Get into Fitness...Be Inspired to Move!

Summer is here, so what are you going to do about it? Plenty! There is so much inspiration surrounding you and you probably haven't even noticed it. Well open your eyes and choose to have FUN this season by looking at the things closest to you to get you moving.

#BeMovedToMove

Be inspired! by…


Nature - Summer is a brilliant time of the year to take advantage of sunny days and warmer weather. Take a tip from nature to get out and enjoy it. Hiking, biking and swimming are just a few ways to get your body moving and have FUN!

People - For me it’s watching my kids and remembering the times in my life when working out was actually play time. For my moms out there, when you're child is asking for help on the monkey bars don’t just carry them across but do a little swinging yourself. Be that “crazy” mom, you'll be smiling and so will your kids. If you're at an office all day, chat it up with your co-workers about what they do to keep moving or challenge each other to try something new together. And if you work from home, like I do, ask friends on Facebook what they are doing to stay in shape for the summer or join us on the JBird Fitness FB page, where I'll be chatting about ways to #BeMovedToMove all week. The people in your life are a trusted source of things you hold dear. See life and fitness through their eyes and you may discover something new. 

Yourself - Remember the above ideas are great but not unless you, on a personal level, have a curiosity or connection to these fitness lifestyles. Know that you are smart, clever and an inspiration to yourself. Think back on the days of your younger years when exercise wasn’t exercise and movement was FUN!

Do the things that make you happy. If fitness didn't enter into your life until later, don’t hesitate to jump in a pool because your self-conscious of yourself in a bathing suit or haven’t swam in ages. Life is too short to focus on the negative voices in your head. Embrace yourself, think positively and get excited about all the FUN playtime you could be having when you take action.

Finding a blend of activities will keep your summer days feeling fresh and FUN! Look to the sunshine as a reminder of happy times and start this season sharing your fitness adventures with mother nature, friends & family and embracing who you are.

Check out this week's JBird Fitness Fit Tip on how to fine tune your Warrior 2. With the days of summer being long, it will increase your stamina and encourage you to be a fierce warrior, unafraid to try new things and play freely.

Afterward, put your Warrior 3 into action with a yoga practice or this week's JBird Fitness video release "Dynamic: Yoga".

Members, this is a GREAT workout to add into your routine. I love it because I can squeeze it in during my craziest of days being it's only 13 minutes long and not only is it playful & fun but it incorporates core/ab work to get flexibility & strength in all at once.

If you're not a member yet, you can still play with us. Check out the "Become a Member" page by clicking HERE and join in on the FUN!

Love,
Janine

P.S. YOU are my inspiration. Thank You!

You live in your body every day, NOW OWN IT!

Let me tell you a story about Tiffany. Tiffany & I usually get to see one another during an annual family vacation while each of our families get away to North Myrtle Beach, SC during the month of August. Last summer we were settling into our beach chairs, after running around trying to apply sunscreen on our kids, and finally had a moment to catch up. After the usual banter about our family milestones of the past year our conversation changed direction toward the subject of working out. Tiffany is an avid runner and, well you know, I'm a fitness instructor so the switch was natural. I began to tell her about my new venture with JBird and in an instant I realized what I was creating would be perfect for Tiffany. She LOVES running and has been looking for ways to get stronger without interfering with her training regiment. 

I have heard similar stories before. Whether you love another sport, don't want to compromise your time with your children, have a job with specific time demands or a tight budget, your gut is telling you, you need a change but the traditional answers like joining a gym or working out for an hour a day are just not going to cut it.

It can be a body battle. One you fight daily, which turns into fatigue & frustration. 

Tiffany's story along with many others I have heard throughout my career from not only runners, but also cyclists, yogis, new moms, working moms, stay at home moms, and those getting back into fitness, were the inspiration for me to create JBird Fitness. See a fitness program could be the most amazing thing ever created but if it's not accessible or attainable, you're not going to do it. If you need to compromise your current lifestyle you're not going to do it. If you have to say good-bye to things you love because there aren't enough hours in the day to do both, you're not going to do it. 

Flash forward to the Fall season, I reached out to Tiffany and encouraged her to try JBird. Long story short, she's been a member ever since. Now Tiffany has always been a positive & upbeat gal but I can't help but get excited to see her comments on the website about how a certain video made her feel, like... "So much FUN!" or "My midsection feels so strong!". She has experienced the light bulb moment many times. The light bulb moment being the realization of your inner strength, your capacity to gain more intuitive power, own your own body and have fun learning new ways to use that power. It's brilliant!

