Mind Your Time

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Feeling like there aren’t enough hours in the day? Try this short exercise to prioritize the way you spend your time.

The State of Driven

“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” – Jim Rohn Between the jam-packed schedule of events, changes to the class calendar and our new location, the Driven Fitness family has experienced a lot of change in September.  We brought on two new and fabulous trainers to help you reach [...]

Join us at the Fitness Festival

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Join Driven Fitness on Saturday, Sept 17 from 8:30-noon for the Fitness Festival. Free classes, including Zumba, Turbo Kick, Cardio Tennis, Boot Camp and Stretchology, nutritional counseling, raffles and more!

How to cut a mango and other fun stuff

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It’s my favorite time of year…stone fruit season!  What are stone fruit? According to The Cook’s Thesaurus, “The family of stone fruits includes cherries, plums, apricots, nectarines, and peaches. They all arrive in the summer, though you can sometimes find pricey imports during the off-season. Stone fruits don’t become sweeter after they’re picked, but growers [...]

Summer Legume Salad

I don’t know about you, but during the summer months when it is hot, hot, hot the last thing I want to do is cook. The hot stove and oven…yuck! Summer is a great time to take advantage of the yummy veggies we have available to make delicious salads. I have recently become obsessed with [...]

From the desk of Todd Durkin: “Live a Life Worth Telling a Story About”

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This week’s blog comes from Todd Durkin, owner of Fitness Quest 10 in San Diego and all-around fitness rockstar. Todd circles the globe training and inspiring athletes, fitness professionals and weekend warriors on a regular basis.  The featured article in this week’s TD Times is “Live a Life Worth Telling a Story About.”  Enjoy… Featured [...]

The Six P’s

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Have a plan. According to one of my former colleagues, you must always remember The Six P’s – Proper planning prevents piss poor performance. This phrase came to me a few weeks ago as I was training one of my clients.  She said to me,” Erica I had a conversation with my daughter yesterday and [...]

10080 minutes…what are you going to do with them?

168. There are 168 hours in a week. That is 10,080 minutes. 10,080 minutes for you to decide how you are going to live your life. To decide whether you will be active or sedentary. Whether you will set yourself up to be healthy or chronically ill. Whether you will be fit or fat. 10,080 [...]

Peace, Serenity and Self Enlightment at the Women’s Wellness Retreat

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Last weekend I spent two amazing days in Ojai with 12 other women at the Driven Fitness Women’s Wellness Retreat.  Many of you know that this retreat has been a vision of mine for a very long time.  I am so glad that I finally had the opportunity to see that vision become a reality [...]

A Little About Knee Pain: Part 2

Knee pain can be caused by a variety of issues, from tight muscles to arthritis, ligament and meniscus tears. Read a little about the most common causes of knee pain I see in my clients.