By Sara Baker I am lucky enough to have a home gym filled with equipment I have gathered over the years. However, I know many people either have equipment they do not use or do not have equipment on hand. …
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By Sara Baker I am lucky enough to have a home gym filled with equipment I have gathered over the years. However, I know many people either have equipment they do not use or do not have equipment on hand. …
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Today is a bittersweet day for me. It’s my final day at the job I have had for over 8 years, as Fitness Coordinator at Wake Forest University. I started at Wake (my alma mater) when I was 22 and …
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Wake up on the wrong side of the bed? Frustrated? Bad mood? We’ve all been there. Here at JillFit, we believe that practicing positivity can have a huge impact on your natural way of interacting with the world, pulling you …
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By Emily Saunders Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) is such a fun topic :) Some people LOVE to be sore (me included) knowing that it’s a reward for a tough workout and that you really worked hard! Others HATE soreness …
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By Jillian Teta Today I wanted to break down for you – in a hopefully simple way – some of the mental/emotional concepts of body change here at JillFit. Any type of change, most particularly body change, begins and ends …
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“Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.” ―Jesse Jackson I have to say it–I am sick of fit people saying that overweight/obese people are lazy, unmotivated, undisciplined dirty sloths. If you have been reading this blog, you …
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I always have people ask me, “Jill, what is THE most important thing for me to do to lose weight?” They ask if they should cut out carbs completely or not eat out at restaurants or be sure to jog …
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“If we complain about something 3 times, we are obligated to come up with a solution.” –Rachel Cosgrove There are two types of people: those looking for problems, and those looking for solutions. Which are you? Nothing de-enegizes me more …
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By Emily Saunders Life has been a bit hectic lately and in order to simplify workouts and also mix things up to keep my body guessing I have incorporated higher-rep days into my workouts. I do this by choosing 3 …
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By Sara Baker The following are 5 ‘tools’ that I have been loving lately. None of them are particularly new to the market so I am sure many of you have heard or currently use them but for some reason …
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