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15 Home Gym Ideas | If you're looking for DIY tips and hacks to help you transform a small space in your bedroom, basement, or garage into a home gym, we're sharing 15 budget friendly ideas to inspire you! These cheap home gym essentials and simple home gym organization ideas will help you tighten and tone your body while also getting in a cardio workout without leaving your house! From tips for transforming small spaces into a gym, to gym equipment swaps, these hacks are a dream come true!

Home Gym Ideas: 15 Tips for Creating a Home Gym on a Budget

6 Diastasis Recti Exercises for Women | If you're looking for workouts you can do to get rid of your mummy tummy, you're in luck! We're sharing everything you need to know for healing and recovery, including 8 exercises to avoid, and 6 core strengthening workouts you can do at home post-baby for the best results. Commit to the challenge and don't forget to take before and after photos to track your progress!

No More Mummy Tummy: 6 Diastasis Recti Exercises for Women

5 Powerful Plyometric Exercises for Beginners | Do you want to take your cardio to the next level? These fat burning plyometric workouts will help you boost your power, speed, and endurance while also burning calories. These exercises will also help you build muscle, which will boost your metabolism and help you lose weight. Great for runners who are looking for speed and strength training, these HIIT workouts require minimal equipment (a jump rope and box step at most!).

Strength and Speed: 5 Powerful Plyometric Exercises for Beginners

10 Full Body No Gym Workouts | Perfect for beginners as well as fitness gurus who are looking for at home workouts they can do when they can't make it to the gym, we've curated a full workout plan complete with videos you can stream anywhere to help you tighten and tone your arms, legs, core, abs, obliques, and glutes. If losing weight is your goal, strength training is key, and these workouts will help you target specific parts of your body while also getting in some cardio.

Get Fit at Home! 10 Full Body No Gym Workouts for Weight Loss

5 Fat Burning Jump Rope Workouts | Perfect for beginners and those who want new ways to get a little HIIT into their day when they're strapped for time, these jump rope videos for weight loss are the perfect cardio challenge! Find out the many benefits of using a jump rope routine for fat loss, what you can expect from a transformation perspective, and why it's a great workout for women. Make sure to take before and after photos to measure your progress!

Feel the Burn! 5 Fat Burning Jump Rope Workouts for All Levels

8 Full Body Pilates Workouts for Beginners | Whether you're in your 20s or over 50, pilates is a great way to strengthen your core and improve your posture, flexibility, balance, and coordination. If you want to lose weight and tighten and tone your body at home, we're sharing 8 fat burning videos you can stream from anywhere. With both mat classes and reformer workouts to choose from, we've included exercises specifically for your abs, as well as a video to help with back pain.

Tighten and Tone: 8 Full Body Pilates Workouts for Beginners

6 Workouts You Can Do Sitting Down | If you're looking for a sitting workout you can do at home or at work, we're sharing 6 chair exercises for abs and glutes, for legs, for thighs, for arms, and for a flat belly. Perfect for women and men who work at a computer all day, for injured athletes, for seniors, and for those with limited mobility, we're teaching you how to get in a good cardio and strength training workout while seated! #chairworkouts #chairexercises #seatedworkout

Chair Exercises: 6 Workouts You Can Do Sitting Down

27 Motivational Weight Loss Quotes to Inspire You | If you're trying to lose weight and need positive and encouraging words to remind you to keep going when you feel like giving up, this collection of truths is for you! Weight loss motivation can be difficult, especially when you hit a plateau or fall off track. Remember that every meal is an opportunity to start again, and bookmark these motivational quotes for weight loss! #weightloss #weightlossquotes #weightlossmotivation #motivationalquotes

27 Motivational Weight Loss Quotes to Inspire You

9 Ways to Boost Your Metabolism Naturally | If losing weight is on your mind, you probably want to know how to boost your metabolism fast so you can burn energy more efficiently. While genetics can play a role in whether we have a fast metabolism or a slow metabolism, there are certain things you can do to improve your resting metabolic rate. The foods you eat and drink, your workout preference, and other small lifestyle changes can help! #metabolism #boostmetabolism #weightloss

Weight Loss 101: 9 Ways to Boost Your Metabolism Naturally

How to Gain Muscle | Designed for women, we're sharing the Dos and Don'ts about bodybuilding and weightlifting to tighten and tone your arms, abs, legs, glutes, and core. From the best high protein muscle building foods, to our favorite full body workouts you can do at home, these tips are great for women who want to lose weight and lose fat. Boost your metabolism with these muscle building workouts and diet tips! #workoutsforwomen #howtobuildmuscle #gainmuscle

