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Holding on is not always a bad thing! Read our new blog post on grip strength and longevity.

Get a Grip! "Not enough can be said about the importance of grip strength as you age. It’s one of the strongest physical associations with longer life." Read that again. "Not enough can be said about the importance of grip strength ...

Happy National Protein Day

Read our blog on protein and celebrate with a delicious protein packed meal or shake! 💪

https://fortitudefitness109.com/blog/f/so-how-do-you-get-your-protein

Boost your daily calorie burn with NEAT! Find fun ways to stay active throughout the day. Make every step count! 💪

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Feel Sluggish? No Energy? A few changes in your life can make a big difference. Read my new blog post how to start creating a healthier life.

So, how do I start living a healthy lifestyle? I get asked this all the time and it is a loaded question. A healthy lifestyle is about choice and discipline. It encompasses a healthy mind, body and spirit. It is about balance: eating the proper foods, exercise and mo...

How is your New Year's Resolution going? If you are like most people, not so good! Why? Because you did not hire a coach. Whatever your goal is, you need someone to hold you accountable. That's me 🙋‍♀️ Check out our Fearless Living Program today and unleash your full potential! 🧘‍♀️🏋️‍♀️💫

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📢 New Blog Alert! 🌟 Discover top tips and tricks to supercharge your fitness/nutrition game. 💪 Check it out now and start creating a healthier lifestyle🏋️‍♂️🔥

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The Sun, The Moon and the Truth
will always be revealed.

Follow me in 2024 to learn your truth.
I will be posting dates soon for upcoming workshops to heal your body, your mind and your spirit.

Let the journey begin.

Photos:
Anastasia Wilde, Sarah Attar, Jason Peters, Destination Trails

Arrangement:

Run 🏃‍♀️- Rest 🧖‍♀️ - Restore 🧘‍♂️

and .fitness are teaming up to offer you a free December Challenge.

If you are like us and need to add more rest days to your schedule or you need to add more movement, this is the perfect December Challenge for you.

Why wait until January to begin a new program? Throughout the month we will offer suggestions and workouts that you can try. It’s free to join - just complete your workout, post to your social media, and tag us.
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Need more than that? Book a training session with us or attend one of our classes and we’ll get you started. Let’s make this a December to Remember!

*January surprise to be announced*

I just returned from Moab, Utah as part of a team that participated in the Moab 240 Endurance “Run”. My friend, Pete was the 240 mile runner. I was crew, and pacer along with his wife, Naty and his nephew, Jeff.

If you never heard of the Moab 240 it is a 240 mile ultra Marathon in the mountains surrounding Moab, Utah. You have 116 hours to complete trails of rock, sand, gravel, desert, mountains and forest. And at an elevation gain and loss of 31,564 feet.

I can hardly put into words how this experience has changed me. It was bigger than I could have imagined. I will post more thoughts and photos in the coming weeks but for now I just want to shout out some of the people who helped me, even in the smallest ways, to make this dream a reality.

To Pete: Thank you for trusting me with your dream. I will forever be grateful for your friendship, this experience and for everything we learned on this journey. You will always be in my foxhole.

To Naty: Our friendship turned into family on this trip. You trusted me implicitly with your life and with the lives of those you love. I will always treasure our conversations, planning, conniving and laughter - especially the laughter.
This momma bear will always fight for her cubs.

To Jeff: I felt like I’ve known you my entire life. Your contagious smile, warm demeanor, and easy laughter are a feeling I will never forget. I’m still laughing at your impersonations of me. You are one of the greatest humans I have ever met. And, you are a beast!

To: Mike: You did not hesitate at all when I asked for your help. Your treatments, guidance, understanding, therapy sessions and friendship made my training possible. I could not have achieved my dream without you.

To everyone who helped me train, sent a text, gave encouragement, and offered support THANK YOU - you have no idea how much it meant to me. I am forever grateful.

To those who doubted my sanity and desire, thank you for giving me the fuel I needed when I felt desperate, alone, tired and sore. It filled my tank and set me on fire.

