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5 Ways to Run Faster

by melissaszurovy | October 18, 2021 | Fitness | 0 Comments

More than 20 years ago, a Marine Corps sergeant during NROTC morning physical training said to us: “The only way to run faster, is to run faster.” My young self was like, yea, but how?? After many years, I can tell you, I can run my 1.5 mile run for my semi-annual...

At Home Workout #8: Family Fitness Fun

by melissaszurovy | April 17, 2020 | Fitness, Mom Life, Wellness | 0 Comments

Friday Family Fitness Fun! This week we set up for the first of five of our Healthy Kids Running Series races #healthykidsvirtual. I used google maps to get the landmarks on our street for their distances, and we will have some "practice" and on Sunday take our...

At Home Workout #7: Family Fitness Fun

by melissaszurovy | April 10, 2020 | Fitness, Mom Life, Wellness | 0 Comments

Friday Family Fitness Fun! Or any day of the week! Use 1 or 2 dice, let your little count the dots, and do the workout below! Click the image for a brief video demo!Family Fitness Fun #3: If you don't have two different colored dice, roll one at a time. The first...

At Home Workout #6

by melissaszurovy | April 8, 2020 | Fitness, Mom Life, Wellness | 0 Comments

A reminder that walking can soothe the soul, clear the mind, and help lower your stress hormone, cortisol. Click the image for a brief video demo! Instead of focusing on strength training, today I'm focusing on internal training! Not to overuse the term selfcare, but...

At Home Workout #5: Family Fitness Fun

by melissaszurovy | April 5, 2020 | Fitness, Mom Life, Wellness | 0 Comments

Friday Family Fitness Fun! Or any day of the week! Let your littles create an obstacle course, and you follow along too! Keep track of times for some friendly competition. Click the image for a brief video demo!Family Fitness Fun #2: All you need is a little one with...

At Home Workout #4

by melissaszurovy | April 1, 2020 | Fitness, Wellness | 0 Comments

Strength Training without weights Click the image for a brief video demo!Strength Training with bodyweight!!! No equipment requried PART 1: This is one series of movements for one rep! Reverse lunge, bring your leg back to plank, complete a push up (or you can...

At Home Workout #3

by melissaszurovy | March 30, 2020 | Fitness, Wellness | 0 Comments

Strength Training without a lot of weights You can modify to make more challenging or less with the equipment you have at home. Click the image for a brief video demo!Strength Training! You'll need at least one kettlebell or dumbbell that you can press overhead 5...

At Home Workout #2: Family Fitness Fun

by melissaszurovy | March 27, 2020 | Fitness, Mom Life, Wellness | 0 Comments

Friday Family Fitness Fun! Or any day of the week! Include your littles (or even your teens) for some family movement. Click the image for a brief video demo!Family Fitness Fun #1: You need a partner and a ball to complete this fun fitness activity with your family!...

Workout At Home #1

by melissaszurovy | March 25, 2020 | Fitness, Wellness | 0 Comments

With the coronavirus keeping everyone home and without access to gyms, I will start adding workouts you can do at home with minimal equipment. And once a week, I will have one that will be particularly fun for you to incorporate with your littles! Workout #1: This is...

Why do you eat?

by melissaszurovy | November 8, 2019 | Nutrition | 0 Comments

Common answers: Satisfy hunger. Celebrate life’s wins. It’s dinner time. Anxiety. Grief. Sadness. Comfort. Don’t want to waste the food. These are all reasons we eat. And that’s ok! But do you choose what you eat in those situations to nourish your body? To include...