Did you read last weeks Newsletter about fitness intuitiition? If not, no worries CLICK HERE to catch up. But more importantly I want to connect the idea of fitness intuition to the stories above. 

I want you to be able to listen to your gut and not feel guilty. I want you to listen to your body's needs and not feel like you can't be successful in getting there. I want you to listen to your fitness intuition and OWN YOUR BODY. Own your body to the point where you walk in a room and everyone smiles at you because the confidence & joy is radiating out of you.

I know I am going against the grain here and even my past life by saying, you don't need to join a gym or workout 2 hours a day to gain this amazing insight. Fitness intuition, the ability to know what your body physically needs on any particular day is yours for the taking the moment you wake up every single day. But you do need to tap into your strengths and even your weaknesses regularly. Weakness sound like a negative word to you? It's not. No one is perfect. We all have abilities and challenges. You are human. A weakness is only depilating if it's ignored. Embrace your differences and you will find humor, humility and find you are stronger than you know.

Take action, play with the exercises I send you in these newsletters, apply the fit tips to your already existing fitness routine and move 10-15 minutes daily as an amazing starting point to take back your body.

You live in your body every day, NOW OWN IT!

This upcoming week I am doing a LIVE workout on the JBird Fitness Facebook page. I want to see you there. I will be doing a 15 minute Abs/Core & Legs workout followed by a mini  Q&A session. I would love to discuss the topics above more. Let's open this conversation up and take back control of your lives and happiness!

LIVE Workout 8:30pm EST Wednesday Night: CLICK HERE for quick access and "like" us to follow every move we make (LOL) on FB.

In the mean while, check out the fitness tips of the week on JBird Fitness.com full length BLOG page or click HERE. There are 50+ fit tips on this page, so scroll down and have at it.

See you Wednesday night.

Janine

Cardio, Strength or Yoga?

Quick...you only have 30 minutes to squeeze in a workout today, which one do you choose?

Cardio, strength or yoga?

 

It's a tough decision.

Let me guess...you're trying to lose weight, so cardio is the right answer, yes? But what about the theory of strength training and muscle development helping to burn more calories throughout your day. Ok, so you want to get shapely muscles. Strength training is the correct answer. Not always. Some will say you need to burn the layer of fat off with cardio, before you will see any definition. Well you definitely want to do yoga if your hamstrings are tight, right? Sure, it might work. Only problem is you have a hundred things on your check list for the day and most likely your mind won't be able to quiet down to get the full benefits of a yoga practice.

Ugh! It seems impossible to find the right answer.

All the ideas above are valid. But what if you started to make your fitness decisions based more on how you are feeling rather than what your external desire is? Instead of tracking your steps or heart rate, you started to track our energy and emotional gauges. 

Am I getting a little too coo coo for you? I promise you I am not going off the philosophical deep end.

I simply want us to have a conversation about a different approach to get more of what we need in a shorter period of time without having to use any other guide but yourself.

Our world is so digitized right now and I am afraid the further we dive into the technological universe, the more we are dependent on the number of friends we have on Facebook or likes on an Instagram post to boost our day. Even if you're not a social media junkie, you may wear a fitness tracking device to show you "how you are doing". Or you could solely rely on the reading of a scale or the fit of your clothes to dictate your health level or your social acceptance.

Wow, this just got heavy. But it doesn't have to be. These extras are fun to play with but I want you to also be experiencing how extraordinary you are regardless of your weight, how many steps you took today or your virtual status.

We all have value and your greatest value is knowing who you are.

So how do you tap into your greatness without being distracted by the outside world?

One word...Practice.

When you take the time to experiment with each of the exercise components listed above and listen to the reactions of your body, you begin to develop what I call fitness intuition.

Fitness intuition is a self-awareness developed from a commitment to a balanced fitness lifestyle.

Sounds fancy doesn't it?

Bringing it back to reality. How can you use fitness intuition to create less frustration, save you time and get you the results you need & want?

This is where your Challenge of the Week comes into play. 

1. Go about your week as usual.
2. Mentally take note of how you feel every morning when you wake up.
3. Observe how your body feels when you engage in "exercise" (workout, gardening, walking the dog, etc...)
4. Ask yourself honestly, did the "exercise" uplift your spirits, feel great AND accomplish your physical desire jointly?

