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Our National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, shares a great exercise for our glutes, hamstrings and core: the bridge. Carrie shares three different variations (intro to advanced) that will help strengthen these muscles and help with balance, as well. Grab a mat, click on the image below, and try it! 
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This video is the final in a series where our National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, shares exercises using a stability ball. Today, Carrie offers a quick one-minute ab workout.* Sit on your stability ball, roll back so your legs are at 90-degree angle to the floor and back is on the ball, elbows back, and hit go! Disclaimer: *If you are newly postpartum, please consult with your medical provider before choosing exercises for your core. In addition, this is a fast, advanced workout. If you are a beginner, please remove the timing and go slow.   After joining Minneapolis Moms on the Run last summer, Jennifer Leeson (Jenny, or "Frisky" to her derby friends) has transformed the way she thinks about food, her body and exercise. In the process, she has dropped 100 pounds and is training for marathon number 14 — the first since her early 20s.
"Jen is one of the friendliest, most positive people I've ever met," Minneapolis franchise owner Karissa, who nominated Jenny, shared. "I was so inspired by her outlook and determination the very first time I met her. I cannot even imagine Jen without a big smile on her face and just being around her would bring encouragement to anyone." As a busy emergency room nurse, wife and new mom, Jenny's story will leave you inspired. Read on for a fun Q & A. This video is the fourth in a series where our National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, will share exercises using a stability ball. Today's tip focuses on adductors and abductors. Your adductors are bigger than your hamstrings and only slightly smaller than your quadriceps, which means that they can generate incredible power. It also means that they can pull bones out of alignment if they get tight. Another job that your adductors AND abductors do is rotate your hip inward. If either of them gets tight they can pull your hip inward, putting strain on the piriformis muscle. Do not ignore your adductors and abductors. Reinforcing all these muscles helps protect your hips, pelvis and knees from injury. Grab a ball and a mat and join her!  Maple Grove Moms on the Run was featured this month in an articled titled "Fitness and Friendship: Maple Grove Moms on the Run offers fitness to busy women" in Press & News. Franchise owner Sheila Kenyon summed up the 'why' of Moms on the Run at the end of the article: "Maple Grove moms should join Moms on the Run if they are looking for a community within their community where they will feel supported in their fitness goals, want to surround themselves with positive, upbeat women who enjoy being involved in their community, and just want to have fun."  |
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