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Patriot Games Recap with MetCon Professional Photos & Videos of the WODS.

May 21, 2013 By Kasey 11 Comments

Hey everyone, I wanted to first start off by saying to #PrayForOklahoma today while they are going through some tough times. Every day we need to be thankful for what we have because things can change so quickly. My thoughts & prayers are with everyone affected. For today; I hope you’ve got your reading muscles ready because today is a whole post dedicated to my first CrossFit Competition called the Patriot Games! Each year, RAW Training holds the Patriot Games on Armed Forces Day to honor those serving & who have served. It is open to any teams of 4 people (2 guys & 2 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, CrossFit, FitFluential, Fitness, Whats Beautiful Tagged With: Armed Forces Day, Compete, competition, fitness, MetCon Photos, Patriot Games, POWERCAKES, Raw Training, WODS, workout, youtube

#WhatsBeautiful Challenge #2! Super Alter Ego

May 20, 2013 By Kasey 10 Comments

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

Raw Dinner Review & Patriot Games Mini Recap!

May 19, 2013 By Kasey 2 Comments

Happy Sunday everyone! Hope you had a great weekend. I am currently enjoying this sunny Sunday by sipping on some coffee & relaxing because I am a very sore from my first CrossFit Competition I participated in yesterday! I first wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who wished me luck! Big thanks to one of my biggest inspirations, my girl PetiteFi, & everyone else for the Instagram love! Special shout out to my wonderful family & boyfriend Corey who supported me the whole day! I swear every muscle on me is feeling it today and I’m sure tomorrow may be a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: be true to you, Blog, CrossFit, FitFluential, Fitness, Friday Feature, plantPOWER, Recipe, Review, The Eat Clean Diet, Thrive Forward, Whats Beautiful Tagged With: competition, CrossFit, Eden Pitt, Farm Market, Local, Patriot Games, plant based, POWERCAKES, Raw Food, recap, Restaruant Review, review

#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

Saturday Sports Edition: Thrive Forward Recovery

May 11, 2013 By Kasey 3 Comments

Happy Saturday everyone! Hope you’re enjoying your weekend! Today I wanted to share with you some more information from one of my favorite programs {Thrive Forward} I’ve blogged about this program before [here] & [here] where I spoke about the new Sports Edition component to the Thrive movement! I am loving all of this information especially geared towards sports training, endurance, plant based proteins, & recovery. Recovery is a topic that I often research because there really is so much information out there. What I like to do is act like a sponge and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, FitFluential, plantPOWER, Recipe, Thrive Forward Tagged With: Brendan Brazier, electrolytes, fitfluenetial, POWERCAKES, recovery, thrive forward, vega

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 8 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...]