Christie’s Fitness Tips
Check out the latest exercise tips, quick workouts, awesome stretches and how-to videos.

Portion Size: How Much Is Too Much?
Nutrition Tip of the Week: Ideal Serving Sizes If you usually follow a healthy diet but tend to overeat, learning to control your portion sizes can help you avoid overindulging. Using your hand to measure portions is an easy, consistent method. Your hands are always...

Four Exercises For Stronger Knees
Fitness Tip of the Week: Four Exercises For Stronger Knees Many people, of all ages, experience knee pain from time to time. This can happen for several reasons, including arthritis, bursitis, poor posture or exercise technique and muscular imbalances. Strengthening...

Diet vs Exercise
Nutrition Tip: Diet vs Exercise We can’t out-exercise a poor-quality diet, no matter how hard we work out. Exercise is crucial and so is nutrition. In fact, they work even better together. A nutritious diet gives you the energy to work out to your maximum and then...

Strengthen Your Ankles and Feet
Fitness Tip of the Week: Strengthen Your Ankles and Feet The ankle is such an important joint, but ankles often don't get a lot of attention - until something goes wrong. With its many bones, tendons and ligaments, your ankles and your feet bear the weight of your...

Soothing Shoulder Flow
Tip of the Week: Soothing Shoulder Flow If you've ever experienced unpleasant tightness or discomfort in your shoulders and neck, this flow is for you! When you spend a lot of time at your desk, behind the wheel, in the garden, or just around and about, you might find...

Morning Stretches To Do In Bed
Tip of the Week: Morning Stretches To Do In Bed Start your day healthfully with this stretching sequence you can do in bed! When we think of exercise, we often think of running, strength training or Pilates. Our flexibility is often just an afterthought. But...

How To Strengthen Your Neck
Tip of the Week: How To Strengthen Your Neck It's a common problem for so many of us these days: weak or tight neck muscles. I'll show you how to strengthen your neck with a simple, 2-minute isometric exercise routine. Sitting at a screen for long periods of time can...

4 Steps To The Perfect Push Up
Tip of the Week: 4 Steps To The Perfect Push Up If you want to improve your upper body and core strength, learn to do a push up! There’s a variation that will suit nearly everyone. Push ups strengthen your chest, arms and shoulders, and when done correctly they’re an...

3 Minute Plank Challenge
Tip of the Week: 3 Minute Plank Challenge Test your core strength and stability with this 3 minute plank challenge that will leave you shaking! Here’s how to do it: 1️⃣ Hold a forearm plank for 30 seconds. 2️⃣ Raise one leg off the floor and hold 15 sec. Repeat on the...