Sounds like a lot of work when you write it down but at the end of the day this experiment will take only seconds to mentally process and will give you feedback that will help you for a lifetime.

That's it! Unless you are struggling with how to get started with this challenge. If that's the case, do a simple vinyasa flow like below to get you going. I use this sequence to begin my day when I'm feeling sluggish or end my day when my mind is racing. Test it out and see what happens.

We will chat next week about applying this method to your life. Until them, keep moving and listen to your body.

Get excited for the summer with our FREE Fitness Challenge!

“You say it’s your birthday.
Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah
It’s my birthday too yeah…”

- Sixteen Candles (Beatles Classic)

No, it’s not your birthday? Maybe this month? Even if it’s not, it doesn’t matter because May is my birthday month and we are going to have FUN with it! 

I have been working my buns off to develop & create JBirdFitness.com and as a present to US, I want to come together in the month of May to embrace the simple things in life and get excited for the summer season.

Choosing to wake up, nuture yourself and move your body has just gotten a whole lot easier.

I have set up a Spring Fling Challenge. It’s a “fling” because you are going to have a love affair with yourself. (Get your mind out of the gutter) I’m talking about taking 15 minutes a day to workout with me and the fellow peeps on JBird Fitness to wake up your body, see it’s glory and get ready for the summer.

It's FREE and all you need to do is CLICK HERE and register. 

Really, it’s that easy. 

What this Challenge includes:

  • A 30-day membership to JBirdFitness.com.
  • A 21-day Calendar with a Daily Video Workout Schedule (workouts are approximately 15 minutes in length)
  • 3 LIVE classes with Janine (via Facebook).
  • Q & A sessions to follow the LIVE classes.
  • Private JBird Facebook Community Page, to greet, meet and motivate each other.
  • Weekly check-ins with Janine.

What is the cost of this Challenge?

Like I said, it's totally FREE!

When does the challenge begin?

May 1st, 2017

How do I sign-up?

Click the "I'm Taking The Challenge" button below.

 

Bonus: Sign-up now and gain FREE full access to JBirdFitness.com, before the challenge even begins!

If you're still reading you're thinking about it. Less thinking more doing. Click the button!

My Fitness Game Changer

This past Saturday being Earth Day got me thinking about the time when I had been working on cruise ships and spent a summer in Alaska. Looking back I remember how that experience dramatically changed my outlook on the world and my fitness life. Alaska is a magical place and something about it's untouched beauty inspires people the moment they step foot on it's land. As my musician friends would go off somewhere quiet to write lyrics and others would be snapping pictures of breathtaking landscapes, I would tighten up the laces on my hiking boots and explore a different trail every week. The shift in listening & moving to music, as my dancer/fitness self only knew, to moving up a mountainside solely with the sound of the huffing & puffing of my breath changed me.

I hadn't made the connection until now but that very same summer is when I started to play with yoga. I say "play" because I thought there was no chance in hell I was going to get into this thing they call a practice. It wasn't even my idea. I had just left another ship where a friend showed me a book on yoga sequences & postures saying I needed to try it. I thought she was nuts because at the time we were partying our butts off in the Caribbean and all of the classes I had ever taught were high intensity, jump around like a crazy person until you are drenched in sweat, style. But something in the Alaskan air made me curious about yoga and moving to my breath. And so another chapter in my fitness life began.

Now don't get me wrong, I still love to dance around like a maniac....

"She's a maniac, maniac on the floor
And she's dancing like she's never danced before."

Oops, sorry, my urges to break out into song is impossible to subdue.

But there is something about turning that music down and simply listening to your own breathing and moving to that rhythm instead. Since then I have come to love yoga's ability to help me fine-tune my movement skills and I even, dare I say it, enjoy being still. Especially after having kids. They can drive me batty sometimes and having even just a short moment of quietness & a connection to my body is glorious.
 

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The amazing part is it spreads like wild fire into your daily life the more you do it. Even your other types of workouts get better, strong and more fulfilling. You attack your cardio differently. Your posture changes when your lifting weights. You have more energy, more endurance, more strength. And the big one, better mobility. Better flexibility.

I promise I haven't drank any cool-aid. I just get so pumped up talking about this because it will transform how you look at your fitness regiment and your body. I know because I have experienced it and I am deeply grateful for it.

