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OUR FAVORITE SPOTS TO EXERCISE There’s nothing like a good gym sesh. To push yourself one more time, thirty more seconds, or one last set makes the sweat feel like the ultimate accomplishment. But sometimes, despite our motivation, the gym can get a little monotonous, and even the power we...
How to Seize SPRING best with FIP
Spring has finally arrived and with is comes fresh beginnings, bright blue skies, and sun-kissed days. After a long winter, it’s the season we crave to find joy and rejuvenation. While plenty of us have happily welcomed Spring into our lives already, we’ve got a list for you to take...
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR 5K
As many of you Ladies know, running is an important part of the Flex it Pink community. Our virtual runs allow women across the world to join together and participate in a race wherever they may be. Whether you are a regular runner or just getting started, our virtual...
1.3 Billion tons of food wasted per year......
In last week’s blog--’How to Create your own Compost’, we briefly mentioned the impact of wasted food on the environment. If you don’t remember, we said that 25% of what we throw away can be composted, yet instead our food goes to landfills where it generates 20% of the nations...
Creating your own NOT SMELLY compost
As you Ladies know, this month is all about going GREEN at FIP. Together we have learned how to reduce our plastic waste at home and how to be more eco-friendly while getting fit. To continue on our GREEN journey for March, we want to take this week to...
GETTING FIT WHILE GOING GREEN WITH FIP
Last week, we began our month of GOING GREEN with ideas on ‘How to Reduce our Plastic Waste at Home’. (If you haven’t already read it, check out that blog today!) To continue on our GREEN journey, we want to spend this week looking at what we can do to...
Join us as we go GREEN all month long!
Over the past few years, more and more awareness has been raised regarding the issue of plastic waste and the pollution it creates. In fact according to a study taken place at the University of California Santa Barbara, approximately 300 million tons of plastic is produced each year and of...
Stop, drop and REFLECT with Flex it Pink
Even before the beginning of the new year, we leave last year behind. We get so eager to start fresh and begin our January transformation, that we tend to jump ahead before even taking the time to look back. It has now been three weeks since the start of...
SMART with FIP! Setting GOALS you can reach...
The beginning of the year is always a great time to set goals for the year, make a life change, or continue pursuing the goals you already have. However, if you are not careful when you set up your goals, you could be setting yourself up for failure instead of...
Benefits of Journaling
Often upon hearing the word ‘Journaling’, an image comes to mind of a young girl sprawled out on her bed expressing her deepest thoughts to a beloved diary. Journaling, it seems, still reflects an adolescent behavior that adults no longer need to take part in. However, recent research has...
How to Make and Keep Your New Years Resolutions
A new year can bring new beginnings, and the desire to set goals and resolutions for the coming year. It can be an exciting time of the year to use the New Year as a reason to lose weight, work out more, eat healthy, or whatever your goal might be....
Anna's Favorite Tunes
Hey guys you know why my BPE, Anna (Co- Founder of FIP) is always dancing? Well she has some serious music picks that are sure to make you dance, skip and shimmy. Anytime we're making videos normally she picks our jams! If you need a pick me up or...
Healthy Holiday Travel List
Traveling during the holidays can be difficult, both mentally and physically. With long days in the car or at the airport, we tend to stray from our healthy lifestyles, eating and drinking whatever is most convenient. However, with a little preparedness, your trip can be filled with good choices! Whether...
The Rhythm of the Night
Ok.... who wasn't confused in the 90's? We went from BYE BYE BYE to Waiting for Tonight in an instant. Oh well.... it was still a great time and will sure make you think of those middle or high school dances, college days or what is this crap my kids are...
8 Tips to stay focused
As the holiday season approaches, it’s easy to forget about our healthy lifestyles and fitness goals. Suddenly our hectic schedules, food-filled parties, family vacations, and more, shift our focus, leaving exercise last on our priority list. However, keeping fit during this time of year, doesn’t have to be hard! ...
The Best Travel Playlist
Get Your Groove On Time to hit the road ladies! Well we already know many of you are on the road either for Thanksgiving, Holiday Parties or planning your trips for Christmas. Sometimes the holidays can be stressful, it's just reality. We also know that music makes allllll things better!...
Benefits of exercise during cancer treatment
Over the past few years, research has emerged urging cancer patients to be as physically active as possible. Instead of the required rest primarily suggested by healthcare professionals in the past, studies are proving regular exercise to be entirely beneficial in the treatment process. Know that we are cheering...
Healthy HALLOWEEN
Halloween is here!!!! Which means sweets, sweets and more sweets! Which also means we've officially entered the holiday season that surrounds us with the most delicious treats. Don't worry! It’s still totally possible to enjoy this candy-filled day in a healthy way along with the rest of the holidays! From...
Our Staple SLOW COOKER Fall Recipes
With cool weather right around the corner, Fall makes wanting to warm up with hearty, delicious food our ideal choice. Anything we can slow cook to bring out cooking’s finest flavors, is what sounds best. But sometimes all the tasty recipes we find to fill our seasonal desires, don’t always...
Cancer Fighting Foods
As we enter into the month of October, we like to focus on how we can improve our overall health. With roughly 1.7 million new cases of cancer predicted to occur in total for 2018, the reality of the disease becomes overwhelming clear. So for now the best way to fight...