Friday link love {on fitness}

As mentioned in our fitness + you post on Wednesday, here are some links to websites and products that can keep you motivated to exercise whether it's at home or at the gym.  My only incentive for listing these links is that I think they are great, and I want to share them with you.

Zuzkalight is a great website to use for at-home workouts, think cross fit at home.  Each workout consists of basic moves like squats and pushups, and you don't have to worry about following choreography.  There is a different workout posted everyday, and a lot of them can be modified if you don't have exercise equipment at home.  The best part?  Each workout is 12-15 minutes, and it is intense.  This workout is just over 14 minutes and is a good example of a workout that you can get a lot out of even without using additional equipment. She shows you briefly what each exercise looks like, and then takes you through the workout.  The goal is to complete as many rounds as possible.  She explains all about her ZWOW workouts here. She also offers more core focused and less heart-rate-peaking workouts like this one.  And by the way, using the website itself is free.

Gymbox offers new workouts each week.  If you enjoy choreography they offer kickboxing, dance, and step aerobics.  They also offer yoga, pilates, core, and strength training.  And if you happen to have a treadmill or stationary bike at home they offer treadmill and cycle classes as well.  They have an app that can be used on your tablet, pc, or on your tv via many internet browsing devices such as roku.  They offer a 15 day free trial and you can view sample classes here.  If you decide it is for you it is only $10 a month.

I heart Lululemon and the get-to-the-gym motivation that can come via a new piece of well designed, quality fitness wear.  I have this headband [shown below] in black and white.  I love how wide it is, it keeps my hair out of my eyes, it looks cute, and it doubles as a  wear-all-the-time-while-I-grow-my-hair-out piece.  It is an affordable lululemon piece and a nice addition to any fitness wardrobe.

These pants are also Lululemon [shown to the right]. Their pants are pricey but worth the money because they fit so well, they are sassy, and they last forever.  Sassy pants are an important part of any workout, especially when you have a date with the treadmill - they make you run faster.

Says our 2 year old every day in so many words!

Sorry clementine is a recent discovery of mine.  This girl started out sewing pieces and selling them on etsy.  She has some well designed and unique pieces, I am a big fan of a lot of her hoodies.  They look great with a pair of skinny jeans, but are sporty enough to wear to the gym. I am seriously coveting the one to the right in all of it's asymmetrical, large buttoned, and colorfully hooded glory.  You can find her on facebook here, on etsy here, and if you live near SLC she just opened a brick and mortar location, address here.

Check back in next week when we talk nutrition, and we might even throw in a completed DIY project for kicks.  Until then I will leave you with a song from Imagine Dragons.  We saw them live last year, their lead singer Dan Reynolds is the man for the job and overall they put off good vibes.  Cause I'm on top of the world...

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Sassy pants image via - sorry clementine image via

Friday Link Love

We hope you like this weeks links, we sure do. We go from hipster to hippie with a delicious cupcake tossed in for good measure. I mean who doesn't like a good cupcake? If such a person exists scientists should study them as they are clearly not normal. 

• Wooden Bow Ties: Nothing says hipster like a wooden bow tie. 
• Oh So Delicious Cupcakes: Ever since we left Portland we have been in cupcake withdrawals. Well we finally found a shop that rivals our favorite cupcake place of all time, Saint Cupcake. If you are in SLC you have to try One Sweet Slice. Simply divine. Plus their shop is oh so cute.  And don't miss out on their wedding cakes. 
• Great Wall Art: Speaking of Portland, a couple of years ago one of us received this great poster of Portland neighborhoods {custom framed} for a birthday present [you get one guess who was the giver]. Portlandians love their neighborhoods. Each one is a little different and all are quirky. Especially the ones with the hippies. We have this hanging in our front room and we love how it reminds us of the memories we made while living there for 5 years. 
• Costume Fun:  Helen Saba, of Australia, loves to dress up so much she decided to dress up in a different costume every single day for a year. Fun people make the world a better place.
• Good Reads: Following up on Kristian's top 25 books list post we wanted to make sure you know about Good Reads. A great place to keep track of all the books you've read, or want to read. Get great recommendations, and connect with friends who have the same interests. Or surreptitiously find out who is reading 50 Shades of Gray. {Naughty. Naughty.} Make sure to click our names {Em and Kristian} to add us as friends. 

Friday Link Love

Ok friends. Each Friday we are going to link to some of our favorite sites, discoveries, bloggers, and quirky little spots on the internet. Here is our first link love list. A couple of cool finds, a standard, some fun stuff, and one of our favorite blogs. Ready. Set. Go.

• Staman Maps - Turn any map into a water color...perhaps we should not put this one up because then you'll know how we created our blog header...but that's not like us. We say, share the love. 
• Below the Boat - A door into another world. These laser cut, hand crafted heirloom quality masterpieces are a view of what lies beneath the surface. Now we just need to convince them to make one of the Great Salt Lake. 

• Emily Henderson - We became a fan of this gal after seeing her on Design Star. Especially after we found out she was from Portland, OR and a Mormon...ok so she is a former Mormon but we won't hold that against her. She is witty, stylish, and down right inspirational. Check out her blog and put her on your permanent to-read list. 
• Apartment Therapy - Pure eye candy; cause sometimes ya just wanna browse and oo and ah.  It is one of our favorite spots because each post is all about the everyday person making the space they live in their own.
• Rob Taylor - Rob is an old fried of ours from back in the Connecticut days. He is also a fantastic photographer, singer/songwriter, and budding graphic artist. If you like a little Star Wars, and really who doesn't, click the link for his hip Star Wars inspired art work.