Christine Parker

How do you want to feel?

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How are you feeling right now?!?! Often we take how we feel for granted. There are some key things that can contribute to helping our bodies and minds feel their best.

  1. Clean Eating to reduce inflammation in our bodies and fogginess in our minds
  2. Exercise to help raise our feel good endorphins and give us energy
  3. Reducing Stress-take time to slow down and recharge even if it is just 5 or 10 minutes a day
  4. Hydrate- make sure that water is the first thing that you drink in the AM at least 30 minutes before anything else
  5. Surround yourself with positive people
  6. DO something that you makes you happy!
  7. Take time for gratitude

Are there one or two things on this list  that you could do better this week to try to help you feel like you want to feel?!?! What can you focus on this week that will help you to feel your BEST!?!?!?

Have a great week!

Help US Help YOU!

You will notice Clorox wipes on the two window ledges near the mats and in the back… Help us keep our facility clean and in tip top shape for you by wiping your mat off after class is over! We greatly appreciate the extra help 🙂

Upcoming Events

BRING ON THE MOUNTAIN

BRING ON THE MUD, BRING ON THE FUN!!!!
Come join the FitHouse Team
Saturday May 13th
9AM HEAT
Seven Springs

FitHouse Team Down and Dirty

Optional Training will begin A Weeknight TBD at FitHouse and Sundays 10:15-11:15AM.  

(Session will increase to an hour and 15 minutes in weeks 5-6-7 and location may vary)

TRAINING FOR MEMBERS- $60
Includes Weekly Down and Dirty Sessions
A Running Plan
Additional Support as needed

TRAINING FOR NON MEMBERS  $135
Includes Weekly Down and Dirty Sessions
This includes two additional FitHouse Classes weekly during the training program
A Running Plan
Additional Support as needed

COMING TO FITHO– USE IN MARCH!!!!!

STAY TUNED FOR OUR MARCH MADNESS MY ZONE PROMO!!!!!

My Zone logo

GET IN THE ZONE WITH MY ZONE!!!!!!

STAND STRONG FIT-A-THON

APRIL 29th! WE NEED YOU! Let’s celebrate with health and fitness and raise money for some amazing charities! More details coming soon!

MINUTE OF THE MONTH CHALLENGE

***HAND RELEASE PUSH UPS IN MARCH!

That’s right! We’re starting minute of the month challenges to keep YOU motivated, challenged, and fired up! This month our challenge is hand release push ups! A hand release push up is done by laying completely flat on the floor, picking the hands up, placing them back down, and raising into a plank position. Your goal is to try to get the entire body off of the ground at the same time- from the chest to the shins by engaging the core to get the lower body up with the upper body! START PRACTICING

Join the March Madness!!!!

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I am just wrapping up a long weekend of dance with my three older girls. It was the first competition of the season, and it was a great start for the girls and the studio. It is amazing how many lessons you can learn through your children and one of my favorite parts is seeing how much they have grown from one year to the next. It is one of my favorite parts, because I know all of the hard work and heart that goes behind it.

This weekend I was reminded of the quote above. Why is it that we have a tendency to focus on our limitations instead of our greatness? If we focused on making the great things better what limits us would become less and less!

What great thing about yourself can you focus on this week and make it even greater instead of spending time trying to fix what limits you???

Have a great week!

STAND STRONG FIT-A-THON

APRIL 29th! WE NEED YOU! Let’s celebrate with health and fitness and raise money for some amazing charities! More details coming soon!

MINUTE OF THE MONTH CHALLENGE

***HAND RELEASE PUSH UPS IN MARCH!

That’s right! We’re starting minute of the month challenges to keep YOU motivated, challenged, and fired up! This month our challenge is hand release push ups! A hand release push up is done by laying completely flat on the floor, picking the hands up, placing them back down, and raising into a plank position. Your goal is to try to get the entire body off of the ground at the same time- from the chest to the shins by engaging the core to get the lower body up with the upper body! START PRACTICING

MUD ON THE MOUNTAIN RACE

WANT TO JOIN OUR TEAM AND GET MUDDY! What a great way to work towards a goal! Join us for a mud on the mountain race this May 13th at Seven Springs! We just got word that we will have a special team registration fee of $55 per person! It’s a great deal!!!  Let us know if you are on board!!! Check it out here.

We are in contact with Seven Springs and still waiting on more details for signing up and a time for our heat!

MUD ON THE MOUNTAIN TRAINING STARTS  IN MARCH!!!!!  STAY TUNED

March Madness Starts Tomorrow!!!!!

