Get your dance fitness gear on and Jazzercise!

There's no limit to your fitness options! Exercise can be fun!

Dance and Jazzercise your way into those skinny jeans! It's true, exercise can actually be enjoyable. I find one of the best ways to keep fit and make time for fitness is to have a fun activity. If it's the same old boring routine or hamster wheel running on the treadmill, I personally would have absolutely no motivation whatsoever to exercise!

So let's throw it back this Thursday and check out the fitness trend from 1969: Jazzercise. Created by Judi Sheppard Misset in the 60's , Jazzercise combines jazz and dance aerobics, yoga, Pilates, resistance training, and kickboxng movements to create a total body workout that's fun and yields results. Just as in any good workout, jazzercise can help increase your cardiovascular endurance, strength and flexibility giving you those "feel good" vibes one can get after a successful workout!

If you ask me, dancing sounds like a lot more fun than a machine in the gym with sports TV on the overhead! Check out this entertaining demonstration by Steven and Chris with fitness expert Assata McKenzie: Jazzercise the Calories Away and learn more from the Jazzercise website!

Image source: Jazzercise Facebook

Get inspired to run and pound the pavement!

PGX Posts from the Past! Let's get inspired to run again...

Happy Friday everyone! I found this photo of this incredibly colourful running shoe and suddenly felt inspired to reread our running posts from the past!

We've shared a lot of great content in the history of this PGX blog and I thought, let's take a look back in time and put whatever exercise inspiration you may have gotten from these colourful cross trainers to good use! Check out these posts for some great tips and insights and then go for a run! Forrest Gump's got nothing on you...

PGX's No. 1 Running Rule! Trust me, you're going to love this one.

Get outdoors and enjoy the spring sunshine and Get Into Running Form (Infogaphic)!

Always remember to... Fuel Your Body: the Best Foods for Runners

One of the most important accessories is this colourful shoe! Not sure what type to use? Our post, Choosing the Right Runners (Inforgraphic), has got you covered!

On the flipside, maybe you are Interested in Barefoot Running? Take Baby Steps...

Happy running this gorgeous sunny weekend!

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Spring is here! Hop on your bike and take advantage of it!

Get your daily exercise on your way to work and put the pedal to the metal!

The sun is shining. The weather is sweet. Make you wanna move your dancingfeet. Well, Bob Marley had it mostly right. The sun is shining and it is sweet, but right now it makes me want to move my bike pedals!

One of my best friends used to bike to work all the time, rain or shine. Now that's impressive! But it is equally impressive to make the effort on the sunny days! If there is ever a perfect time to consider commuting by bicycle, spring and summer is the time to do it! It's National Bike Month in the USA and June is Canada's National Bike to Work month. To all our Canadian friends, let's get a pedal up on the trend and to all our American friends, May has just arrived and it's time to put the pedal to the metal!

Biking is fun and easy way to exercise and get all your muscles working and your heart pumping. It can also be a way to save money on parking, help the environment, and skip the the traffic and hectic roads! If you've never biked to work and find the very thought of it daunting, then ease it into your routine. Start going for bike rides and get your muscles used to the movement. Try doing other exercises like lunges, squats and the plank to make your leg and core muscle groups strong.

Increasing your fitness activities can never hurt! Learn about more useful exercises to help you get ready for this beautiful biking weather from Alive Magazine's Dust Off Your Wheels.

Image source: Edmonton Sun

Make exercise fun and become a big kid again!

Remember your monkey bar days? Exercise can be that fun, it's true...

Remember the days when you used cute, colourful plastic plates for your veggies and always had recess to run wild in the playground? I'd lying if I said I didn't miss them sometimes, especially in the middle of a workout! Back then, working out wasn't called "working out." It was just play time in the great outdoors! Now, exercise is all too often a series of boring, mind-numbing repetitions and staring blankly ahead at the next machine in your gym routine!

Well, maybe we can't completely lose the repetitions but the exercises can be more fun than the average push up! Jay Cardiello of Shape Magazine shares hi top five exercise moves that will have you feeling like a scampering young'un in 5 Exercises to Make You Feel Like a Kid Again!

Remember, fitness can be fun and if the whim hits you, grab a friend, go to the park and frolic like nobody's watching!

Image source: Think Choose Live

Happy Earth Day, PGX'ers!

Join us in staying active and celebrating Earth Day.

PGX is always encouraging you to get outdoors and stay active. We also love the Earth (as we're sure you do too!). So, we thought, why not combine our love of the planet with a little bit of exercise and fun!

We've found some great activities listed by Earth Day Canada that we think you'll enjoy. Although, several of them already took place over the weekend, there are still many for you to partake in today in a neighbourhood near you. Plus, now you'll know where to look for next year!

Find an Earth Day activity near you here.

Did you know?

• Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970 in the United States as an environmental awareness event.
• Earth Day is the largest and most celebrated international environmental event.
  
• Over 170 countries participate in Earth Day activities, ranging from events to projects addressing local environmental issues.
• 1990 was the first International Earth Day.
• Over 6 million Canadians partake in Earth Day activities, joining more than 1 billion people worldwide.

Resource: Earth Day Canada

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