How to Gain Muscle: 10 Workouts and Muscle-Building Foods for Women

Yoga for Runners | Running is such a great cardio workout, but even if you’re not running full marathons, stretching is an important and often overlooked practice for runners. Yoga helps runners prevent injury, shorten recovery times, and improve strength, flexibility, breathing, and endurance. Perfect for beginners and advanced runners, these yoga sequences for runners are great to use post-run and on recovery days. #yogaforrunners #yogaposesforrunners

Yoga for Runners: 13 Benefits, Poses and Workouts to Try

8 Tricep Workouts for Women | Whether you prefer to workout with weights at the gym, or with no equipment at home, we’re sharing the best exercises you can do to tighten and tone your arms. Perfect for beginners, these arm workouts will help you get rid of batwings and flabby arms, for a more defined set of triceps that will make your friends jealous! Do these workouts with dumbbells (or without) for sexy arms you'll love. #tricepworkouts #getridofarmfat #flabbyarms

Tighten and Tone: 8 Transforming Tricep Workouts for Women

5 Workouts for a Bigger Butt | If you want to know how to get a bigger butt and sculpted thighs, we’re sharing 5 at home workouts for women that will transform the shape of your booty as well as lift, tighten, and tone your glutes. If you want to sport sexy curves, add these Brazilian buttlift inspired workouts to your exercise regime stat! You can do these workouts at the gym or at home so there are no excuses! #biggerbutt #buttworkouts #brazilianbutt #gluteexercises #gluteworkouts

Bum and Thigh Exercises: 5 Workouts for a Bigger Butt

How to Get Rid of Love Handles | While we can’t promise these workouts will get rid of your muffin top in a week, we know from experience they work fast! We’re sharing 4 easy tips to help you prevent love handles (note: it’s not just about diet and exercise!), as well as 5 muffin top exercises you can do at home or at the gym for results that last. These workouts are quick and effective – give them a try, they work! #lovehandles #lovehandleworkout #abexercises

How to Get Rid of Love Handles: 5 Muffin Top Exercises That Work

5 Armpit Fat Workouts | If you want to know how to get rid of armpit fat fast, we’re sharing 5 workouts designed to tighten and tone the muscles close to your armpits. With both no equipment workouts and workouts with weights to choose from, these exercises will tone your back muscles so you can rock a tank top and bikini with style and confidence. #armpitfat #armpitfatexercises #getridofarmpitfat

5 Armpit Fat Workouts You’ll Wish You Tried Sooner

Plantar Fasciitis Relief | Looking for home remedies and exercises to relieve plantar fasciitis pain? We’re sharing the best products, essential oils, and shoes for those with heel and foot pain, the best exercises and stretches to prevent foot and heel pain, and tips to tape and wrap your foot for instant relief. Whether you injured yourself running or your pain stems from flat feet, high arches, or being overweight, rest assured relief is on the way! #plantarfasciitis #plantarfasciitisrelief

Plantar Fasciitis Relief: 7 Home Remedies to Treat and Prevent Pain

How to Get a Flat Stomach Fast | Tightening and toning your abs isn’t as hard as it sounds, and if you commit, you can expect to see results in a week! Also? Spending hours at the gym isn’t necessary. You can get a flat stomach without working out! If you want to lose belly fat and get a flatter stomach, we’re sharing 10 easy tips and exercises you can do at home for results that last. Click to find out what food you should be eating and more! #flatstomach #flatbelly #losebellyfat

How to Get a Flat Stomach: 10 Tips and Exercises That Work

Beginner Full Body No Equipment Workout Plan | If you long to look like a Victoria Secret model, but can’t afford or access a gym on the regular, this collection of no equipment workouts is for you! We’ve included 3 workouts each to tighten and tone your abs, arms, legs, butt, thighs, back, and core, as well as full body HIIT cardio workouts you can do at home. Losing weight (and love handles) has never been easier! #noequipmentworkouts #fullbodyworkout

Beginner Full Body No Equipment Workout Plan to Tighten and Tone

4 Stationary Bike Workouts for Weight Loss | If you’re looking for an indoor bike workout for beginners to get your heart rate up and help you lose weight, we’re sharing 4 of our favorites you can stream for free at home or at the gym. Whether you have an upright or recumbent bike, you can enjoy the fat burning benefits of these HIIT workouts without splurging on a Pelaton. Find out the many benefits of indoor cycling and commit to a healthier lifestyle TODAY. #spinworkout #bikeworkout

Indoor cycling 101: 4 stationary bike workouts for weight loss

12 Ways to Boost Your Running Endurance | Whether you run for weight loss, or you’re training for a marathon, one thing is for certain: building your endurance is key to crushing your goals. Perfect for beginning runners and old-time pros, this collection of running tips, breathing techniques, pre-running foods, HIIT workouts, and strength training exercises will help boost your running stamina, helping you run faster and longer! #runningtips #runfaster #runningendurance #runningstamina

