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#WhatsBeautiful Challenge #2! Super Alter Ego

May 20, 2013 By Kasey Leave a Comment

Happy Monday all! Hope you’re enjoying your day! Today is challenge TWO of the #whatsbeautiful campaign that I am working on with FitFluential & Under Armour Women. Don’t forget that you can still join in! Details are [here] & you can join team true to you [here]. On the website, Under Armour has 6 challenges for the team to complete! Today I am highlighting the SUPER ALTER EGO challenge! I personally feel like a super hero version of myself whenever I look back at pictures and see what I am accomplishing. It’s like that reminder that my hard work & enjoyment is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, CrossFit, FitFluential, Fitness, Whats Beautiful Tagged With: challenge, FitFluential, fitness, POWERCAKES, Super Alter Ego, UA Women, under armour, whats beautiful

#WhatsBeautiful Highlight Video & Close Grip Pull-Downs

May 15, 2013 By Kasey 1 Comment

Hey everyone! I hope you’re having a great Wednesday! Half way through the week – are you working on achieving a weekly goal? You totally got this! Today I’m very excited to share with you a video that I’ve been putting together the last few days for the What’s Beautiful campaign that I’m working on with FitFluential & Under Armour Women! Prepare to be inspired by these beautiful ladies from #teamTRUETOYOU. #WHATSBEAUTIFUL via @POWERCAKES & #TEAMTRUETOYOU When the campaign started again, I knew that I wanted to make a video highlighting some of the girls I workout … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, FitFluential, Fitness, Whats Beautiful Tagged With: Clients, exercise, FitFluential, personal training, POWERCAKES, Powercakes Trained, under armour, whats beautiful, workout

Weekend Recap & What’s Beautiful Core Challenge!

May 13, 2013 By Kasey 7 Comments

Good morning everyone! Hope you had a great weekend! I was able to spend mine with my family, friends, boyfriend, & his family! I’m going to start off today with some rare photo opps from this weekend with the boy. Rare because we only see each other once a week or every other so usually we’re just relaxing and not camera ready! but you’ll see even with a camera around we still aren’t camera ready. are we cute or what!? #sarcasm I know this looks like I got engaged, but I promise I would have already flipped out via twitter! haha Finally got a good one! We spent the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, FitFluential Tagged With: boyfriend, campaign, challenge, core, FitFluential, fitness, I WILL, POWERCAKES, under armour, whats beautiful, workout

Lemon Carrot Poppy Seed Cookies!

May 10, 2013 By Kasey 2 Comments

TGIF everyone! I hope you had a good week & were able to reach some of your weekly goals that you set! Speaking of goals, have you declared your #WHATSBEAUTIFUL goal & joined #TEAMTRUETOYOU? I am so excited to be working with FitFluential & Under Armour Women throughout [this campaign]! On Monday be ready for the first challenge! Don’t forget that you can upload anything to the site to show your progress. Can’t wait to see what we all can achieve! Details on yesterdays [post] #IWILL ___________________________________ Today I wanted to shared a new recipe just in time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, FitFluential, Fitness, plantPOWER, Recipe, The Eat Clean Diet, Thrive Forward Tagged With: be true to you, boyfriend, cookies, Corey, FitFluential, Poppy seed, power cookies, POWERCAKES, powerfoods, superfoods, under armour, whats beautiful

New Exercise: Pin Party Plate Lifts!

May 2, 2013 By Kasey 7 Comments

Hi all! So glad you enjoyed the [Roasted Eggplant & Zucchini Tortilla Pizza] from yesterday’s post! Who says gluten free plant based recipes have to be boring? Not this girl! It’s all about taking the time to experiment & find what flavor combos you like best. Earlier in the week I posted about my [Weekend Recap] where the boy & I hit the gym with some new exercises to share! Being a personal trainer I love to learn new workouts & exercises, not only for myself, but for my clients as well! When I work out in the gym with Corey, he becomes the personal trainer in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, CrossFit, FitFluential, Fitness, plantPOWER, Recipe, The Eat Clean Diet, Thrive Forward Tagged With: exercise, FitFluential, fitness, pin party, pinterest, plant based, POWERCAKES, Recipe, the lean green bean, workout

Friday Features: Embracing Our Different Food Choices!

