Christie’s Fitness Tips
Check out the latest exercise tips, quick workouts, awesome stretches and how-to videos.
What Happens When You Stop Exercising?
Fitness Tip of the Week: What Happens When You Stop Exercising? Rest and recovery after intense exercise is important and necessary. Sometimes we may take a short vacation where we aren’t exercising, and that’s okay too. But our bodies change quickly when we stop our...
Improve Your Posture With These 3 Simple Exercises
Fitness Tip of the Week: Improve Your Posture Practice these 3 exercises daily for better posture! Exercise #1 - Chin TucksExercise #2 - Scapular RetractionsExercise #3 - Superhero Do 8-10 reps of each exercises, ideally in the morning, to restore the natural shape of...
Whole Food vs Processed Food
Nutrition Tip of the Week: Whole Food vs Processed Food Processed foods are convenient, inexpensive and often delicious. But research has shown that a diet high in processed foods has been linked to an increase in cardiovascular disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome,...
How To Find Neutral Spine
Fitness Tip of the Week: How To Find Neutral Spine Neutral spine refers to the shape of the spine where its natural curve is present without being exaggerated in either direction. In Pilates, it’s usually the safest posture to practice exercises. In this short video...
Summer Nutrition Tips
Nutrition Tip of the Week: Summer Nutrition Tips Maintaining a healthy, balanced diet during summer holidays doesn’t have to mean avoiding your favourite foods. Try these simple nutrition tips to stay on track: Choosing foods with a higher water content (raw fruit...
Seated Upper Body Mobility With A Stick
Fitness Tip of the Week: Seated Upper Body Mobility With A Stick We all experience tight shoulders once in a while - especially those of us who work at a desk or spend a lot of time behind the wheel. Relief is at hand! This shoulder mobility sequence can be done...
Tight Shoulders? Try This Mobility Flow
Fitness Tip of the Week: Mobility Flow For Tight Shoulders Stiff, tight shoulders? Try these 5 relaxing mobility exercises. Our shoulders become tense when we’re stressed or doing limited, repetitive movements like driving or working on a computer. Doing mobility...
Can You Get From Ground To Standing?
Fitness Tip of the Week: Ground To Standing Exercises My priority as an online fitness coach is to be able to help my clients maintain a level of fitness that lets them live independently for life, while achieving the fitness goals they come to me for. Increasing...
Healthy Recipe – Pre Workout Snack Balls
Healthy Recipe: Pre Workout Snack Balls These healthy, easy to make raw treats are my go-to pre or post workout snack! Use rolled oats as your base. Add peanut or other unsweetened nut butter, maple syrup, brown rice syrup or honey. Extras can include protein powder,...