Would earning or losing money motivate you to work out more? I wasn’t sure if it would work for me when I started using Pact last fall. But since then I have earned $42 working out 185 times. It might not be enough to retire on, but it has been a nice little incentive to … Continue reading
What’s better then working out, shopping, eating and raising money for charity? The combination sounded pretty awesome to me, so I signed up for last nights #SweatWorking a fitness networking event held by Eventbrite Boston at Athleta’s Newbury Street store. We started the evening with a great 1/2 bootcamp – 1/2 barre workout lead by Meaghan … Continue reading
Last Wednesday evening I was standing in Copley Square screaming NO at the top of my lungs. But I wasn’t alone. I was one of many women who had turned out for Healthworks’ 2nd Free Self Defense Workshop. As one of the largest communities of women in Boston, Healthworks has taken the lead in being … Continue reading
For quite a few months now my Healthworks attendance has been poor. Between the busy summer months, my recently completed design competition and having a bunch of classes at various studios to take, I’ve been neglecting the gym. I realized it was time to change things up, and after much deliberation I put my HW … Continue reading
This morning as my alarm clock went off at 4:50 am I was actually excited to get out of bed. My roommate, sister and partner in early AM workouts, had convinced me to try the 6 am spin class at B/Spoke, a new cycling studio downtown. I’m always up for trying a new studio and … Continue reading
***UPDATE*** Through collaboration on our Descience design I have learned a lot about Pedro’s research on networks within the design process. He was kind enough to write some comments on my synopsis of our design process, which I have added to the post in red. Included are some links to additional information related to his … Continue reading
Over a cold, rainy spring weekend in April I ran in my first mud race, MuckFest MS. You may have remembered me posting awhile back that I was training for this, and if you are a Coolidge Corner Healthworks member you may have noticed me hitting the treadmill a lot more than normal. That’s because … Continue reading
My roomie and I are total fitness nerds and for Christmas we decided to buy ourselves Gilt vouchers for three classes at the newly opened Barry’s Bootcamp in Downtown Crossing. Barry’s Bootcamp is a group fitness studio that claims to have “The best workout in the world”. With a tagline like that I just had … Continue reading
Brookline is a great place to be a fitness lover right now. In the past few months two new yoga studios have opened, and within the past two weeks both Pure Barre Brookline, and Coolidge Corner Crossfit have both opened their doors. Add this to the already awesome array of studios and gyms that are … Continue reading
This is an event that I will unfortunately not be able to attend, but it is such a great cause that I wanted to share! 11th Annual Spin For Animals to benefit the MSPCA http://www.mspca.org/spin2014 On February 8th join a spin team at Boston’s newest spin studio, Pursuit, to raise money for the … Continue reading
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