How to Boost Your Running Endurance and Speed: 12 Tips for Runners

How to Breathe While Running | Whether you’re training for a full or half marathon, a 5K or 10K, or you’re just running for weight loss, these tips and breathing exercises for runners will take your workout and exercise routine to the next level! Learn how to regulate your breathing so you can run faster and longer and with greater endurance. #runningtips #runningforbeginners #runningtipsforbeginners

10 Running Tips for Beginners: How to Breathe While Running

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‘STOP TRYING TO CALM THE STORM. CALM YOURSELF, T ‘STOP TRYING TO CALM THE STORM. CALM YOURSELF, THE STORM WILL PASS.’ —Unknown . My daughter went back to school virtually today, and while the Type A in me is excited we’re back in some kind of routine, I had forgotten just how chaotic and impractical distance learning is. A province-wide internet outage took down her teacher within 2 hours, shattering any hopes I had of grabbing a little time to myself to get caught up on all of the work stuff I’ve been putting off for the last 3 weeks. I’ve dried tears, prepared snacks, provided new Zoom logins, helped with grade 4 math, and I even made paper plates out of construction paper for a last minute craft. . Wash, rinse, repeat. . All is good in our world again, and soon we’ll dive back into those math problems and whatever else is on tap for homework before I retreat to my office to print off tomorrow’s agenda and worksheets. We’ll all play Roblox before dinner to help us unwind after a crazy day, and I’ll stay up later than I want to tonight trying to get caught up because I know tomorrow will bring more unforeseen challenges, and I hate starting my day feeling behind schedule. . Parenting in a pandemic is extra messy, and if this sh*t storm has taught me anything, it’s that we need to give ourselves a hell of a lot of grace right now. There will be days where we’re super productive and get through everything on our never-ending ‘to do’ lists, but there will be many more days where we feel like we’ve accomplished absolute nothing. . It’s on these difficult days that we need to remind ourselves that our most important job right now is making sure our kids are healthy and happy, and that they feel safe and loved. When they look back on this time, they won’t remember if the house was clean and the laundry was folded, how often we ordered takeout, or if we gained weight. All they will remember is how we showed up for them - even on the days we were struggling to show up for ourselves. . If the return to reality has you feeling overwhelmed today, stop trying to calm the storm. Take a deep breath, get present in this moment, remind yourself what’s important, and focus on that instead. . We’ve got this. 💙
BACK TO REALITY… . Are you ready to get back at BACK TO REALITY… . Are you ready to get back at it? . While we’ve certainly been busy organizing, packing, and getting our new home ready and didn’t really relax as much as we’d hoped to over the holidays, I’ve enjoyed operating at a slower pace the last couple of weeks. We’ve stayed up late, slept in a little bit each morning, had too much to eat and drink, and enjoyed a break from routines and schedules. . Toronto is currently under lockdown, so my daughter is going back to school virtually tomorrow while my husband and I continue to work from home. It’s not ideal, but we’ll make it work and I’m excited to get back into a routine. The time away from my computer helped me reset and recharge, and I feel like I’m starting 2021 with more realistic expectations of myself. And that feels good. . 2020 was definitely not my favorite year, but when I look back at the last 12 months, a lot of really great things came from it. It gave me more time with my husband and daughter and brought us much closer than our busy, pre-2020 lives would’ve ever allowed. It helped me reconnect with friends I had lost contact with due to the craziness that is being a working mom. And it helped me form amazing new friendships that I will cherish forever. . I know 2021 is likely going to be just as challenging - if not more so - as 2020 was, but for the first time since becoming a mom, I finally feel like I have a tribe of people around me. I feel less lonely than I’ve ever felt in my life, which is hilarious since we have been holed up in our house for ~10 months, but it feels pretty amazing. . I’m not sure where I was going with this post, but suffice it to say I’m ready to caffeine and conquer! ☕️
‘ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE. KNOW THAT ‘ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE. KNOW THAT IT IS YOU WHO WILL GET YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO GO, NO ONE ELSE.’ —Les Brown . I think we can all agree that 2020 was the absolute shits, and I know we’re all looking forward to a chance to start fresh in hopes that the universe will be a little kinder to us in 2021. . Of course, our lives aren’t going to magically go back to the way they were at 12:01 am. It’s not easy to be positive right now, but instead of getting stuck in the suck, remember that the only thing you have control over is your attitude. You can continue to feel sorry for yourself and mourn all the ways your life has changed, or you can straighten your crown and focus on all of the good things happening in your life. . If you dig deep enough, you’ll see that there is so much to be grateful right now. . And if you can’t think of anything that you feel proud of or that brings you joy, then it’s up to you to create it. Accept responsibility for your life. Stop making excuses and be the change you want to see. . Instead of thinking of 2021 as another year of lockdowns and restrictions while we wait for vaccinations to take place and herd immunity to take hold, look at it as an open book. . 12 new chapters. 365 new chances. 🥂
