There are a few times of the year that I seem to naturally increase my reading intake. For some reason, these times last a few months and start in May and October. Since this last May has been super crazy intense, reading actual books has been happening less, but reading blogs have been increasing more. Of course, I will always read and love Emily Henderson's blog and Joanna Goddard's. They are two of my absolute favorite lifestyle blogs, but I do have a few in the fitness realm that cannot go unread as well...
Pumps and Iron
Of course. There have been at least 50 blog posts on P+K that have links to or talk about in the past two years. For real, Nicole over at Pumps and Iron is one of my favorite bloggers. Maybe it is because she openly admits to drinking carb laden beer, or, maybe it is her incredible recipes. What I think it just might be, even more than all those things, is that she does completely different workouts that my usual. I love mixing it up and I absolutely love trying Nicole's high cardio interval workouts.
According to Elle
NutritionElla has recently become According to Elle, also known as ATE. Really, how could I not love a blog that has the acronym "ATE" in it's title? I do not know.
Elle is one of those girls you could see yourself sipping mimosas and chatting about shoes and yoga over brunch at a super chic outdoor cafe. She is also the type that you will feel totally natural doing this with. If that is not a sales pitch enough, Elle is a knowledgable dietitian who keeps health simple and makes some ridiculously yummy noms. She also does really great giveaways and has fantastic style.
Peanut Butter Fingers
I started reading PB Fingers almost a year before starting this here little blog. You could even say that Julie was one of the big inspirations for me to jump into the health and fitness world. Julie does multiple blogs a day and they are all related to her life, workouts, eats, and puppy Sadie. Her cataloging all these things is a wonderful inspiration to me when working out sounds like the worst. thing. ever. Yes, I have those days.
Thankfully, Julie can help encourage me out of any possible workout rut and keep me happy with super adorable pictures of her pooch.
Side note: Do you like the pic? It was taken on our trip to California last summer while driving through Malibu. It was so pretty I made the hubs stop the car, pull over, and take selfies of us next to a canyon. True tourist here. That is also not a pose, I was just FREEZING. Canyons are windy and cold!