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Home › Articles › Nutrition and Your Health › Workout Mama

Workout Mama

An Interview with Fitness Guru Kathy Smith

By Teri Brown

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iP: Trying to balance motherhood, your busy work schedule and your own fitness schedule can be challenging. How do you remain balanced?
KS: I meditate in the morning and at night. My morning meditation is shorter, in part because I have to get up early to get the kids off to school, so time can be a bit rushed. I find that taking moments throughout the day to breathe, but also to be very "present" in what I'm doing, keeps that great sense of well-being in my body. And mind. Whether it's taking a moment to smell the flowers in the front yard while I'm picking up the paper, or noticing the light coming through the trees into the kitchen. Being present really helps!

iP: What does your own workout schedule look like?
KS: In my very first exercise video I used the image of a triangle, with these three categories as the basis for a well-rounded fitness program. It still works today. I'd say the only change or addition is that in the center of the triangle, I'd put the word "core." This is, of course, a necessary aspect in all three areas of training. For flexibility, I'm still into yoga, and include Pilates training, daily. Strength training, I still hit the weights, but with fewer machines and more free weights with compound movements and different planes of motion (matrix). For cardio, it's walking, hiking and now indo-rowing.

div class="header">iP: Do you like to cook? If so, what are your favorite foods to make?

KS: I love being in the kitchen. For breakfast, there's always a lot of fresh fruits, like oranges and papayas. I use bananas and fresh or frozen fruit (blueberries, raspberries) in my protein shakes. I eat fresh vegetables daily. And I'm a big salad lover (arugula), with peppers (red and yellow), cucumbers, carrots.And never without an avocado. Whether for guacamole or sliced on a salad or sandwich, I love avocados. Breakfast is either oatmeal (steel cut) or cooked Kashi. And now I'm loving all the Kashi cold cereals, including the 7grain flakes. Egg-white omelets. What else? The other thing you'll find in my kitchen is a good stock of tea. I love Tazo brand herbal infusion calm. And Numi brand Jasmin green.


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