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Jen A. Miller Consulting

Tag: fitness

  • The Single Diaries Guide to Online Workout Videos

    Four free fitness channels to follow on those busy days

    If you want something done, give it to a busy person. When I left my full-time job, I thought I would have all the time in the world to do everything I wanted to do: read books, soak up some sun, and work out twice a day. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. Class times often just didn’t fit into my funemployment schedule. However, I realized that doing 15 minutes of focused activity is enough on days when you just want to move your body. There is a ton out there, so here is your starter kit to free videos that are good enough to add into your weekly routine.

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  • Barre to Brunch, Happy Baby to Happy Hour

    Barre to Brunch, Happy Baby to Happy Hour

    Colleen Viana shows us how to go from Work Out to Work It with 4 easily adaptable outfits

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    One of the biggest dilemmas is whether to work out or to hang out with friends. The answer is: you can do both… with a little creativity. With all the on-the-go beauty products out there to help freshen you up in minutes (dry shampoo, baby wipes, blotting papers), you can go from studio to hotspot-ready quickly. Throw your touch-up products in your gym bag, find inspiration in these fun outfits, and you’re good to go.

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  • How I Found the Secret to My Fitness Success

    How I Found the Secret to My Fitness Success

    For Jenna, becoming a health coach was the secret to achieving her fitness goals

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    If I were to walk into a room full of young women and pose the question, “who here has ever struggled with their body image and had concerns about their weight?”, my guess is that a majority of hands would rise in the air. I think it’s a fair assumption that most of us have felt these insecurities at some point in our lives. Our Single Girl contributor, Jenna Wolf knows that feeling. She, like so many other young women, admits to having waged the battle to keep up a healthy  lifestyle– one that balances the right mix of working out and eating right without going overboard.

    When it comes to truly being healthy, the definition isn’t rooted in the number that appears on the scale. It’s about making choices that will help you lead a longer, happier, better life. That definition and our motivations behind getting healthy may be different for each of us. Similarly, our struggles to stay committed to healthy habits are also deeply personal. In today’s post, Jenna, now a certified health coach, talks about how choosing to help others achieve their health and fitness goals has been the secret to helping her reach her own.

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  • Mondays Don’t Have to Suck | A Guide to Weekday Activities

    Catherine’s guide to weekdays activities and a more socially rewarding work week

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    PHOTO: Courtesy of Pinterest.

    A couple months ago I shared my suggestions on how to craft the perfect weekend, but I am not one to live for the weekends. A couple years into joining the workforce, I came to terms with the fact that living for two days a week was a waste of 5/7 of my 20s (and 30s and 40s). Plus in a car-culture commuter city like L.A., you can go an entire day, week, month without encountering anyone you don’t work with. To compensate for the fact that I have to work for a living (that’s how I buy things…), I make a point of incorporating something to look forward to every day of the week. There are the obvious happy hour and dinner dates or the daily work-out sessions, but there are other ways to have fun without messing with your routine productivity. Here are five of my favorite not-so-obvious choices of weekday activities to break up your work week.

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  • How I Learned to Love Running

    How I Learned to Love Running

    And  10 tips for how you can learn to love running too!

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    As a marathoner and runner who’s been at it for over a decade, I often get into conversations with people about running. The good, the bad, the hard, the ugly, and mostly the excuses.  Coming from a girl who laced up ballet slippers long before sneakers, believe me when I say anyone can become a runner if they set their mind to it. Here’s a little inspiration from my own relationship with running and my best advice to get you going.

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