Author: Brit Rettig Wold

Hey squad - welcome to my blog! I'm Brit (short for Brittani) - hard working boss babe entrepreneur who quit my long time corporate career to follow my passion and start my own business. Currently I own and operate 3 brick and mortar boutique fitness studios and an online virtual fitness studio called GRIT by Brit // GRIT Fitness. My husband Zach and I live in Dallas, TX with our awesome morkie pup, Pearl (no grit no pearl). We just bought our first home and hope to add some cute little mixed babies to our family soon. I started this blog in 2012 it's be an amazing creative outlet to share my life experiences and encourage other women. Come here if you're looking for content about, building your own business, personal growth, trying to conceive a baby, building a family and living an active and healthy lifestyle (at the same damn time). I'm passionate about inspiring women to pursue their dreams and to persevere through challenges, knowing God's got our backs and the best is yet to come! Thank you for visiting and keep in touch!
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Love Your Body Day #2: FLEX & PUMP

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Show your body some love today by hitting the weights!  Your body is resilient, efficient and thirsty for a challenge.  Include weight lifting in your exercise regimen to ensure your muscles are strong and able to support your body.  Resistance training helps prevent injuries,  increases muscle definition and accelerates the rate your body burns calories while resting (a good look)!

In honor of Love Your Body Day #2, I put together this total body weight lifting workout for you to enjoy.  After your workout, take a moment and be grateful for your body – 2 good arms, 2 good legs a heart and lungs that work!

FLEX & PUMP

Love your body today by FLEXIN’ those sexy muscles and PUMPIN’ some iron #GRIT

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Love Your Body Day #1: Get HATE out of your HEART

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Happy February!  Today marks the beginning of my “Love Your Body” series.  For each of the next 5 days I’ll share a healthy, body-lovin’ tip.  Our health is essential to our being, so cherish your precious temple of your soul – your BODY!

Lots of luv,

Brit 🙂

Get HATE of out of your HEART

Let the grudge go.  Holding a grudge does NOT cause any pain to the person who hurt you (they couldn’t care less).  Your grudge only causes pain to your body.  Several university studies have proven that holding a grudge is bad for your health.  Joseph Neumann, PhD, a clinical psychologist explains, “When I treated patients with cardiovascular disease, I was struck by how many were bitter, angry, and depressed,” says Neumann. “It clearly affected their health and their ability to heal.”  On the flip side, a study by Harvard Women’s Health Watch found a link between forgiving and improvements in heart rate and blood pressure.  

The reality is that life isn’t fair.  People will treat you unfairly, hurt you, cheat you and, on top of that,  get away with it.   But we must CHOOSE to not let our pain or anger ruin all of the good things we have in life.  Eventually, we reap what we sow.  So don’t worry about getting back at that awful person, just let the grudge go!

Love your body today by forgiving and letting old hurts be history #GRIT

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New Year Kick-Start Challenge Complete!

Today marks the official conclusion of our 3-week New Year Kick-Start Challenge.  Candace has been our #GRIT GIRL to lead the way on the plan.  You can see her progress by reading the weekly updates that she shared along the way:  Week 1 Update, Week 2 Update.

Huge thanks to Candace for being such a good role model – her  hard work, good choices and smart decisions have been an inspiration to us all.  Way to “kick-start” 2013 with good health and happiness!

Candace’s Week 3 (and final) Update

“Week 3 went well, I’ve lost a total of 5 lbs during the challenge. I’m well on my way to my 12 pound weight loss goal!  I definitely liked the plan and I’m going to keep it up until I reach my goal. I really enjoyed the various cardio options and the tips you provided along the way were great motivation. Thanks Brit!”

– Candace

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The World is YOURS…

TURBO NYC has officially launched!

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What a weekend.  I just launched my latest venture, Turbo NYC – God is good!  As some of you already know, I’ve been staffed on a long assignment in Washington, DC for several months now.  It’s been hard to make it home to Dallas, TX every single weekend so I started spending lots of time in NYC.  While NYC is great, I really really miss teaching my weekly Turbo Kick classes.  Teaching  brings me so much joy and positive energy that doing without is simply unacceptable.

When I’m in NYC I take super fierce Turbo Kick classes at my home club (shout out to @24hourfitness & super instructor @natalieuhling). However, I noticed that Turbo Kick overall isn’t as popular in NYC as it is on the West Coast and in the South. I think it may because there are SO many fantastic fitness options in NYC that many people simply aren’t aware of Turbo Kick’s awesomeness.

In any case, the entrepreneur/Turbo fanatic  in me jumped on this situation and had an idea to start teaching independent “GRIT by Brit” Turbo Kick classes outside of formal fitness clubs – Turbo NYC!  I LOVE Turbo Kick so much and have gotten  amazing results from the class (lost 25 pounds in 1 year – woop woop).   As an instructor, I feel it’s my duty to make Turbo Kick accessible and affordable to as many people as possible – thus my motivation to launch Turbo NYC!  Now people can enjoy Turbo Kick without being a member of a club.

Like setting out on any new venture, I had lots of self-doubt and fear of failure.  But with mental #GRIT and faith, the launch went off without a hitch!  We had an amazing turn out!  Our class was not messin’ around.   My #GRIT guys had to open the windows because the class was bringin’ the HEAT! Along with my #GRIT guys, I must thank my dearest friends who spent tons of time and energy encouraging me and supporting me – you guys bless my life exceedingly and abundantly.  I am so very grateful for you all (*tear).