Favorite Place
Favorite Person

I had the honor of participating in a Global Mala today organized by
108 Sun Salutations were performed to welcome in the new equinox. There were 11 local yoga instructors leading the practice including my baby, who did an amazing job. 👏👏👏 If you like power yoga, you need to take one of her classes.

Overstepping Dragon

In yoga, this pose is called overstepping dragon. It is a great way to target a stretch of your calves and achilles tendon. It also defies the myth that you should never let your knee go forward past your toes.
Since I have been running and climbing a lot more lately this has been my go to stretch all summer. I had planned my yoga classes this week around the “overstepping dragon” and the story of the Greek warrior, Achilles. The story, found in the Iliad, describes how Achilles’ mother wanted to protect him and make him immortal so she dipped him in the magical waters of the River Styx holding him by the heal. He became invulnerable except to his heel where his mother held him. Ultimately, he met his demise by being shot with a poison arrow through that heel. Hence, a person’s vulnerability becomes their achilles heel.
A ruptured achilles tendon is no joke as this is the thickest, strongest tendon in the body. It attaches your heel (bone) to the gastrocnemius and soleus (muscles) in the back of your leg.

💚💚 I wish a full recovery to Aaron Rodgers, the NY Jets quarterback who ruptured his achilles tendon this week on Monday Night Football. 🙏

10k everyday in August
Day 15

I need to thank .dcatc of for keeping me healthy and moving this month. I started adding a 20 lb vest or a rucksack to my workouts for an added challenge. This puts so much pressure on my shoulders but with Mike’s help, I can keep going.
It’s not too late to join our 10k challenge - just get moving.
Finish Strong 💪

🏃‍♀️10K Every Day in August 🏃‍♂️

Build your endurance. Set your watch to kilometers and Set your goal to 10k. Do your best.

The challenge is 10k every day
10k = 6.2 miles or roughly 13,000 steps.
You can walk or run
You have all day to complete 10k

It’s free to participate - just follow
- take a photo of your achievement each day and share on your story. Be creative with your posts! Tag and add a location. I’ll repost so you can see the community we are creating.

Have Fun - Be Safe - Stay Hydrated

Everything Counts
This challenge is about building endurance - being active.

Track every day activities like sweeping, mowing, vacuuming.
Park in the last spot at the stores
Take stairs - these steps add up!

Can’t complete 10k - no worries
DO WHAT YOU CAN
Just try to increase each day - increase your time - increase your distance - add hills - walk on sand- wear a rucksack.
Maybe your goal is to complete one 10k by the end 👏👏👏

We are here to support you.
Do your best.
Rest when you need to rest.

Let’s Do this!

Dragonfly is back!

New Space!

209 Commercial Ct
Morganville, NJ

Weekly schedule coming out today!
Come fly with us 😊💕

I am light
I am love
I am you

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I’ve been waiting a long time for this! My heart is so full. ❤️❤️❤️

Irish Spring

K E A R N Y
Pronounced Kaaaaarrrrr Neeee

I’m so grateful to be doubly honored with these trailblazing ladies. We were just a bunch of girls having fun playing the sports we loved. We were not trying to earn D1 scholarships, accolades or championships - we just did. And, along the way we earned lifelong skills - teamwork, leadership, friendship, communication, commitment & courage. I’m so proud to call you all lifelong friends and teammates. ✊
Kearny High School Athletic Hall of Fame Induction
- 1983 Girls Soccer
- 1983 Softball

☯️ Happy Yin season

Yin Yoga is a practice that is slow, passive and deliberate. It is a practice that implores you to embrace discomfort, define your edge, and hold space for your thoughts. It is a patient practice - for your body and your mind, without timelines or deadlines. It is just your body, your mind, and your mat - all guiding you on your journey of self transformation.

Join us Thursday, January 19, 2023 for relaxing reiki infused crystal bowls meditation. Bring a mat, blanket, beach chair and anything to make you comfortable while listening to Allison play Crystal Singing Bowls while Kim offers Reiki Healing Energy. Unwind from the busy holiday season and begin your New Year with peace. Sign Up at the link below

Crystal Bowls & Reiki Meditation Sound Bath Crystal bowls play the frequency of each chakra. The sound vibrates and flows through the body like water, balancing our chakras and easing our minds. In addition, Reiki energy will be offered during the practice to enhance the meditation and energy during this practice. All you need to do is bring....

