hello friends!
ever since joining the FitFluential team we have been surrounded by others who share the same passion as we do. everyday we get inspired by our fellow fitness friends. by being an ambassador we get the chance to have amazing opportunities sent our way to pursue. that is what we are doing today. taking a step in pursuing something we would love to be considered for - brand representative for a fitness/ health company or magazine.
today we wanted to share our love of fitness. it is no secret how much we love to SWEAT.
our love of working out has empowered us in so many ways that we never thought were possible.
over the years our focus of fitness and workouts have changed. as we have learned, grown, and pushed ourselves further. even giving us the self-confidence to show our abs a year ago.
we have overcome our eating disorder, issues with food-calorie counting, learned how to respect thy food, workout to relieve stress. we just love discussing things health and fitness related. and how getting stronger physically has helped our self-esteem!
our fitness history:
- as kids we were always active. from working at a horse barn. doing a little gymnastics. doing whatever our older sisters did.
- middle school we got into sports. and played anything we could.
- high school we were still involved in sports, and by our junior and senior year we had a strong focus on volleyball.
- college we played competitive intramural sports, did some weight lifting but really were cardio junkies.
- post-college we were still cardio junkies. got into running. ran a few half and full marathons. then yoga was welcomed into our routine.
- about 2 years ago we came across the site bodyrock tv, and our love of working out changed, goodbye cardio, hello strength!
- we quit the gym and decided to become FIT by working out at home doing high intensity interval training.
- and now we try to find new ways to push ourselves outside our comfort zones during our home workouts.
we love the challenge of trying something new for our workouts. we love mixing things up as well to keeping our body guessing from yoga one day, to jump roping the next to a HIIT workout.
- showing that you can do anything at home in small spaces.
- discussing topics from health and fitness magazines and websites.
- sharing some of our own workouts
- showing that you can increase the intensity of your workouts but using a sandbag, luckily you can make your own sandbag at home.
- doing mini fitness challenges to inspire others to try something everyday to challenge your body and mind like our plank a day.
- sharing our fitness updates and progress because we are proud of all the hard work we have done is paying off.
- showing that anyone can get fit and look their best by doing quick interval workouts in just 10 minutes a day.
- sharing our eats to show what works for us and what does not because we all know how important diet is.
we made a short video describing what fitness means to us, please check it out when you have time and let us know what you think!
and we just want to say thank you for allowing us to come into your lives daily and allow us to share something that means so much to us. you all keep us motivated!
thank you!
till next time,
love
Lori and Michelle
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You two are so amazing!!! You’ll have many brands and mags knocking on your door with your positive attitudes, dedication and PASSION!
Rock it sistas!!
xxoo
Kris | iheartwellness.com recently posted..HumpDay Dollas: Connect with the Big Guys!
Thank you so much Kris!
I love your attitude about fitness, it is so inspiring! I am also a devoted bodyrocker, I love having a full workout done in 12 minutes, do it about 5-6 mornings per week….it’s pretty much the best thing since raw chocolate!
I would love your opinion about something as I am struggling with my diet. I eat pretty high raw and have for a while (thanks for the inspiration!)…lots of green smoothies, chia seeds, salads, pumpkin seeds, nooch, tahini, etc plus some cooked lentils from time to time. I feel awesome and I love to eat this way, but I’m not getting that ripped look that other bodyrockers have…and I’ve been doing daily exercise for a looooonnnnnnnnnng time. I can’t believe I’m contemplating this, but I’m thinking about adding in some meat or eggs to my diet, as that’s what Zuzanna and other bodyrock women eat and have gotten fantastic results. I do sun warrior and amazing meal protein shakes too, but I still don’t have that Zuzanna look. I’m having this crazy inner turmoil about adding meat and guilt and wanting to be SHREDDED and wanting to be raw and vegan, and meat weighing down my digestion and maybe I just need to get out of my head! Do you struggle with this ever? Am I totally nuts?
Samantha no, you are not nuts!!! we struggled with before, but a little over a year ago and onto early last year we started changing our diet. We have added fish and eggs back and be loving it. It was as hard as we thought, but we were all raw vegans for 2 years so guess that is why we did okay with it. We are now at the point in our health and fitness journey that we want to look and feel out best. We still eat raw foods, but also love the mix cooked foods, even some animal products. We still try to eat mostly a plant based diet. Just recently we started eating more eggs and fish to see if that helps with acne (plus cutting out grains and some sugar), as well as hoping it will benefit us get more toned!! But we struggle all the time with why we cannot get ripped, we are still learning. Our focus right now is healing our skin, then we will get back into our muscle building. We will continue to share any new findings. But for now try just maybe one thing first, like eggs. Do one a few days a week and see how you feel. If you need anything else, let us know. We are here for you!
