Tabata is a style of workout that offers a a variety of exercises within a timed framework that provides a manageable level of interval training. If you want to learn more about Tabata and the country that created it, visit our Exercise Around The World course here. In this workout, weβre going to do just […]
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ThisΒ routine can be usedΒ with any willing partner. When my daughter went through a MAJOR growth spurt and started complaining of sore muscles, I did some research. I felt like I could seeΒ her body fold into itself β knees not wanting to straighten, shoulders rounding β as her bones literally grew faster than her muscles and […]
If you sit a lot for work or nursing a baby or just out of pure exhaustion, itβs highly likely that your psoas is tightening up to tell you something. Basically, your psoas connects your spine to your thigh bone. While it is often named alongside the iliacus as βiliopsoas,β the meat of it is […]
We spend a lot of time with our hands curled around devices and our feet shoved into socks and shoes. Yet, no muscle is an island. Everything that happens in the top of your body travels down. Everything that happens in the bottom of your body travels up. And sideways. And crossways. The tension in […]
In this third and final {for now} installment of our Restorative Poses Series, you will learn how to use various props to relax further into the 5 stretches listed below. Please, take a close look at the image youβre seeing in the video preview before you click play since it shows the second variation of […]
OnΒ a colder day recently, I was watching Netflix and not feeling like βexercising.β However, I forced myself to just start by standing up and stretching a bit while I watched the show, and as I got warmer, I took off my scarf that Iβd been wearing in our drafty farm house. Only I didnβt put […]
This is the first ofΒ a 3-part series ofΒ playful yet intense total body strengthening moves thatΒ combineΒ elements from Pilates, Yoga, and natural transitional movements like tripods, single-leg squats, arm balances, and even planks done safely! While this routine has zero crunches or sit-ups, itβs not for someone whose abdominal fascia is still thinned out with a wide […]
This routine sets you up in several positions that let gravity do the work of stretching for you. Even though the video itself is quite short, you should spend about 20-30 minutes with these moves altogether, or anywhere from 2-10 minutes in each pose as your body allows. Youβll be shown how to get into […]
Question about heeled shoes posted in our forum: “Beth is it possible for someone to have “short tendons”? My mom was told she needed to wear shoes with a heel because she has short Achilles’ tendons. Are their specific stretches to lengthen them?” -Lauren F. That question was posted in our private member forum, and […]
Relaxing + Foam Rolling = Rollaxing! Get it? We crack ourselves up over here, but seriously, this will become a bedtime favorite for many of you. Basically, Beth walks you through what she does on the foam roller at night while her hubs reads to their children. Foam rolling can be painful and very NOT […]
As you advance in your fitness journey, adding some balance poses will definitely increase your intensity. Especially if those poses are inversions where your head is below your heart. This pivotal workout will take you to a new level of fitness and body exploration, starting with simple inversions, then adding balancing into the equation. Note: […]
Now an official part of our F5 series, this fantastic stretching routine introduces Guest Instructor Kelly Dean, licensed physical therapist and owner of The Tummy Team, as she joins Fit2B Studio to share how itβs not always about flexing and βworkingβ a muscle back into shape; itβs also about lengthening the tight muscles that are […]
Donβt feel like breaking a sweat? Just want to tune into your body and do some lengthening and releasing? This routine is βsimply stretchingβ and all of the movements are TummySafeβ’ with minimal twisting, no crunch-like transitions, and itβs very gentle yet effective for all fitness levels. We have refilmed this workout a total of […]
This was one of our earliest routines filmed in 2010, and this is the NEW version refilmed during Summer, 2015. You see, shortly after we filmed this workout, we began shifting Fit2B towards total diastasis-awareness after Bethany met Kelly Dean of The Tummy Team and was educated about how someΒ moves in this workout might contribute […]