KnockturnaLIST: 5 Health and Fitness Blogs for Summer Inspiration

If you’ve been skipping on workouts or dropping some of your healthy habits like we have, fear not.  It’s also never too late to get started on establishing healthy routines and that means, for a lot of people, starting to exercise on a daily basis.

1. Blogilates 

Cassey Ho’s Blogilates and Pop Pilates videos make her a household name for anybody who has taken a peek at YouTube at-home fitness videos.  Cassey’s blog tackles healthy food choices as well as providing tips for newcomers.  Her videos, which she posts weekly, specialize in targeted exercises focused on one part of the body, like abs or legs, and usually require no equipment but a mat.  Prepare to be amazed at how cheery someone can be while working out so hard, and explaining her moves.

Look for: Blogilates often features challenges which can be super encouraging because of the large online community, Cassey sometimes includes a diet plan with some of these challenges, as well as supplying a schedule of her video workouts to follow.

2. Fitness Blender

Kelli and Daniel are the married couple that started Fitness Blender from their own home because, according to their site, they believe that fitness should be accessible to everyone.  Despite their commitment to the site, and the countless hours they must spend making and editing their videos, their site remains free.  Users also have the ability to create schedules, indicating a workout video each day on the site, starring the videos they have liked most.

Look For: The customization of the videos is incredibly useful.  You can search for a video by length, equipment required (no equipment is of course an option), difficulty, and targeted areas.

3. Sweat the Style

Model and Sweat the Style founder Adrianne Ho has been lucky enough to work out all over the world, and her lifestyle blog highlights these with workout routines accompanied by stunning photos.  Her posts surround her style, natural products and clean eating, and fitness.  Unfortunately, she does not post routines very regularly, but look back through the Fitness archives and find some hidden gems that will have your abs burning.

Look For: Each of her fitness posts include links to gifs of Adrianne doing each move (like burpees, and mountain climbers), which is incredibly helpful for anybody who is just starting out.

4. Fitness on Toast

Faya Nilsson began her lifestyle blog Fitness on Toast in order to share tips with her clients.  Since then, her blog has won Cosmopolitan’s “Best Lifestyle Blogger Award”, and has been featured on Elle, Women’s Health, and Harper’s Bazaar, just to mention a few.  Faya’s posts revolve around healthy food, fitness, and products she swears by.  Her fitness posts include plenty of photos demonstrating each exercise.  You may also envy her workout clothes, but, lucky for you, Faya always includes where to get each piece.

Look For: FOT features tons of tips on how to create a fitness routine for yourself, as well as tips on eating healthy and recipes for Faya’s own daily breakfast.

5. 12 Minute Athlete

Founder of 12 Minute Athlete, Krista Stryker brings to mind the word strong.  Her 12 minute work outs are based on HIIT and designed to make you sweat and engage as many muscles as you possibly can.  Her workouts include helpful 20 second videos that illustrate each individual exercise.  Best yet, Krista has two apps: a free timer for interval training and an app (at $2.99 for the app, with an optional “Super Athlete” membership at $4.99 a month) that includes over 185 videos and the option to personalize workouts by equipment and focus.

Look For: The blog includes instructions on how to master some of the more difficult exercises, like a pull up or a plank jack, in short incremental exercises.