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This weekend I got another year wiser and was gifted another opportunity to celebrate life!!! I just want to say a BIG thank you for all of your birthday wishes, words and kindness! It was really a great day where I had a chance to start my day with a workout, spend time with my children, work a little and then ended the evening with my husband and friends at the Escape Room! We did not escape but had a lot of fun and laughs and are determined to go back and get our picture on the Escape Room board!!!

One of the best parts of the day was getting videos from friends and the FitHouse Community throughout the day! Lindsay collected a stream of videos and sent one every hour of the day for about 12 hours! It was such a great idea and it was also a great reminder of what truly matters in life. It was FREE and it was priceless.

In one of the videos that made me cry the person in the video talked about something that I had said to her six or seven years ago.  It was something simple but it’s value was HUGE and it came from my heart. She doubted herself and I believed in her. Sometimes we don’t realize the power that one simple action or word can have on another. I remember a few years back when I was doubting myself about something kind of big. I was talking to someone in the industry who knew me but not too well. She said something to me that at the moment was exactly what I needed to hear, She believed in me when I didn’t believe in myself and to this day I remember her words.

Some of the BEST most VALUABLE things in life are absolutely FREE. They are all around us and they also lie within us! When you have those days that you wonder if you are doing enough remember the power of your simple word or your simple action to someone who needs it!

The quote above is one that as I try to remember as I get wiser through the years. It is easy to celebrate on a day like our birthdays but everyday has something in it that we can celebrate and say thank you for!!

MARCH MADNESS SPECIALS THRU MARCH 11th

Look for New Specials
All through the Month!

THIS WEEK

*10 SMALL GROUP TRAINING SESSIONS $130*

JOIN THE MARCH MADNESS!!! 

It Starts Tomorrow March 6th! Tomorrow is the last day to get signed Up!!!

STAND STRONG FIT-A-THON

COMING THIS APRIL! WE NEED YOU! Let’s celebrate with health and fitness and raise money for some amazing charities, more details coming soon!

MINUTE OF THE MONTH CHALLENGE

***HAND RELEASE PUSH UPS IN MARCH!

That’s right! We’re starting minute of the month challenges to keep YOU motivated, challenged, and fired up! This month our challenge is hand release push ups! A hand release push up is done by laying completely flat on the floor, picking the hands up, placing them back down, and raising into a plank position. Your goal is to try to get the entire body off of the ground at the same time- from the chest to the shins by engaging the core to get the lower body up with the upper body! START PRACTICING

MUD ON THE MOUNTAIN RACE

WANT TO JOIN OUR TEAM AND GET MUDDY! What a great way to work towards a goal! Join us for a mud on the mountain race this May 13th at Seven Springs! We just got word that we will have a special team registration fee of $55 per person! It’s a great deal!!!  Let us know if you are on board!!! Check it out here.

We are in contact with Seven Springs and still waiting on more details for signing up and a time for our heat!

MUD ON THE MOUNTAIN TRAINING STARTS  IN MARCH!!!!!  STAY TUNED

Join the March Madness!!!!!

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I AM blackboard graphic

YOU Decide and we will help you get there!!!!

JOIN THE MARCH MADNESS!!! 

THIS COMING MONTH! Are you ready to up your game?! Need a little extra motivation to keep your body moving and your head in the game through this end of winter slump? Grab a partner and join the MARCH MADNESS CHALLENGE starting Monday March 6!!! Every week you will complete challenges to gain points and keep working to the final prize with your partner! Entry is $30 per team. Stay tuned for more details this week!!!

STAND STRONG FIT-A-THON

Saturday, March 25th! WE NEED YOU! Let’s celebrate with health and fitness and raise money for some amazing charities, more details coming soon!

MINUTE OF THE MONTH CHALLENGE

***SIT UPS IN FEBRUARY!

That’s right! We’re starting minute of the month challenges to keep YOU motivated, challenged, and fired up! This month our challenge is SIT UPS! The challenge will begin Wednesday, but we’re preparing you now to get ready! More about the challenge will be explained this week so get to class and fire up those abs!

Kids Sports Conditioning is NOW ONGOING!!

By popular demand…We have decided to make kids sports conditioning an ongoing program! Memberships will now be purchased for the month and adjusted if holidays interrupt! Click here for more details on times and days!

MUD ON THE MOUNTAIN RACE

WANT TO JOIN OUR TEAM AND GET MUDDY! What a great way to work towards a goal! Join us for a mud on the mountain race this May 13th at Seven Springs! We just got word that we will have a special team registration fee of $55 per person! It’s a great deal!!!  Let us know if you are on board!!! Check it out here.

We are in contact with Seven Springs and still waiting on more details for signing up and a time for our heat!

MUD ON THE MOUNTAIN TRAINING STARTS  IN MARCH!!!!!  STAY TUNED

FitHouse Staff

Let's go blackboard

Christine Parker & Lindsay Kober

Eating On-the-Go!