Yoga, meaning union, is all about connecting the mind & body. It helps establish a positive self-awareness and can heightened your appreciation for everything around you.

So...when I discovered yoga in Alaska it was a magical time.

But you don't need to be in a mystical place to enjoy who you are and your surroundings. Tapping into the amazement of the human body is within you every day. And getting to know every little nook & cranny within your body will elevate your awareness too.

Here's a fun trio to get you going:

Have FUN!
Janine

P.S. The new JBird video release is Balanced Body: Yoga. Click Here for access to this 17 minute FUN yoga practice & more.

Are you in a sugar coma?

If your house is anything like mine, I am going to bet you are in a sugar coma. The urban dictionary defines this as "the mad rush that happens after a sugar high". I call it a sugar low though, because I feel down in the dumps after the initial bliss wears off. Don't get me wrong, when that Russell Stover's Chocolate-covered Marshmallow Bunny hit my lips, I was in heaven. But now that the jelly beans are settling in my belly I'm thinking, "how did this happen, when I said last month, I am not going to buy easter candy".

Listen, even if you didn't celebrate Easter this past weekend, it's likely you have had a binge like this at one point or another. It happens to all of us. What we do about it, is what makes the difference. One thing I have noticed is every year it gets a little better. Some habits can be kicked in an instant and some take years or a lifetime to change, but progress is progress.

Step one is deciding you want to make a change and coming up with ideas to set this plan into motion.

Step two is taking action and for those needing more help in this area, I am going to suggest you use technology to your advantage.

Put a note in your phone or on your computer for next March telling your future self to be good for the upcoming holiday. Then as the season approaches, you'll be reminded of how you felt this year and you will do a better job. In fact, sending notes to yourself on a monthly or weekly basis can have great benefits. They are reminders of your goals, giving you a nudge to keep moving in the right direction..

Talking about moving, have you been working out or staying active during this holiday week. I know, I know. Things get off kilter when holiday get-togethers are arranged or when the kids are off from school. I actually struggled myself at the beginning of last week (yes, me, no joke) but I quickly jumped back in the game by taking a really long bike ride with the familyin our new neighborhood, instead of going to the gym.

Blasphemy (to a fitness instructor) right? Hell, no! My husband asked me how I would rate our bike ride workout on a scale from 1-10 and my reply was... A BIG 10! I knew he was going to start saying he was referring to calories burned and muscle engagement so I quickly cut him off and said, "It may not have been the most challenging workout I've ever done but it certainly was one of the top happiest days I have EVER had!"

So, if you have been struggling with keeping up your exercise program or maybe you are in a rut...change it up. Even just one day of change can revitalize your spirits & create a shift, beyond a physical benefit.



Need motivation? Join us on JBirdFitness.com. I designed the site so every week you get a totally new workout. My goal is to keep you excited about your fitness goals, challenge you in different ways and have you looking forward to the weeks ahead. The members are loving it and I know you will too. Click & Get Motivated TODAY!

What's going on with JBird Fitness?

New Video Release this week - Balanced Body: Hips, Butt & Core

The Ultimate Dance Workout - 4 more weeks to shake your booty, my Bucks County friends. Still time to register and invite friends. Click HERE for more information.

The 21-Day Spring Fling Challenge starts May 1st. 15 minutes a day is all you will need, to learn how to embrace & love your body as the summer season approaches. For more info & to pre-register click HERE. BONUS: if you sign-up now, you get FREE Access to JBirdFitness.com until the challenge begins.

Have an AMAZING DAY!
Janine

P.S. Did anyone notice I was using toy microphones as weights in last week's newsletter pics?

Moral of the story, do whatever it takes to get the job done. Don't have weights? Use kids toys. Don't have a yoga strap? Use a towel. When there's a will, there's a way and you are resourceful. So, like I said earlier, set your intention and get things moving!

Total Body Wake Up

We are going to be shaking it up and waking it up in this blog.

Sing it with me!

The Cars - Shake It Up
Dance all night, play all day
Don't let nothin' get in the way
Dance all night, keep the beat
Don't you worry 'bout two left feet

Shake it up
Shake it up, oo yeah
Shake it up
Shake it up

Get in the mood my friend because we are getting right down to business with your Challenge of the week. Yes, you heard me, we are not wasting any time, so get up wherever you are and try this move. It will get your entire body moving, hit upper body, lower body & core and ...it's SUPER FUN!!