Can’t wait to see more videos here on your blog!! =)
Heidi @BananaBuzzbomb recently posted..Found: Triathlon Coach(es)
Thanks Heidi. We are still new to making videos, they are fun!
It’s great to see that you CAN get in good workouts at home. Keep it up guys!
What a great post! I loved reading about your fitness history. You guys are absolutely adorable. VLOGs are so fun. I am always in workout gear too
Erica recently posted..Lighter Cream of Asparagus Soup
Thanks so much Erica!
GREAT post and video, you guys! Really well done…it’s inspiring me to get my audition video up and posted! Trying for that today.
Thanks for the inspiration – love your philosophies on food, fitness, and life too. 
Bonnie recently posted..Double (Date) Day
Thanks Bonnie!! We look forward to seeing your video!
I can’t wait until the day where I have the same attitude about fitness as you both do! You’re both so strong and smart about all of it!
Melissa @TryingtoHeal recently posted..Comment on My Best Bird by Biz
aww Melissa thank you so much for your kind words!!! you will, and we are here for ya girl!!
aw, thanks for the awesome post! i really enjoyed reading it.
Sarah @ Serotonin for Breakfast recently posted..Chicago Trip
Thanks Sarah!
great post ladies! I love reading more about your fitness history and seeing where its going. Love the vlog… Do them more often!
Heather @ Get Healthy with Heather recently posted..my pregnancy: week 22
Thanks Heather, we will got a few more videos in store
we are having fun with them although have no idea what we are doing, haha
I meant to thank you eons ago for your Thanksgiving fitness suggestions – because of you i found a Turkey Trot nearby and ran my first ever 10K! And tonight I’m going to start your plank challenge! I’ve been a cardio whore too long, and need to add more strength training. Hope you guys keep sharing all your great tricks!! Thank you!
Carrie that is awesome! we are so happy to hear this
and yes let us know how the plank holding goes!! HUGS
you guys are so inspirational! I follow your blog and i owe a lot of my own eating disorder recovery to you guys! thank you for all you do and your abs look fabulous!
jessie ann james recently posted..Success!
thank you so much Jessie!!! HUGS
Great post and video! Yay for you
Lisa recently posted..How to: Clean Your Pores (without paying for a facial)
You two are so cute! I love your drive for fitness and health. Finding your happy place makes all the difference in the world. Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm!
Sarena (The Non-Dairy Queen) recently posted..Tabata And Some Realizations…
I find your posts to be inspiring, but I’m still lagging way behind. I just wrote a blog post about it today if you want to take a look, but I wish I had the dedication the two of you do.
Z.Grimm recently posted..I Love Food! I Hate Exercising!
YES!!! Great post, girls!!! I love you both and just want you to know how inspiring, motivating, creative and beautiful you both are! You deserve a lot of success from all of your hard work!!!
Ohh..and Zuzka is back and I will be following her! So much drama with the whole BR situation. Crazy stuff!!
Laury @thefitnessdish recently posted..Sparkly Soul Headbands Review & Giveaway!
Laury, thank you! and yes so happy to have her back, we did her first workout this past weekend and loved it!
you gals are too cute! i want to come have a donut and workout with you! great video
lindsay recently posted..Wino Windsay Wednesday
Great video, and I really liked reading about your fitness journey through the years. We definitely have lots in common on that front! Sports, Running, yoga, now HIIT and lifting
katie @KatieDid recently posted..7 Facts About Me
yes we do Katie!
Awesome video! I like that you reinforced getting in a good, short workout that makes a positive impact and that you don’t have to do cardio everyday! I was in a rut with the above mindset….you girls rock!!!
LizAshlee recently posted..Tag, I’m It…11 Random Things About Me
You girls are FIT-spirational in every sense of the word. You’ve already accomplished so much. I’m so happy for the both of you. Amazing things are definitely coming your way!
Heather @ For the Love of Kale recently posted..Reality Check & Reality TV
You girls are such an inspiration! Great stomachs, by the way
Love the video too!
Heathy recently posted..Raw Chocolate for Valentines Day
Love how motivating and inspiring you are! Thanks for all that you do and represent!
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