Stephanie Rush just accomplished the most physically challenging thing of her life - an Olympic distance triathlon. That is a 1 mile swim, 25 mile bike ride, then a 6 mile run! This is huge for a self professed non-athlete. Having trained Stephanie over the past year, I am so proud of her - she finished in 5:08.

In addition to her weekly strength workouts at The Exercise Space, Stephanie joined Team in Training to help raise raise funds for leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research and patient services… and to keep her motivated to do her Saturday 7am swims!

Congrats Steph!!!

Not only will you put far less pesticides into your body, but organic food tastes better!

I know prices of everything are going up and up everyday, even food. As an organic junkie myself, I did some research for us and came up with some good information on which items are most important to spend a little extra on and buy organic.
Conventional, or “non-organic” farmers, spray all kinds of toxic poisons onto the food we put into your bodies. When we work so hard at exercising, getting enough sleep, hydration, and eating our 8-10 servings of produce a day (yes I said 8-10 a day!) shouldn’t our fuel be good for us, not hurting us? Conventional farmers utilize human sludge as fertilizer, irradiate their crops, and plant genetically-modified seeds that the human body has never encountered.

Organic farmers rely on natural pest control, nurtured and maintained rich soils, complimentary plant groupings, lunar cycles, etc. They do not use toxic pesticides and do not use seedlings or seeds that have been DNA-altered. Organic farmers use the riches that Nature gives us. It is good for the crops, for the water we drink and the water stills in the ground, for the ocean, for the rain, and for the air we breathe.

Here I comprised a list of the produce that we should consume organic: Read More »