Stressing this holiday? Give yourself the gift of relaxation. Join me Tuesdays 6 - 7:15 at Grace Church 380 Kearny Ave. Kearny, NJ for relaxing Yin Yoga and Mindful Meditation.

Sign up: fortitudefitness109.com
Pay at the door. $20 per class
Bring your mat.

Yin yoga is different from all other yogas because it targets your deep connective tissues, fascia, ligaments, joints, and bones. It’s slower and more meditative, giving you space to turn inward, to tune into your mind and the physical sensations of your body. Poses are held for much longer periods of time and move at a much slower pace. You learn how to breathe through discomfort and sit with your thoughts. This introspective yoga practice is simple but not easy.

Join me for a relaxing yin yoga class Thursday, Novemebr 3
6pm - 7:15pm

Grace Church
380 Kearny Ave
Kearny, NJ

Yin yoga is different from all other yogas because it targets your deep connective tissues, fascia, ligaments, joints, and bones. It’s slower and more meditative, giving you space to turn inward, to tune into your mind and the physical sensations of your body. Poses are held for much longer periods of time and move at a much slower pace. You learn how to breathe through discomfort and sit with your thoughts. This introspective yoga practice is simple but not always easy.

Bring your own mat.

Please Bring your own mat.
Sign up at Fortitudefitness109.com
or DM me for more information.

Join me this Thursday, Nov 3 for an intro Yin Yoga class. Let me show you how to relax, breathe, and release. Yin Yoga is for all people, all body types, any age.
6:00 - 7:15pm
Grace Methodist Church
380 Kearny Ave.
Please Bring Your Own Mat
DM me any questions or
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Reiki uses universal energy to achieve a state of balance on all levels. This balance may involve a change in beliefs or attitude, it may help boost decision making, it may bring about subtle changes in your life, or open pathways where you feel stuck. Every person has a different experience with Reiki depending on what you need in your life. Drop a comment below on your experience with reiki 💫💫

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Additional Benefits of Reiki include:
~calms the mind
~boosts mood & energy levels
~relieves pain & anxiety
~slows your nervous system
~helps you feel whole

Contact me to book your personal Reiki session
Or
Come to our Reiki infused Crystal Bowls Meditation

Wednesday Self Care

Yin w/Kim
Every Wednesday night 7:00pm. Enjoy a deep stretch and unwind mid week. Restore the body mind and spirit. Balance and relax the nervous system.
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Learn to listen to your body As Kim guides you in a series of poses supported by bolsters, blankets and blocks to open your body and release tension. No experience needed.

Join us for our UHP flexibility workshop this SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 9am - 2pm

Ultimate Human Performance™ was created by Joe Hippensteel and uses ROM24™ (24 Ranges of Motion) to a standard for flexibility and mobility.
According to Joe, tight muscles are the #1 ailment and most pain and injuries are a byproduct from that. “Unbeknownst to most of the medical world, many of the biggest pain causes and lack of mobility issues like bone on bone knee joints, herniated or bulging discs, pinched nerves, headaches, arthritis, bursitis, tendonitis, low back pain, planter fasciitis, calcium deposits, torn labrums, torn rotator cuff, torn ligaments, other unknown sources of pain and a condition defined by the medical world called CRPS (complex regional pain syndrome) are all caused most of the time by tight muscles.”
If you suffer from any of these conditions, let us teach you the Ultimate Human Performance™ training methodology. Before you opt for surgery, injections, or pills, let us help you heal yourself.

Read about UHP and Joe in David Goggins Best Selling Book
“Can’t Hurt Me”

Sign up for our workshop
September 17
9am - 2pm
Where:
ACI Medical and Dental School
215 Broad Street
Eatontown, NJ 07724

Sign up at: FortitudeFitness109.com

Check out my website for more information and upcoming workshops or to book a private evaluation and session.
www.fortitudefitness109.com