April 26, 2013 By Kasey 5 Comments

Good Afternoon everyone! Happy Friday! Don’t forget that you have until Saturday at midnight to enter the Headbands Of Hope Giveaway! I’ve already been told by a handful of people that they’ve purchased some headbands & that made my day! You are making a difference in this beautiful cause. ______________________________ I wanted to start today’s Feature Friday by highlighting a post from FitFluential where they asked… For those who have followed my blog, you all know that I constantly say #BETRUETOYOU – why? Because everyone's body is different & works … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, FitFluential, Fitness, Friday Feature, Recipe, The Eat Clean Diet, Thrive Forward Tagged With: be true to you, eat a rainbow, eat clean, embrace, FitFluential, friday feature, Headbands of hope, inspire, POWERCAKES, recipes

Headbands of Hope Giveaway!

April 24, 2013 By Kasey 50 Comments

Hey all! Today I am so excited to share with you an amazing giveaway with a beautiful story behind it. Not too long ago I was contacted by Jessica from Headbands Of Hope. After reading her story, I was instantly inspired by her passion for helping others. Reading stories like this makes me just feel better knowing that there are some amazing people out there doing amazing things every single day. I am so excited to introduce you to her & share her story! She is the true definition of Be True To You! _________________________________ My name is Jessica Ekstrom (you can call me Jess) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, FitFluential, Giveaway Tagged With: be true to you, FitFluential, giveaway, headbands, Headbands of hope, inspiration, organization, POWERCAKES

Albion Fit Giveaway!

April 17, 2013 By Kasey 94 Comments

Hi all! I hope you’re having a great day & thank you for all of the kind words with the #prayforboston post. Today I wanted to switch gears and hopefully bring a smile to your face with a workout gear GIVEAWAY! I was contacted from Kate at Albion Fit to review their products. They were kind enough to let me pick out a piece of clothing to review. Albion's mission is to provide Women with the most luxurious, flattering, and hassle-free fitness & leisure apparel on the market. Albion’s 25 years worth of expertise as manufacturers totally ensures the highest of quality standards on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, FitFluential, Fitness, Giveaway Tagged With: Albion, Albion Fit, fit gear, FitFluential, fitness, giveaway, POWERCAKES, Product Review, products, review, top, workout, Workout tops

I got struck by the #SaveOlympicWrestling bug.

March 25, 2013 By Kasey 4 Comments

Good morning everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend! Before we get into the core of this post; let’s start with some weekend EATS! *Base of kale, spinach, roasted brussels, roasted acorn squash, lentils, hemp seeds, red onion, kohlrabi, red pepper, & kalamata olives! Later topped with Tahini Nooch Sauce! don’t forget to check out the Powerbowl A Day Challenge for some inspiration. Later that day, I headed to spend time with the boy & we ordered-in! *Veggie avocado sushi rolls, sea weed salad, ginger, & edamame! Side of coconut aminos for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, FitFluential Tagged With: Athletes, boyfriend, College, Corey, FitFluential, Inspired, Olympics, SaveOlympicWrestling, Wrestler, Wrestling

Green Recipe Round-Up!

March 17, 2013 By Kasey 3 Comments

Happy Saint Patty’s Day Everyone! Hope you are enjoying your Sunday. Did you get a chance to celebrate this green holiday? I started my weekend with an awesome CrossFit WOD followed by a cook out with some fellow crossfitters! It was a great way to spend the afternoon & I’ll be doing a CrossFit update this weekend so keep an eye out! If you follow me on Instagram… You will notice that I eat a LOT of green, every single day. I truly believe it is so important to make greens the base of your meal. When putting together a meal, I usually start with my greens & then … [Read more...]