Gearing up for Tennis

Summer is here and so is the long awaited outdoor tennis season! Tennis is a fabulous sport that combines agility, speed and skill into an energetic workout.  The point of this article is two fold: my first point is to motivate you to start adding some speed/agility drills into your workout [...]

What is HIIT? It is an acronym for High Intensity Interval Training, a very fitting one too. Sometimes the intensity can really “HIIT” you, but it keeps you on your toes. HIIT involves running or cycling in high intensity bursts, with adequate “active rest” in between. I have to say that this is my new [...]

Practicing Yoga in NYC has been quite a wonderful escape from the city so far. Arriving here, my first inclination was to find a few studios to try out for a week at a time… until I find one that really resonates with me. By literally typing in keywords into google, I was able to [...]

Putting your best self forward at all times…

As some of you know, and others don’t… I am moving to NYC to pursue personal training/yoga on November 11th. This last month has been filled with introspection and awareness that I haven’t felt in awhile, as I am viewing Bellingham through the eyes of someone who is [...]

Shop at your local farmer's market for raw food ingredients.

I am currently researching the benefits of eating a raw food diet and finding a lot of things that really make sense. First inspired by a book written by a family who started eating raw foods as a last resort to improve their health, [...]

Yoga is my passion, but another passion of mine is Sustainability. Now to the lay person, or perhaps a person that doesn’t live in the “earth friendly bubble” of south Bellingham, I would like to define this term. I believe that sustainability is the responsible use of our resources to prolong our time here on [...]

Firefighters from Lynden pose in Warrior II with Summer from Fit Body Wellness.

Firefighters at station 71 in Lynden got to try out a FREE demo yoga class, thanks to their dedicated Clubbell trainer Kelly LaBounty. She is the health &  fitness coordinator for many of the county stations, and saw the benefit of having [...]

Nicole does her research on foods!

The other day I was shadowing Summer when she working with a client.  The client mentioned how foods you eat can cause inflammation. This got me thinking; can I really make my own body irritated just from the foods I eat? I did a little research to find out [...]

King Dancer Pose

Want to try something new & refreshing? Summer will be teaching a mixed levels vinyasa class at the Yoga Room on Tuesdays & Thursdays in August. This Flow Yoga class is different every time & will help you increase flexibility, build strength and improve balance. The Yoga Room is actually an Ashtanga Yoga [...]

Nicole Huard, Fit Body Wellness intern.

A while back Nicole met Summer while working at the Benefit Cosmetic counter in Bellingham. The two girls instantly connected sharing their love of health and fitness. It was not until a year or so later that Nicole was looking for an internship for her degree in Kinesiology that [...]