Hello everyone! Today is the last day of January and the last day of our SoulShine Water Challenge! If you participated in the Water Challenge, let me know how it went for you. Were you able to get the gallon (or whatever amount you chose) in on most days? If you weren't able to drink that much water, did you at least up your intake? My goal with the challenge was to get you thinking about drinking more water. As long as you're thinking about it and trying to get more in, th

Good morning, team! If I were to tell you that you could have the heart health of a 40 year old and the muscular fitness of someone in their 20s when you're in your 70s, would you want to know more? Most likely, that's a big, fat YES! A recent study compared heart health and muscular fitness among three groups of healthy people: 75 year old lifelong exercisers, 75 year old adults without a regular exercise habit and 25 year old regular exercisers. The researchers showed th

What’s the difference between VT1, VT2, and VO2 max and how can knowing this help you in your workouts? Read on to find out or if you’re cool with just knowing that you should be grabbing your knees in your workout to get the full benefits, then jump straight on down to the schedule to plan your knee-grabbing, sweat-inducing, heart-strengthening workouts for this week. Here goes: VT1 is called the first ventilatory threshold. It is a marker of intensity that can be observed

Morning, folks. I hope that you’re all able to get out this weekend and enjoy the sunshine!  Definitely ready for more snow but the shining sky feels good. If you’re playing along with the SoulShine H2O Challenge, good for you! We have 17 lucky players and I’m hoping for 17 super lucky finishers! It’s really no joke to drink a gallon of water per day. If you found yourself thinking "Shit! I was less than splendid with my H2O intake this weekend", today is a new day. Begin aga

Good morning, SoulShiners! Here we are on day 3 of our water challenge. We have about 20 daring and motivated (and most likely full) challengers, which is amazing. Keep up the great work, team! It will get easier, I promise, and just imagine how beautiful and plump your spinal discs and brain will be!!! I'm really hoping that this post finds you happy, relaxed, cozy, and well rested but if not, no worries. Today’s a new day! Remember to get your movement in. It will hel