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Red and green sliced apple

For myself, the past month has involved a lot of travel, irregular schedules and eating on-the-go. It’s never ideal but often with a family and conflicting schedules it is necessary to eat on the go!  How do you keep it healthy, especially with kids!?!? A lot of times I come ready with some healthy snacks and goodies. When I traveled to the Bahamas and California I had a stash of healthy snacks in my suitcase. May sound crazy but no one was complaining when we saved a good bit of time and money having some healthy choices that everyone liked on hand.

What a beautiful weekend to get outside and get some vitamin D!! Last week I talked about energy!! Although I have been inbound for quite a bit this weekend at a dance convention I managed to pack my running gear and get a couple nice runs in through downtown Pittsburgh and it felt great!!! The city was buzzing with extra energy from the beautiful weather and it felt great to move and kept me revved up!!! It’s been an energy packed weekend with kids activities, projects, birthday celebrations, upcoming events etc. etc.!! Energy is always important but energy during these times is crucial!!! It’s funny how the things that protect and provide us with energy like exercise, good nutrition, sleep and positive mindset are often the things that we let go of when our lives get busy. This is one of the MOST important times to keep these things on the priority list!  The topic of nutrition and feeding kids healthy came up several times this weekend! The struggle is real!!! Feeding kids healthy meals can be a challenge at home and even more so when on the go.

Saturday I decided that I would pick something up in town for the girls at the end of my run. I thought I could save a little time in the AM and not have to worry about packing lunches. Their request was for sandwiches and salads from Brueggers. While it is sometimes painful to feed them bagels we compromise with the addition of salads, fruits and a good protein.  I arrived at Brueggers 30 minutes before the lunch break and I ended up standing in line for 25 minutes. I paid $8 a piece for salads that contained lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and croutons, my kids are picky! They did not have the dressing of choice so I had to pick an alternate. Needless to say I ended up bringing two salads back home with me at the end of the day. Grrr.. what a waste of time and money!

Sunday lunches were packed. It is funny how we rationalize that it is more convenient or less expensive to pick something up when we are out. Sometimes that is true but the reality today was that it was a lot more convenient AND HEALTHY to come armed with a good lunch and snacks from home! I have four children who all have different tastes (of course we wouldn’t want to make things too easy). It can be a part time job preparing lunches and dinners when we are on the go! I wanted to share my favorite easy choices when preparing for on the go!!!

Justin’s Almond Butter packs on an Apple or celery

Quest Bar

Kind Bar (variety with 5g of sugar or less)

Salad packed in an easy to throw away chinese container

Homemade trail mix

Veggies and hummus pack

Veggies and guacamole pack

Cheese stick or baby bell

Turkey roll ups (Applegate nitrate free turkey breast) with avocado and veggie slices inside

Almond butter and on Ezekial raisin bread

Homemade Protein balls

Cucumber tuna bites (slice  a cucumber about 1 inch. Scoop out center and fill with favorite healthy tuna salad)

Hard boiled egg

½ Sweet potato w/ black beans and salsa

These are some of my favorites!!! If you have some favorites to share please pass them along or post them on the Facebook page!!! Let’s help each other out with healthy eating on the go!! It’s not always easy but it is definitely worth the extra  effort!! You and your family’s health depends on it!!!!

COMING UP AT FITHO– USE!!!

MARCH MADNESS CHALLENGE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!!!

Are you ready to Up your Game?!?! Need a little extra motivation to keep your body  moving and your head in the game through this end of winter slump?!?! Grab a Partner and join the MARCH MADNESS CHALLENGE!!! Every week you will complete a challenge to move onto the next round. The final team standing in week four wins the grand prize!!! Entry is $30 per team. Stay tuned for more details coming this week!!!

SAVE THE DATE!!! STAND STRONG FIT-A-THON >>> Saturday March 25!!!

WE NEED YOU!!! Let’s celebrate with health and fitness and raise money for some AMAZING charities!!! More details coming soon!!!

Extreme Jam February Special

CALLING ALL THOSE WHO LOVE TO DANCE AND SWEAT!

NEW MEMBERS CAN DO AN ENTIRE MONTH OF EXTREME JAM, TUESDAY NIGHTS at 6:15PM in FEBRUARY FOR ONLY $25

BRING A FRIEND !!!!!!

Extreme Jam

THIS MONTH AT FITHO– USE

MINUTE OF THE MONTH CHALLENGE

***SIT UPS IN FEBRUARY!

That’s right! We’re starting minute of the month challenges to keep YOU motivated, challenged, and fired up! This month our challenge is SIT UPS! The challenge will begin Wednesday, but we’re preparing you now to get ready! More about the challenge will be explained this week so get to class and fire up those abs!

