Caroline Botting
Tip - change up your exercise to be successful
Do you think you suck at doing an exercise? Do you avoid doing an exercise because you can’t do it “right”? First off you're not really...
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Caroline Botting
- Sep 11
- 2 min
Tip - Chill out about your workout
I don’t know about you but my motivation for scheduled and/or planned movement has dipped way down as of late. I’ve also had a few...
Caroline Botting
- Sep 9
- 2 min
Tip - Make your warm up work for you
Warming up for your workout can either be your favourite thing or your biggest nemesis. Whether it’s because you don’t know what to do,...
Caroline Botting
- Sep 7
- 2 min
Tip - Stop clenching your pelvic floor muscles.
Most of us unknowingly clench our pelvic floor muscles. This could create a situation where you encounter back pain, pelvic pain, low ab...
Caroline Botting
- Sep 5
- 1 min
Tip - The 5 minute timer
This tip is inspired by many, many conversations with my clients. Do you have those days when you don't have the desire to workout?...
Caroline Botting
- Sep 3
- 1 min
Tip - How to fix back pain when you hip bridge
I love a good butt exercise and hip bridges are a great exercise to build your glute muscles. Glute muscles help your hips and pelvic...
Caroline Botting
- Sep 2
- 1 min
Stop! You shouldn't do that!
Picture being told you shouldn’t do something. No to lifting your kids. No to dancing. No to running. No to carrying your own groceries....
Caroline Botting
- Aug 31
- 1 min
Unsure why you would modify an exercise? Here are some reasons to stop and modify it.
I talk a lot about modifying exercises and you might be over there wondering why this chick keeps going on and on about this so much....
Caroline Botting
- Aug 29
- 2 min
In a world of "go hard or go home", go medium.
September is right around the corner (sorry to be a summer bummer), and just like January, people like to think of this month as a time...
Caroline Botting
- Aug 29
- 2 min
Modification is not a dirty word.
If you’ve been with me for a while you know that I ALWAYS give modifications to exercises. In a class, or in a program, there will always...
Caroline Botting
- Nov 8, 2021
- 1 min
Was it pee or sweat?
After I had my first kid, I felt all ready to move my body like I used to. I got a chance to play volleyball with some friends and was...
Caroline Botting
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
It's not all in your head.
Have you ever been told something is all in your head? For a long while I was told that there was nothing physically wrong with me. I...
Caroline Botting
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
Asking for help doesn't make you a failure.
Today while doing the first day of two weeks of online learning my 7 year old broke down when he didn’t understand the instructions from...
Caroline Botting
- Nov 8, 2021
- 1 min
"No Excuses" is Bullshit
Feeling spicy today... I get it. You want to get people off the couch and on to healthier lifestyles. Claps for you. 👏 But saying that...
Caroline Botting
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
Stretching is a placebo for your injury. Strengthening is the cure you need.
Do you stretch and stretch and stretch and are still achy and sore? Do you wonder why you can’t seem to fix your nagging aches and pains?...
Caroline Botting
- Oct 4, 2021
- 2 min
Setting SMART fitness goals
How are you feeling today? If the last few blogs sent you for a loop, I completely understand. The minute I decided that I was worthy of...
Caroline Botting
- Oct 4, 2021
- 3 min
The number on the scale is keeping you from being amazing - mindset part 2
Mindset changes part deux coming at you. Last time I told you a real-life story about someone close to me wanting to lose her belly. At...
Caroline Botting
- Oct 4, 2021
- 3 min
The mindset shift that will change exercise forever - part 1
September is almost gone (?!). With the possibility that you’ve come into a groove with your schedule and have decided to start figuring...
Caroline Botting
- Oct 4, 2021
- 2 min
Fitness for life is a marathon, not a sprint
It’s shocking to think that the summer months are flying by and here we are already in August. With everything that has happened in the...
Caroline Botting
- Oct 4, 2021
- 3 min
Losing control to gain your life back
When was the last time you felt completely in control of your life? First thought - control looks different for everyone. Everyone has...