Category: MID-CENTURY FITNESS

  • The Barbie Effect

    The Barbie Effect

    It has certainly been the summer of Barbie, with bubblegum pink and sparkly new songs to celebrate the new film. The trend has also hit fitness and I fully embraced it, adding Barbie songs to my classes and filming a core track to Dua Lipa’s “Dance the night away”. Fun fact – according to PopSugar,…

  • What were women encouraged to eat years ago? (hint, SO much more than they are today…)

    What were women encouraged to eat years ago? (hint, SO much more than they are today…)

    “People who love to eat are always the best people.” ~ Julia Child I’ve been on many a diet in my life and non have been sustainable for more than a few weeks. You may be able to relate to reading a new diet book in the evening and feeling a sense of excitement at…

  • staying authentic • fitness or, why I took a break from Instagram

    staying authentic • fitness or, why I took a break from Instagram

    Why I took a break from Instagram.

  • The Original Fitfluencer: Gayelord Hauser

    The Original Fitfluencer: Gayelord Hauser

    Long before lifestyle blogs and Instagram influencers, a charismatic man named Gayelord Hauser* charmed audiences from New York to Paris with his lectures and books on health and beauty. We rarely speak of him today but he flourished in mid-century America, mingling with movie stars and royalty, dispensing advice to women on how to improve…