‘BE PRESENT WHERE YOUR FEET ARE.’ —Unknown . ‘BE PRESENT WHERE YOUR FEET ARE.’ —Unknown . What do you do when you have downtime? . I haven’t had time off since last Christmas. We hit the ground running in January as we were planning a 2-week family vacay in March and wanted to do ALL THE THINGS beforehand so we could unplug and enjoy the trip. Our vacation obviously got cancelled, and we’ve been on autopilot ever since. I feel like the pandemic has either made people really busy, or extremely bored. There’s no in-between! . My team and I have been busy working ahead over the past couple of months as I really wanted to unplug and unwind for a few weeks over the holidays and now that the craziness of Christmas is over, I don’t know what to do with myself! . I’m caught up on This Is Us, we finally watched The Undoing, I’m almost done Open Book, I’ve done a lot of drawing on my iPad, I’ve had a lot of wine, I’ve eaten a ton of chocolate, we’ve played games, I’ve done my nails…and I’m bored, lol. But unless I find something else to do, I have to face packing up this house (we’re moving, ya’ll!) and I can’t face that just yet. . 👇🏻how do you unwind?
‘WHAT IS CHRISTMAS? IT IS TENDERNESS FOR THE PAS ‘WHAT IS CHRISTMAS? IT IS TENDERNESS FOR THE PAST, COURAGE FOR THE PRESENT, HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.’ —Agnes M. Pahro . The holidays are going to be extra hard for many this year. Whether you’re living under a lockdown with travel restrictions, voluntarily cancelling plans to keep yourself and the ones you loved safe, or dealing with heart-breaking loss, please know that you are not alone. . While we are all navigating the same storm right now, remember that we’re not all in the same boat. If you are lucky enough to be surrounded by excitement and chaos, enjoy the insanity of it all. Embrace the mess and be grateful for all your blessings, and don’t forget to check in with those who are less fortunate than you are. . And if there’s an empty chair at your table due to distance, sickness, or loss, remember that it’s okay to not be okay right now. The holidays can be hard at the best of times, and this year is unlike any we’ve ever experienced. Feel the feels, reach out to others, and be kind to yourself. . Merry Christmas my beautiful friends! 🥂
‘WORRYING IS LIKE PRAYING FOR THE OUTCOME YOU DO ‘WORRYING IS LIKE PRAYING FOR THE OUTCOME YOU DON’T WANT.’ —Denis Morton . This is your Monday morning reminder that no amount of anxiety can change the future, and no amount of regret can change the past. Worrying about something you have no control over does nothing but interfere with your ability to be fully present in this moment. So, inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit (also a Denis Morton quote), and have faith in your ability to handle whatever life throws at you. ☺️
Is this thing on? . It’s been a MINUTE since I p Is this thing on? . It’s been a MINUTE since I posted here, and I’m not even sure I’m the same person anymore, lol, so I figured I’d re-introduce myself. . My name is Gwen and I’m the founder and managing editor of Meraki Lane - a website dedicated to sharing all of the latest tips and trends to help you be the best version of yourself in the least amount of time. . I’m 43, married to the man of my dreams, and the proud mama of a feisty 9-year-old who has an infectious personality and love for life. I grew up in Singapore, live in Toronto, and have an unhealthy obsession for clothes, shoes, peanut butter, makeup, and my Peloton bike. . I’m also anxious AF. I’ve struggled with high functioning anxiety since I was 9, but you probably wouldn’t even know if you met in IRL. I grew up at a time when mental health challenges were something to be deeply ashamed of and it took a global pandemic for me to finally realize that it’s okay not to be okay. . I’ve been thinking a lot about this little account of mine and how I want it to evolve. I’m never going to be a beauty influencer, I suck at taking photos of my food, and no one on the internet wants to see videos of me working out. While I love seeing other people do these things, they fall way outside of my skill set and comfort zone. . What I can offer is a candid look at my life with anxiety - the things that help me cope, the quotes that make me think, the mantras that keep me grounded, the products I love, and the memes that make me laugh and remind me not to take life too seriously. . My experience with anxiety probably won’t look like yours, but even though I may not be able to relate to your struggles, my hope is that I make you feel a little less alone. 💙
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