#WhatsBeautiful Highlight Video & Close Grip Pull-Downs

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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...]

Weekend Recap & What’s Beautiful Core Challenge!

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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...]

New Exercise: Pin Party Plate Lifts!

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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...]

Albion Fit Giveaway!

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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...]

Being a student with CrossFit Open WOD 13.3

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Hi all! Hopefully you were able to turn some fears into positive thoughts yesterday! It’s something I plan to work on daily. Another thing I work on daily…eating a Base of kale, red onion, sweet potato, roasted brussels, sauerkraut & LIMA BEANS! Later topped with Creamy Tahini Nooch sauce. When I was little I used to hate Lime Beans, for no reason, but now I adore them! Did you know that 1 cup packs 15g of protein? I’m going to need that to take on WOD 13.4 tonight! If you missed any of my other Open WOD Recaps, check them out below! [CrossFit Open WOD … [Read more...]

W is for…It’s not WHAT we do, it’s WHY we’re doing it.

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Good morning everyone! I hope you are having an awesome weekend. So, I’m not going to lie, I originally had the coolest recipe & picture to share today for “W”. I’ve learned in life that not everything goes as planned, right? So, earlier this week I was deleting pictures from my iPhone to make room for the epic amounts I would be taking while I’m here in Boston! I tend to be a bit of a picture hoarder on my iPhone – for some reason I get nervous to delete some pictures EVEN THOUGH I already posted them to Instagram & on my blog! As I was deleting pictures, I accidently … [Read more...]

Double Dates & Family Time!

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good morning all! Don’t forget that you have all week to enter the ChapStick® Giveaway! I hope you’re all enjoying your weekend! I have to admit, I am SO sore from my leg workout on Friday. I had a chance to get to the gym (I usually workout at home due to teaching) but now that I’m moving on –I was able to get up early and hit the gym! I was like a little kid – so excited to get back into the gym that I went hard. Squats. Lunges. Extensions. Box Jumps. More Squats. Oh, & 2 laps lunging around the track while holding a 25lb plate over my head. I was in POWERCAKES … [Read more...]

Tree decorating, weekend eats, & face pulls!

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hi all! Hope you’re enjoying your weekend. Started this morning off with some Pandora Christmas Music & mug of Tiramisu coffee! Perfect way to start our Sunday; especially with the comforting lights of our little Charlie Brown Christmas tree! Perfect in its own way! Yesterday I spent the day Christmas shopping with the boy & his adorable mother! I mentioned that Corey needed some Christmas spirit in his apartment and she happened to have the most perfect little tree! So after shopping, we spent the night listening to Christmas music & decorating! Our first Charlie … [Read more...]

Shoulder Tabata Power Workout!

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hi all! If you haven’t entered the #beTRUEtoYOU challenge yet – you have until Monday to do so to be entered for the Under Armour Hoodie! I know it’s been a while since I shared a work out & I apologize for that! Lately I haven’t had a bunch of time for workouts so I’ve been doing Tabata style which is doing work (the exercise) for a certain amount of time, followed by a few seconds of rest in between! Today I wanted to share with you a Tabata with a shoulder focus that I plan on doing later today! 30 seconds of work with 10 seconds of rest = 1 round I will do this … [Read more...]

WE ARE STRONGER THAN SARCOMA!

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hi all!! SO excited to fill you in on how last night’s #Fitness4Cure for #StrongerThanSarcoma went!! It was a long day but totally worth it! I started at 10am with teaching my first TRX class on our Jungle Gym! it was a great introductory class and the one member said to me.. ”Congrats Kasey, you made me sweat!” Which I will totally take as a compliment! Then I worked all day and prepped for the night; 6pm came and everyone started to show up in their GOLD! The night started off with an outdoor active warm-up. With obvious pauses to take some group … [Read more...]