Skinny-Teatox

By: Bethany Barich (Follow on Instagram & Twitter)  

You know how there’s the tag “foodporn?” Well, there’s also a tag called “fitspiration,” and it’s exactly what you would think it is – fitness inspiration. From gorgeous looking photos of yoga poses, squats, or quotes, fitspiration accounts are always the best to follow. They’ll motivate you to get up, and get out.

So, instead of looking at someone squatting 65lbs, get to the gym and start working towards that. If you’re in need of that motivation, check out some of the coolest chicks on Instagram, who also happen to have fitness accounts!

By: Bethany Barich (Follow on Instagram & Twitter)  

If you’ve begun to change your life for the better, and begin to live a healthy lifestyle, congratulations! With every lifestyle, though, there are good habits and there are bad habits. When it comes to workout outs, sometimes, bad habits may slowly begin to form.

To avoid any future strain, and to catch any bad habits you may find yourself doing, check out these 5 things that may be hurting your workout.

By: Laura Peill – (Check out her blog Chronicles of Passion & Facebook) 

It’s September, and for many of us that means back to school and back to the books. Looming ahead of us are long nights of studying, lots of new knowledge to retain and lots of need for brain power! This makes it a great time to have a look at our diet and up our intake of brain friendly foods!

Here are 10 foods that feed your brain:

By: Laura Peill – (Check out her blog Chronicles of Passion & Facebook)   

1) Smoothies – Who doesn’t love a healthy, tasty good morning smoothie?  Whether it is green, some awesome flavour, or just thrown together with whatever fruit you have in the fridge, smoothies are a good breakfast option because you can pack so much nutrition in one drink! You can even add protein powder if you prefer as well as any other superfood powders you have.  (If you are interested in learning more about superfood powders and which ones would be best suited to your lifestyle and nutritional needs, check out this list here). I make my smoothies ahead: put all of the solid ingredients in the blender jar the night before, put it in the fridge and then in the morning, just add liquid and blend. I’m a big fan of green smoothies (like this one!), but sometimes I like to mix it up with flavours and try some others. If you need some guidance on creating the best smoothies (both tasty and healthy), have a look at this post. And then start prepping! 

Fall weather is right around the corner, and if you’re like me, you get jealous of those girl’s with glutes that look amazing in leggings. Having a firm, rounded butt has been an ongoing trend for a few years. It’s not difficult to understand why. Having a firm butt is extremely sexy. Plus, there are many benefits.

Our glutes are the largest muscle group, and almost any lower bodywork that is done, requires the activation of them. Having a strong lifted butt can help ward off back pains and relieve knee pain too. Not to mention, like stated before, having a firm butt is sexy so your sex appeal will rise! Having a little more strength in your booty will also benefit your endurance – since it is essentially the powerhouse of the lower body, the stronger it gets, the stronger the rest of the lower body will.

One downfall is that training the glutes can be extremely hard, and a process that requires some patience.

To kick start that training, let’s take a look at five of the best moves to tone, lift, and round out the butt.