Fitness Is My Witness

When Faith & Fitness Meet

Although the Bible clearly teaches our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19), our bodies were made by God (Psalm 139:13-14), and our bodies were made for God (Romans 12:1), not all recognize taking care of our bodies as a spiritual discipline.Honestly, when I look at what the world has turned fitness [...]

Are You Free?

Two hours at the gym per day used to be my minimum. The mission? To destroy calories.I counted every calorie (even in sticks of gum) as to not go over 800 calories in a day.Each step of my workout was punishment for eating.I never took a rest day. I complained about being “required” to teach [...]

Curb-Up Circuit Workout

Are you ready for the perfect summer time workout? Grab a bottle of water, a towel, and find a curb… yes I said a curb! (Preferably on a not so busy street!) Of course, a step can be used too. As always, consult your doctor before trying any new exercises. Curb-Up Circuit50 Step Ups (both [...]

The Scales Aren't Telling You The Whole Story

It’s time to let go of guilt, grab hold of grace, recapture the life God made you for, and then…..live it!Too many times we are so focused on what we are not allowed to do and what we should not eat that we end up feeling deprived, and defeated in both our physical and spiritual [...]

Rise Up Challenge Circuit

This weeks featured circuit is brought to you by Erin Bremer from Bremer Total Training (be sure to check out her blog here!). Erin speaks truth when she say, "Too often we let ourselves live in a comfortable “workout box”- we do the things we know how to do, the things we know we are good at [...]

My Body is a Temple: Total Body Compound Strength Training Circuit

Summer is here and we’ve got an awesome circuit for you this week, thanks to former Miss Virginia, Rosemary Ferrera from Soul Strong Fitness. Give this strength training circuit a try and be sure to share with us by tagging @rosemaryferrera and @crosstrainingcouture on Instagram!Rosemary says, “I love to use combination exercises with my personal training clients because they [...]

Boots BeYOUtiful Circuit

This week's featured circuit is brought to you by Shari BOOTS Johnston. We hope you find this as encouraging as we did!“I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” ~ Psalm 139:14 (NIV)We are going to get a little personal here… I’m Boots and I [...]

Rise Up and Take Courage Circuit

Faith in action! That's what this weeks featured circuit creator, Audri, from Audri Marie Fitness, is all about. She states, "as a personal trainer and instructor, I have done my best to use my faith in a way that will benefit my students and clients. I use scripture to motivate my followers and do my best [...]

BeYOUtiful Playground Circuit

"As a mom of two little girls, it is important for me to teach them that they are daughters of God. I want them to know they are beautiful just the way they are. I want to set an example to them of honoring the body God has given me by keeping my body and mind healthy and strong" [...]

Because My Body is a Temple Circuit

"Our bodies are a wonderful gift from God," says this weeks featured circuit creator, Heather Blackmon of FITaspire, "keeping it healthy and strong is a great way to honor what we've been blessed with. I created this full body, strength workout to help you honor that gift"!You will need:DumbbellsBarbellBench My Body is a Temple Circuit:Warm up [...]

Iron Sharpens Iron Partner Circuit

Hopefully the weather is warming up in your area wherever you are! If you're looking for something to shake up your workout routine, try this outdoor partner circuit thanks to Kelly Wendorff of Solid Strength! Kelly developed this full body, partner circuit using you and your partner's body weight based on the theme from Proverbs 27:17, " As [...]

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