all wrong?! I went to Green Apple Sports & Wellness for a “tune up” last Thursday. Nothing major bothering me other than the usual muscle soreness and slight hip misalignment. My grand plan was to get an adjustment, make sure all muscles were “firing properly,” and learn some tips to share with YOU about strengthening your glutes. You know… your …
New Year, Same You
I’ll be honest with you, this whole “New Year, New You,” thing does not make sense to me. I get it -- New Year’s Resolutions and all that jazz -- but that doesn’t mean you have to be a new person! You are you. I am me. There’s nothing magical about January 1 that makes you “new.” On July 1, 2017, I woke up in my childhood bedroom in Goldsboro, NC, looked out the window to the U-Haul sitting in the …
Dance Body
Greetings, from the weirdest week of the year. I never know what to do or how to feel this week between Christmas and New Year’s. I’m part sad because I miss my family, eating, drinking and being merry. I’m part anxious because there’s an entire year ahead of us with endless possibilities and new challenges and only a handful of days left in the current year to accomplish… whatever is left to …
GIVEAWAY!
I bring you Chasing Helen’s very first giveaway! I’ve partnered with my favorites Beautycounter AND Fit Atelier. Let me tell you what, they hooked it up! All you have to do is follow the steps below and you will be entered to win a Beautycounter charcoal mask + charcoal soap bar + $25 gift certificate AND a Fit Atelier tank top + $25 gift certificate AND a tub of my favorite plant based protein powder …