Get Fit For Summer Challenge 5: A Reader Shows Us Her Sneakers


Updated 05/12/11 2:04 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

What Kind of Running Shoes Do You Own?

Check out FitSugar reader bcn1000's sporty Asics shoes! She posted this pic in the Get Fit For Summer community group as part of the fifth challenge in the Get Fit For Summer giveaway. By doing so, she's eligible to win a $100 New Balance gift card! My lovely husband just bought these for my birthday. I knew I needed new shoes, but I didn't know how much until I went to JackRabbit to get fitted. Read more

Get Fit For Summer Challenge 4: One Reader's Food Journal For a Day


Updated 05/03/11 7:54 PM · Posted by · 9 comments

Example of a Daily Food Journal

Doesn't this breakfast smoothie from FitSugar reader eatingbirdfood look delicious? She shared her daily food journal with the Get Fit For Summer community group as part of the fourth challenge in the Get Fit For Summer giveaway. By doing so, she's eligible to win a $100 New Balance gift card! See her daily food journal when you read more! Read more

Get Fit For Summer: Challenge 3, Share Your Fitness Plan For the Week


Updated 04/30/11 2:40 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 0 comments

Win a New Balance Gift Card on FitSugar 2011-04-25 01:03:20

We know that bikini season is right around the corner, and to help you get fit for Summer we've created a series of weekly fitness and health challenges. To add a little incentive, throughout the rest of Spring we'll be awarding a weekly prize of a $100 New Balance gift card to participating readers. To be eligible to win, create a post in the Get Fit For Summer community group as each challenge Read more

Get Fit For Summer: Challenge 2, Try a New Health Food


Updated 04/22/11 3:57 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 0 comments

Win a New Balance Gift Card on FitSugar 2011-04-20 09:37:45

We know that bikini season is right around the corner, and to help you get fit for Summer we've created a series of weekly fitness and health challenges. To add a little incentive, throughout the rest of Spring we'll be awarding a weekly prize of a $100 New Balance gift card to participating readers. To be eligible to win, create a post in the Get Fit For Summer community group as each challenge Read more

Get Fit For Summer: Challenge 1, Show Us Your Abs!


Updated 04/14/11 8:35 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 2 comments

Win a New Balance Gift Card on FitSugar 2011-04-11 04:32:43

We know that bikini season is right around the corner, and we want to help you get fit for Summer with weekly fitness and health challenges. For the next two months we'll be awarding a weekly prize of a $100 New Balance gift card to participating readers. To be eligible to win, create a post in the Get Fit For Summer community group as each challenge comes up. This week's challenge: Show us your Read more

One Woman's Quest for the Best: The Fastest, Farthest Female Inline Skate


Updated 05/22/12 8:23 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Kacie Fischer Inline Skating Across U.S. in 74 Days

We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from Fitness Magazine here on FitSugar! Over the next few months, families will travel across the U.S. via plane, train or car during summer road trips. Kacie Fischer will be covering the same distance (nearly 4,000 miles, on her route), but on inline skates. . . and in just 74 days. If she reaches her goal, Fischer will also be breaking five Read more

Get Fit For Summer: Challenge 5, Show Us Your Sneakers


Updated 05/10/11 9:05 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 0 comments

Win a New Balance Gift Card on FitSugar 2011-05-10 09:01:44

We know that bikini season is right around the corner, and to help you get fit for Summer we've created a series of weekly fitness and health challenges. To add a little incentive, throughout the rest of Spring we'll be awarding a weekly prize of a $100 New Balance gift card to participating readers. To be eligible to win, create a post in the Get Fit For Summer community group as each challenge Read more

A Cancer Survivor's Goal: 50 Triathlons by Her 50th Birthday


Updated 05/04/12 10:08 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

A Woman's Goal to Do 50 Triathlons by Age 50

We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from espnW here on FitSugar! By Julia Savacool It's a good thing Jenn Sommermann discovered triathlons when she did. "I was turning 40 years old, and my friend and I were looking for a way to commemorate the occasion," Sommermann said. "We decided to train for a triathlon." Because Sommermann was on the East Coast and her friend was on the West, Read more

Amp Up Your Workout With These Balance Exercises


Updated 05/03/12 2:40 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Balance Exercises Using a Foam Pad

If you're looking to amp up your fitness routine, you need to get unstable. Performing classic single-leg exercises while standing on a foam pad, like the one pictured above by Aeromat, is simple way to do this. The squishy surface forces your core and legs to work harder, increasing your strength gains and caloric burn. Standing on the soft surface also strengthens your feet and ankles, which Read more

Get Fit For Summer: Challenge 4, Food Journal For a Day


Updated 05/04/11 11:28 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 0 comments

Win a New Balance Gift Card on FitSugar 2011-05-04 20:36:46

We know that bikini season is right around the corner, and to help you get fit for Summer we've created a series of weekly fitness and health challenges. To add a little incentive, throughout the rest of Spring we'll be awarding a weekly prize of a $100 New Balance gift card to participating readers. To be eligible to win, create a post in the Get Fit For Summer community group as each challenge Read more