Total Body Move: Cross Punch Lunge

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  1. Stand tall, feet under hips and weights by your side.
  2. As you curl the arms forward, keeping the elbows next to your waist, step the right foot forward, about 2-2.5 feet in front of you.
  3. As you lower down, the legs should create two 90 degree angles and the forward knee should not go past the toes.
  4. As the body stays upright, hold the down lunge position and punch the left arm across the body.
  5. Retract the arm, still holding the down lunge.
  6. Go back to the start.
  7. Repeat; completing a set of 10-15.
  8. Repeat all on the other side. 

First time doing this exercise or just getting back into your fitness routine?

  • Modifications ideas: forget about the weights and/or do a reverse lunge instead of a forward lunge (this one in particular; if you have knee, ankle or hip injuries)

The Cross Punch Lunge is featured in the upcoming Balanced Body: Total Body workout video, on JBirdFitness.com, being released TOMORROW.

Wake up your body and start your week off bright and early as the video will be available on the member site starting at 5:30am EST.

Not a member yet? No worries. Take advantage of the FREE 3-Day Trial and get your workout in, with NO EXCUSES. Plus, it will make you FEEL GREAT!

Talking about feeling great. What kind of movement makes you feel awesome? Running, yoga, indoor cycling, kickboxing, pilates...oh geez, I could go on & on.

You know my answer is dance, dance, dance. But here's the thing... I have not been consistently dancing in my adult life. In fact, when fitness came into my world, dance fell by the waist side. I had always wanted to get back into it. And I did at times. Sprinkled here & there I had taught dance fitness classes and, when I was living in NYC, I'd jump into a Broadway Dance Center class every now & then. But there was always something pulling me away.

I asked the question above and I'm talking about my personal experience because I want to make sure you are moving and exercising from a happy place. Too many times we get distracted and then get into workout ruts because we feel like "we have to do it". The problem is, we're not enjoying ourselves.

For me, I'm lucky. Fitness and learning about body mechanics (yes, I can be a little geeky when it comes to this) happen to be another passion of mine. But now that I am dancing, I have promised myself I am going to do whatever it takes to keep dancing. Because it moves me more than just getting my body physical active. It makes me happy, pure & simple.

I want that for you. So, I ask again...

What kind of movement makes you feel awesome? 

Now that you have said it in your mind, share it. Let's motivate each other to move happily. Email me your answer and also let us know HERE on JBirdFitness.com, in the comment section. 

With enthusiasm to keep us all moving with a smile,

Janine :)

Coming up this week, beside the NEW Balanced Body release:

The Ultimate Dance Workout - Bucks County Peeps: Get your butt to class! Only 5 more weeks to go. To register and get more information click HERE.

The 21-Day Spring Fling Challenge starts May 1st. This event will be a great challenge before the Summer season to learn how to embrace & love your body. For more info & to pre-register click HERE. BONUS: if you sign-up now, you get FREE Access to JBirdFitness.com until the challenge begins.

SPRING INTO ACTION!

It is truly AMAZING what can happen when you TAKE ACTION.

When I was 19 years old I remember being out of shape and getting into fitness by walking & doing fitness videos. It was a necessity, after gaining 25 lbs and being concerned about my physical & emotional well being, that quickly turned into a love and endless stream of curiosity still fueling my passion to today.

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I would do the workout videos in my parent's basement and blast the audio, as I not only dropped the extra pounds but also started to feel alive again. Then I would rewind the tape. Yes, the VHS (LOL) and playback the video as I sat on the floor studying every move made and every word said. I knew right there I was going to be a fitness instructor. I knew, even then, I needed to pass along this incredible gift of finding the joy of moving your body.

Taking the steps to begin my career as a movement teacher has been extremely rewarding and, since the industry and people's needs are continually evolving, it keeps me on my toes and young at heart.

 What about you?

 What keeps your mind and body feeling alive and energized?

 Let us know HERE on the JBirdFitness.com Blog comments.

Continuing to move forward in my JBird journey with you, I have taken yet another step. See, when I was studying the words of Gin Miller in the Reebok Step video, I came to learn how important it was to be clear as an instructor for my students to thrive. So, to better the audio quality in future JBird videos & to boost your overall experience of working out with me, I joined up with a new production company last month.

