Thrive with Jen Sinkler

As part of my annual great escape from Minnesota winters, I spent a week in Arizona doing yoga with two of my good friends and peers in the fitness industry, Neghar Fonooni of Eat, Lift & Be Happy and Jill Coleman of JillFit Physiques and Metabolic Effect. Besides having a marvelous time sweating it out in the desert, we found ourselves [...]

I recently lost three hours of my life staring at a wall. Specifically, I was in a single room of the American Museum of Visionary Arts in Baltimore last Saturday afternoon, poring over the fabric panels sewn by Polish Holocaust survivor Esther Nisenthal Krinitz. In her 36-piece collection, Krinitz describes the six-year saga that began at [...]

Back in January, I hit California to cover USA Rugby‘s National Development Summit, and over the course of the weekend I got to catch up with Chicago-based rugby coach and personal trainer Aaron Manheimer, NASM-PES, of Body By Manheimer. We decided to rally for a 7 a.m. hotel-gym workout he created, and finally thought to [...]

I spent an hour last sunny Sunday morning crawling, climbing, sprinting, jumping, balancing, throwing, catching, and generally having a great time frolicking about scenic Central Park in New York City. Since I was in town, my Twitter buddy Jonathan Angelilli of Dynamic Results Fitness had suggested I come out for one of the free MovNat workouts he hosts [...]

In a “Faces of MN” video interview I did last July, the interviewer, Joel Carlson, asked what I did for exercise. I explained I lifted weights, and how often the follow-up question is, “Yeah, but what do you do for cardio?” My answer is always, always, always, “I lift weights faster.” Anyone who’s ever completed a 5-minute [...]

I hold the secret to eating well at home, always having the perfect leftovers for lunch, and making people think you are a really good cook. This secret is hash — not of the dooby variety (you won’t have to be be high to think this tastes good), but rather the kind where you throw [...]