“With faith in yourself and faith in God,  ALL things are possible – the world is YOURS!” #GRIT

NYC readers, be sure to come check us out next Sunday and EVERY Sunday at 11:00 AM in Flatiron.  All of the details are on our site, www.turbonyc.com

Have a wonderful week everyone – to health and happiness

Luv,

Brit  🙂

Turbo NYC videos coming soon…

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STRONG to the finish: Candace’s Progress on the New Year Kick Start Plan

Candace’s Week 2 Update

“Week 2 of my GRIT by Brit New Year Kick Start Plan was a bit quiet, I was able to get in a couple of workouts early in the week and stick to my eating plan. My challenge plans were a bit derailed due to travel to DC later in the week. I did try doing sit-ups and push-ups while watching TV one evening. I was able to knock out 200 crunches and 100 push-ups during commercial breaks. It was a great way to burn calories while watching my shows. Unfortunately, I’m up 1 lb. from the end of week 1. I’m looking forward to getting back on track and going hard in week 3.” – Candace

(below – sit ups with a dumbbell during commercial breaks)

(below – Candace knockin’ out some push ups to tone the core and upper body)

Brit’s Tips for Candace

  • Great job staying active despite not going to the gym every day.  “Commercial Break” exercises are effective and efficient so keep it up!  Next time take up the intensity and do some jumping jacks, burpees or squats during commercial breaks.  These exercises burn more calories and engage more muscle groups.
  • Be extra strict about sticking with your  eating plan this final week, especially on days that you miss a workout.  It’s important to keep the calorie intake down on these days since you won’t burn as many calories during the day.
  • Have a little black coffee in the morning for an extra jolt.  We know that coffee, in moderation, increases your energy and focus to help give you a push in this last week.
  • Most importantly – STAY POSITIVE.  This is the final push and you are well on your way to achieving your goal.  You got this!

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FLOTUS SWAG

Happy Inauguration Day & Happy MLK Day!  Check out my new Michelle Obama Bangs…what do you guys think?

FLOTUS – First Lady of the United States

“Anyone can be great because everybody can serve” – MLK

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#CARDIOPARTY with me in NYC!

Hey guys!  I hope this post finds you joyous and well.

I’m starting to teach independent Turbo Kickboxing classes in NYC – Flat Iron next weekend.  Going forward I’ll have class EVERY SINGLE Sunday, rain sleet or snow 🙂

Come join me and invite all of your friends!  Obviously I put together the BEST playlist for us to jam to.  It will be tons of fun and very, very sweaty 😉

For details and to purchase classes go to www.turbonyc.com

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No More Knee Pain

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Chronic knee pain is something that most of us experience and want to prevent at all cost.  Running or regularly doing high impact exercises (i.e. jumping, burpees, polyometrics, etc.) puts us at even greater risk for knee injury or chronic knee pain.

During my junior year of college, I tore my ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) in my right knee during basketball practice.  Fortunately, I had an awesome orthopedic surgeon (shout out to Dr. Cooper – team doctor for the Dallas Cowboys) to perform my reconstructive surgery.  Keyshawn Johnson and I had surgery the same day in same operating room, I felt pretty cool…yeah I’m name droppin’ so what 🙂  Anyway, with diligent physical therapy and lots of mental GRIT, I was able to return to playing my senior year and obviously I’m still able to live very active lifestyle.

(below – pic of me and my battle scar)

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However, post my “college athlete” life , I don’t have access to the resources and trainers that I once did, so I have to be really cautious about protecting my knees and preventing any future injuries.  Fortunately my therapists and surgeons taught me lots of tips to prevent knee pain and knee injuries so I wanted to share my top 3 tips with you.  I hope you find these helpful 🙂

Brit’s Top 3 Tips to Avoid Knee Pain

  1. Build some leg muscle – This is the single most important tip.  Having strong leg muscles provides your knee with the support it needs and takes stress off of the knee-joint.  Strong, glutes, hams, quads and calves are critical to preventing knee pain and avoiding injury. Straight leg raises and squats with good form are good exercises.  I don’t recommend seated leg extensions because they put a lot of stress on your patellar tendon.
  2. Never hyper-extend  – When I tore my ACL my leg was hyper-extended and then hit by an outside force.  When you exercise or play any sports, it’s critical to always keep a soft bend in your knee so that your ligaments have some slack.  When your ligaments are fully stretched out, they can tear.  And trust me, you don’t want to do that.
  3. Take a load off – Don’t jump or run EVERY single day.  Throw in some spin classes, rowing or hop on an elliptical machine.  Low impact exercises will take some pressure off of your knees but still allow you to get high intensity cardio work.  The fact of the matter is that continuous pounding is hard on your joints.  If you do it long enough, you are prone to chronic knee pain like IT band tendonitis.

 

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Total Body Trifecta – 3 days, 3 killer custom workouts!

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My coffee table covered in fitness magazines & my hot green tea! 🙂

In January I love to revamp my workouts by pouring over fitness magazines and checking out all kinds of new exercises.  This past weekend I spent a lazy rainy Saturday afternoon putting together a hodgepodge of my personal favorite exercises to create a Total Body Trifecta (3 complete 50 minute workouts).  I plan to do 1 work out each day for the next 3 days.  I love these workouts because…

  • They each burn 500-600 calories
  • I can finish them in under 1 hour
  • They engage all of my major muscle groups
  • Each one has lots of core work to tone my tummy!

Try my ‘fitness trifecta’ and let me know how it goes.  You will see and feel results!  Enjoy 🙂

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