And I am ECSTATIC!

So ecstatic I want you to experience it for yourself. And since I was all chatty about mobility last week, it only seems fit that I share my very first video with Janis Productions, Balanced Body Series: Mobility & Abs.

Now YOU CAN literally TAKE ACTION into your own hands and feel how
15 minutes can change your day.

Click the picture, below, to get FREE access to this video:

No equipment is need but be prepared to move your entire body!

In true JBird style, I ask you leave a comment below the video before and/or after you workout, so we can continue to build our community, supporting, sharing and lifting one another up!

Lastly, you will have two more opportunities to SPRING INTO ACTION in the weeks ahead.

  1. THE ULTIMATE DANCE WORKOUT, 6-week session starts THIS SATURDAY April 8th. To register and get more information click
    HERE.
  2. The 21-Day Spring Fling Challenge starts May 1st. This event will be a GREAT challenge before the Summer season to learn how to embrace & love your body. For more info and to pre-register click HERE. BONUS: if you sign-up now, you get FREE Access to JBirdFitness.com until the challenge begins.

Excited to see your comments on Balanced Body: Mobility & Abs, so go, get moving!

Love,
Janine

Muscles, Joints, & the Mind, OH MY!

I want to give you a heads up on some changes going on over here with JBird.

First, workout structure. 
Wow, that sounds so boring, doesn't it? 

But it's really not. In fact, it's what can make a workout boring or dull, opposed to exciting & enjoyable. 

Seriously!

How you layer your fitness routine makes a difference. More importantly, switching up and changing your workouts can make ALL the difference in seeing results, feeling positive effects and having FUN! 

And you know I am all about having FUN with fitness. There's no reason not to.

Back to "workout structure", or shall I say workout names. Going forward you will no longer see "warm-up" as a video title.

And here's why:

  1. Whether it is now or in the past when I was teaching class in a studio, students knew the moment we began, we were working. So, the phrase warm-up seems like an understatement.
  2. The purpose of these sequence of movements & videos are waaayyy more than just warming the muscles.
  3. I always thread core/ab work throughout every video.
  4. Addressing the movement of your joints and engaging your mind/body connection are equally targeted.

So..."Mobility" is going to be our new title name for these workouts.

Now you may just think this is semantics but it goes deeper than that. 

JBird Fitness is all about feeling great in your body by genuinely experiencing the effects of a movement practice. In turn, living life freely with curiosity & confidence. 

To do that, you must have a positive and playful mindset first. 

And the word mobility not only stands for literally moving easily/freely but it also embraces emotional flexibility and versatility.
 

Now, I mentioned earlier, the importance of layering your routines. I feel this name, Mobility, will make you realize these workout training techniques (or JBird videos) can be done at any point during your day or during your workouts.


Versatility in your mind as well as in your movement sequencing will keep you engaged, promote a healthier balance in your physical being and get you excited to come back for more.

More to come about that, next week. (hint: a new FREE workout video is coming your way, so be sure to look for your Newsletter again in your inbox on Sunday)

Talking about FREE...if you didn't notice, I've sent this email a little earlier than usual because I don't want you to miss out on the trial offer I had sent out last week.

Today is the
last day
to try JBirdFitness.com for 14 days.
Yes, that's 2 weeks of flying on a fitness high for FREE!

Click HERE to sign-up!

Oh my goodness! There I go again sounding like some cheesy ad, but I need you to understand I only get this excited about things I am passionate about. And I am over the top, beyond excited about everything JBird Fitness offers. 

So, go sign up, start moving and enjoy flying JBird style!

See YOU at the next workout :)
Janine

P.S. Coming up:

  • Tomorrow's Video Release: Grab a small towel for Fit Mix: Stretch, to de-stress your WHOLE BODY!
  • The Ultimate Dance Workout is BACK! Starting April 8th (details to follow)
  • 21-Day Challenge starts May 1st

A Gift From Me To You

WARNING: THIS BLOG CONTAINS A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF WORDS AND NO PICTURES. So, not me. But when I started to write, I couldn't stop myself, I got so fired up. I promise you it is worth reading all the way to the bottom and when you do, there is a gift waiting for you. Yes, a little (well, actually BIG) gift at the bottom of all of this. So, get reading. 

