The hottest new sneakers in town

It’s hard to find the motivation to hit the gym when you’re not feeling good about the way you look, especially because workout wear tends to be so form-fitting. With that in mind we tend to dress in head-to-toe black (we like to think of it as a funeral for our fat), and focus on adding pops of color with our sneakers. So, you can imagine our delight when we got wind of adidas’ new ClimaCool Seduction running shoe. How HOT is that metallic red shade? Better yet, these shoes aren’t all show and no substance.

Madewith 360-degree ventilation to help you stay cool and sweat nothing, this next generation ClimaCool blends a killer new design with tons of breathability to give you a carefree run no matter how hot it gets. We also can’t help but love all of the spokespeople the brand enlisted — Katy Perry, David Beckham, Derrick Rose, and Lionel Messi…not too shabby.

The ClimaCool Seduction is available now in 10 [...]

A fitness documentary to get you moving

Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead is a fascinating film that chronicles Joe Cross’s personal mission to regain his health while traveling across America, juicer in tow, and inspiring others to do the same. Here’s are 10 things we learned, which will hopefully inspire you to see the film.

1. While most people have a hard time doing the three days most juice cleanses recommend, Joe did 60 days of all green juice in so next time you think three is impossible…

2. You don’t need to drive yourself crazy scheduling gym-time, you can radically improve your health for the better simply by altering your diet.

3. Changes in diet can have way more of an impact than pills when it comes to treating a host of diseases.

4. Many health problems can be reversed with dietary changes.

5. The key is to make sustainable changes [...]

Who needs coffee?

We’re partial to thinking mama always knows best, but if Tipu’s Chai is any indication, sometimes it’s Grandma who knows best.

When Tipu founder Bipin Patel’s grandmother moved to Uganda from her native Gujarat, India to raise her family, she brought along her treasured chai recipe. During Patel’s childhood in eastern Africa, he learned to cook native Indian cuisine from his grandmother and enjoy the chai’s rich flavor. Later, he moved to England and then to Montana, where he opened Tipu’s Tiger Restaurant and offered his grandmother’s special brew. When the chai beverage became one of the most popular items on the menu, Patel started bottling a concentrate for local cafes and restaurants. Now, a decade later, we can all enjoy a slew of Tipu’s Chai products including liquid concentrates, slow brews, and instant chai via a new online presence (and thank goodness because the trek from NY to Montana is a bit far for chai…).

Our favorite [...]

The Pelvis in Pregnancy

With the  forthcoming release of the film “What to Expect When Your Expecting,” based on the must-read book of the same name, we thought now would be the opportune time to highlight another notable read for first time mommies, “Preparing for a Gentle Birth.” Dancer, dance instructor, and physical therapist, Blandine Calais-Germain, who is renowned for her movement-based classes on anatomy and for authoring several books on fitness and well-being, co-wrote a book with Núria Vives Parés. Parés is a psychomotor therapist who teaches anatomy and movement to hospital and maternity ward staff throughout Europe.

Most little girls dream of the day they become pregnant with their first child, so it’s no surprise that when it happens it’s usually greeted by immense joy — and fear of failure…and pain! This new book, which hits bookstores next month, offers an illustrated hands-on guide to the dynamics of the female pelvis for expectant mothers. It also features illustrated exercises to help expectant mothers prepare her pelvis for birth and details the anatomical intricacies of the female pelvis and its capabilities for expansion and return to its original form.

There’s nothing like being prepared to ease a stressed out mind, so in between your total-body toning exercises (Tracy Anderson has come out with some fantastic [...]

Farm to GRILL to table

Marriage is about comprise and that’s exactly why we love the new book, The Gardener & the Grill. The coffee table-worthy book’s tagline is “The Bounty of the Garden Meets the Sizzle of the Grill” - we couldn’t have dreamed up a better book to satisfy everyone in the family if we tried! Going off the farm-to-table trend, this new read is all about creating a garden-to-GRILL-to-table movement and we’re loving it.

Just launched this month, all 125 fresh and fabulous recipes take a seed-to-sizzle approach and include everything from appetizers and sandwiches, to pizza, sides, soups, salads, entrees, and desserts. Authored by Karen Adler and Judith Fertig, recipes are simple to master, time and cost-effective, and are complemented by beautiful photographs. Better yet [...]