When you enjoy many different sports, it can be a difficult task to stay competent at all of them over the years—especially when those sports depend on seasons or destinations away from home. I learned to snowboard 14 years ago. It was one of those sports I learned fairly quickly, and the excitement that came [...]
Intro to Self Defense for Women
April 4, 2012 By 3 Comments
A burglary occurs every 12 seconds, an assault occurs every 29 seconds, a rape occurs every 5 minutes, and a murder occurs every 24 minutes. The majority of us know someone, know of someone or ourselves have either been physically confronted or felt “unsafe” at some point in our life. We like to think it [...]
Discomfort Zone
March 28, 2012 By 9 Comments
As a yoga and Pilates teacher, I’m often suggesting to students to step outside of their comfort zones. We spend a lot of time doing what comes easy or natural to us. This year I will be practicing what I preach, as I have many plans in which I, too, will be going outside of [...]
Snowboard to Surfboard: Yoga for Surfers
March 26, 2012 By 5 Comments
Don’t get me wrong, I love winter. Cross country skiing, snowboarding, more downtime, more naps and more time to nurture yourself with quite time. But, like all animals in nature, we too need to think about the onset of spring and prepare ourselves. Which, for Women’s Quest, means swimming in Hawaii and surfing in Costa [...]
Water Polo 101
March 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We often get asked to describe how the game of water polo is played. Water polo can be related to many different sports, but I think it is most easily described as a mix of basketball, hockey, and soccer… but in the pool, of course! Water polo is similar to soccer because there is a [...]
Stop and Look
March 19, 2012 By 2 Comments
“Don’t forget to look out!” I’m a little better about it now, but when I first started climbing outdoors, I was notorious for climbing to the top of a route, getting lowered down, and then proceed to hear every person that climbed after me rave about the spectacular view they had when they turned around [...]
Athleta Sponsors 2012 USA Women’s Water Polo Team
March 15, 2012 By 8 Comments
Athleta is committed to celebrating women and their amazing capacity, so we’re thrilled to announce our sponsorship of the 2012 USA Women’s Water Polo Team, a group of 17 exceptional women who, collectively, have 12 Olympic medals, 16 World Championship titles and 85 years of water polo experience. Their athletic accomplishments are beyond impressive, but [...]
Spread Your Wings with Spring Yoga
March 13, 2012 By 1 Comment
Birdsong – a sound of spring. So to greet the coming season on the mat, how about incorporating some asanas inspired by birds into your fitness/yoga routine? Like their namesakes, some poses are graceful, like bird of paradise, and some are powerful, like rooster. Even if we can’t fly, we can add flexibility, strength and [...]
Girls on the Run Style
March 7, 2012 By 14 Comments
Alright, let’s face it. There are as many variations in style, intention and motivation as there are people who do it. And yes… I’ll admit my motivation for running has changed over the years. Some years I ran to maintain my health. Other years it was a sneaky attempt to meet guys. Then of course, [...]
Athleta Iron Girl Training Guide
February 27, 2012 By 24 Comments
We collaborated with Iron Girl to create this easy-to-follow training guide for 5k, 10k and half marathon runs along with sprint and intermediate distance triathlons. Each training plan features a daily workout schedule, plus we include nutrition recommendations, a packing list, and a heart rate training guide. Visit any Athleta Store to pick up this [...]