After I wrote my blog last week I started to laugh at myself. It probably seemed a little ridiculous I was so proud of myself for starting to prepare my kids lunches the night before school. It certainly isn't a mind-blowing, never-been-done-before concept, especially since my social media news feeds nowadays are flooded with week long "meal prep" ideas. And then...I started to smile real big because I realized why I was so happy with the little changes to my daily schedule and how I could better relate it to you.

See, the people posting these amazing looking meal prep posts have me hooked until they say, it only took me 3-4 hours to cook all my food for the week. 

3-4 hours?!?

I don't have 3-4 hours in any given day to do that. I would love to. But it's just not realistic. At least right now.

My life is full. Yes, FULL.

To take a large chunk of my day to do something like that isn't practical, but if I could spread it out to 15-20 minutes a day (hence, making the kids lunches the evening before) I could manage it and feel accomplished.

(the big aha moment)

Hey, wait a minute...That's what JBird Fitness is all about.

HOLY CRAP, that's why it made perfect sense to me.

No, this is not me going off on a tangent or rant. It's the WHY I created JBird in the first place. The very WHY IT EXISTS and why we are even chatting right now. 

I started JBird Fitness to help anyone knowing they need fitness integrated into their life or are missing something in their current routine and need a manageable & accessible solution.

This is going to sound like a cheesy infomercial but I don't care because you need to know exactly what JBird Fitness offers in order for you or someone you care about to take advantage of it's benefits.

So here it is:

Did you have a life changing event happen (ex: got married, broke-up with someone, had a baby, lost your job, got a new job, lost someone you loved, fell in love, etc...) that got you off track from your fitness lifestyle?

Is your life busy?

Do you have responsibilities that consumes the majority of your day?

Does it feel impossible to add one more "to-do" on to your list, but you KNOW you should be working out?

Do you feel like you are missing something in your current fitness regiment?

Does your weekly fitness program have a healthy balance of heart pumping movement, strength conditioning and flexibility/mobility training?

Do you look at other people integrating fitness into their life, feel their positive energy/happiness and want that same thing for yourself?

I ask these question because I developed JBird Fitness to help put a positive spin on all of your answers.

Whether time is tight, life is unpredictable or your're looking for balance, I've made working out attainable and totally do-able in your current lifestyle without throwing off your complete schedule.

How, you ask? 

I have broken down workouts, which I used to teach as a one-hour routine, into 12-15 minute segments, including cardio, body conditioning (traditional and barre) and yoga/stretch. And I have layered in modification & challenge options throughout the videos so you can start off slowly or make it as intense as you'd like.

This way, if 12 minutes is all you can spare one day, you can still workout and feel great in your body.

But it gets better... (WOW, infomercial cheesy to a whole new degree, LOL)

BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW...

If you have more time or still love a longer workout, each video (released every Monday) eventually goes into the video library (filled with 40+ videos) and at the end of every month, those videos create a Workout Collection, which can be pieced together or done in it's entirety to create a 30-60 minute routine that is completely cohesive. No repeat exercises or patterns, working your body from head to toe and fusing together all the fitness modalities (cardio, strength & flexibility).

And MEMBERS ARE LOVING IT!

The crazy thing is, we have:
athletes
people getting back into working out
moms with little kids
moms with big kids
students
dancers
runners
cyclists
people who work from home
people who travel for work
people who work crazy hours
men (yes, MEN) and
women (ha, had to write it)

The site is so versatile, most everyone can benefit from it.

So I need your help.

Spread the word. 

Tell everyone and anyone about JBirdFitness.com, because we ALL need to move our bodies to live a happy  long life. Our bodies are meant to move, so MOVE THEM! And...HAVE FUN DOING IT!

And now I am going to make it easy for you. As I have said in the past, sometimes I am going to throw a little surprise at you and today is one of those days.

Because I get so amped up about helping people to move and want YOU involved, I am giving you a FREE membership to JBirdfitness.com for the next 2 weeks.

All you need to do is click on the link below, hit "START MY FREE TRIAL", fill in the info and you will have complete access to JBirdFitness.com for 14 days!

And to think... this all came from me chatting it up with you about prepping my kids lunches the night before. HA!

Well, this email has been long enough, it is time to get your butt moving. This offer is only available until next Sunday (March, 26th 2017), so sign up and spread the word TODAY!

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14 DAYS TO FLY ON A HIGH WITH JBIRDFITNESS.COM

With LOVE and excitement for you to get moving with us,
Janine