FitHouse 101 & Open Gym Hours!!!

—First session… THIS TUESDAY 6:15 PM!  Join Coach Chris for open gym hours and stay tuned for additional times if interest spikes! 10 spot limit so sign up NOW! Take advantage of a WOD (Workout of the Day) created by Chris to complete at your own pace, do your own workout, ask Chris for advice, and get the most out of this opportunity to use our equipment, share your ideas, get our feedback, and succeed in your own goals! For a limited time- Available with class packages, take advantage NOW!

Kids Sports Conditioning is NOW ONGOING!!

By popular demand…We have decided to make kids sports conditioning an ongoing program! Memberships will now be purchased for the month and adjusted if holidays interrupt! Click here for more details on times and days!

MUD ON THE MOUNTAIN RACE

WANT TO JOIN OUR TEAM AND GET MUDDY! What a great way to work towards a goal! Join us for a mud on the mountain race this May 13th at Seven Springs! We just got word that we will have a special team registration fee of $55 per person! It’s a great deal!!!  Let us know if you are on board!!! Check it out here.

FitHouse Staff

Let's go blackboard

Christine Parker & Lindsay Kober

Mastermind Weekend Recap

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Todd Durkin leading post-workout meditation

I hope you all had a Great Weekend!  I had the opportunity to take a quick trip to Coronado California for about 48 hrs with an incredible group of people in the Todd Durkin Mastermind Institute. We dove into a lot in just a short amount of time, great workouts, watching Athletes from the NFL and Baseball  Pros train,  learn about some of the newest technology and products in the fitness industry and network with some of the most talented and passionate people in the industry. There was one thing in common with everyone that was there they lead with their heart and are on missions to change lives.

We trained hard but the other thing that we did equally was had quality Zen time. The picture above is Todd leading a 15 minute meditation at the end of an outdoor workout. I cannot wait to bring back some of this great stuff  to FitHouse and share it with all of you. Being there was a reminder to me of just how incredible ALL of YOU are!!! Please don’t forget that.  With all that I digested in the short 48 hrs that I was there one person had an enormous impact on me…Dr. Heidi Hanna. She studies stress and the brain and was absolutely phenomenal with what she had to share. I want to share with you some of my top take aways from the weekend that came from Heidi’s Presentation.

  1. Most of Us suffer from a significantly imbalanced nervous system because we are on high alert a majority of the time. We need to make time to SLOW down.
  2. Stress is a Great thing when managed correctly.
  3. EXERCISE is the BEST way to strengthen the prefrontal cortex…a very important part of the brain….the decision maker.
  4. The top 4 Ways to Redesign the Nervous system are Eat right, Move, Sleep and Connect
  5. Stress is HIGHLY addictive.
  6. Feeling Isolated is worse on your health than smoking cigarettes.
  7. The more our environment continues to move at a fast forward speed the more important it is to take intentional time to Slow down, breathe and  recharge quality energy. Let’s focus this week on making the time to

EAT HEALTHY | MOVE | SLEEP | CONNECT

Have a Great Week!!!! 

THIS MONTH AT FITHO– USE

MINUTE OF THE MONTH CHALLENGE

***SIT UPS IN FEBRUARY!

That’s right! We’re starting minute of the month challenges to keep YOU motivated, challenged, and fired up! This month our challenge is SIT UPS! The challenge will begin Wednesday, but we’re preparing you now to get ready! More about the challenge will be explained this week so get to class and fire up those abs!

FitHouse 101 & Open Gym Hours!!!

—First session… THIS TUESDAY 6:15 PM!  Join Coach Chris for open gym hours and stay tuned for additional times if interest spikes! 10 spot limit so sign up NOW! Take advantage of a WOD (Workout of the Day) created by Chris to complete at your own pace, do your own workout, ask Chris for advice, and get the most out of this opportunity to use our equipment, share your ideas, get our feedback, and succeed in your own goals! For a limited time- Available with class packages, take advantage NOW!

Kids Sports Conditioning is NOW ONGOING!!

By popular demand…We have decided to make kids sports conditioning an ongoing program! Memberships will now be purchased for the month and adjusted if holidays interrupt! Click here for more details on times and days!

MUD ON THE MOUNTAIN RACE

WANT TO JOIN OUR TEAM AND GET MUDDY! What a great way to work towards a goal! Join us for a mud on the mountain race this May 13th at Seven Springs! We just got word that we will have a special team registration fee of $55 per person! It’s a great deal!!!  Let us know if you are on board!!! Check it out here.

man lunging

Butt quote

Lindsay Kober and client

FitHouse Team