So a little about me. You can read this or just watch the videos above!
BACKGROUND:
Hello! My name is Cassey Ho and I am a Pilates and fitness instructor, a lover of all things healthy, and the designer of oGorgeous Yoga bags and Gym Bags. My hometowns are Los Angeles and San Francisco. I just recently moved from Boston and am now back in the beautiful Bay Area.
I graduated with an honors degree in Biology from Whittier College in 2009 but decided not to pursue my parent’s predestined path for me in medicine. While in school, I started teaching Pilates as a sophomore at a small studio down the street from our campus. Right then and there, instructing became one of the most satisfying parts of my life. (I am certified by NESTA and Balanced Body University for mat and reformer.) Since then I’ve worked at numerous gyms including Equinox and Crunch.
Senior year, I launched oGorgeous when I couldn’t find a yoga bag that was stylish enough or big enough to fit my mat and gym things in. My first design was the Beverly Bowtie yoga bag, complete with tons of pockets, satin lining, gold chain straps, and a glam bow of course. Super girly, it attracted the attention of my students. Orders started to roll in and the next set of designs were drawn.
After working a bit in corporate America for a fashion retail company in buying, I realized that my passion for design and entrepreneurship could no longer be a “side thing”. It was around this time too that my media dream came true…the Pleated Pocket Sparkle yoga bag was featured in SHAPE Magazine and on the Wendy Williams Show!
I remember running to Target after getting a text from my sister saying that her friend thought she saw my bag in the magazine. I can see myself so clearly right now flipping madly through SHAPE. My heart pounding. My fingers shaking. Was it true? When I saw the picture, I melted onto the linoleum floor and cried. It was an amazing feeling.
So I quit my job.
POP Pilates, YOUTUBE & BLOGGING
My first POP Pilates video was made after I graduated college and before I moved out to the East Coast…it was more of a farewell thing for my Pilates students in CA. I didn’t make very many videos back when I was working because I didn’t have time. But after I quit, I started YouTubing and blogging religiously for whatever reason.
I never expected my blog or videos to be helpful to anyone really. So thank you for continually motivating me to be a better instructor and healthy living writer. I was just recently named the Best Healthy Living Blogger of 2012 by FITNESS Magazine and am the #2 most influential online personality by Sharecare…only second to Jillian Michaels.
Anyway my life consists of lots of working out, eating clean, teaching fitness classes, designing, filming, editing, picture-taking, and producing.
I also competed in a fitness Bikini competition once. You may find that interesting so here’s a link if you wanna see how it went! Here’s basically what my meal plan looked like if you want to get started: 90 Day Challenge.
I love my POPsters and the Blogilates Community!!! Here’s a video featuring you guys! Love you!!!
Much love,
Cassey
Hi Cassey
I simply love your website and workouts. I started a few days ago and can still not finish one workout, but I am so encouraged that I will continue. I am super unfit, actually if you look up the word unfit in the dictionary you will most probably find a picture of me :-) So my focus is not only weight loss and toning and so on, but really discipline and control. I believe your workouts can help take control of my body even it is by gently forcing it into positions that I never thought possible.
You are amazing – thank you for the motivating videos/workouts – I’m a runner looking to really get toned and these make me feel great! Hopefully I can just stick with it and see some results soon! Thank you so much for all you do : ) -MK
heyy cassey if you like have a broken arm or leg or something but you want to continue working out what could you do? i know like its definetly not going to be like an extreme workout and all but even if its a slight workout i dont want to stop completely!
xoxo
ps. ive been following your workouts for about 4 months now and im eating clean and everything and loving every moment of it its incredible im so glad i found your blogg!! :D <3
I seriously stumbled across your blogilates site after looking at some tumblrs. I decided to check it out….AND I AM HOOKED! I’ve been doing AT LEAST one of your videos everyday for the past three weeks and I am already seeing changes in my body. I am so happy. Pilates is so much fun, and you make it really accessible to everyone. I feel like you’re really in the room with me, pushing me to work harder! I love it. Best of luck to you, you are amazing!
Sabreena
Hi Cassey :)
Your website is really famous and great! You have a very nice figure. I also want!
So .. Can you tell me some exercises for the hips and tummy? Please.
I will like, when you answer to me (patttie9@gmail.com), thank U so much.
Lots of love, your fan!
Hey Cassey!
I’ve been doing your workout videos for about two or so months now and I feel great! But what I wanted to ask you is if you have any apps in the making? I think it would be such a great idea to have a little app with all the videos on it and a daily message from you or little things like that! Maybe we could take photos of our progress day by day, just brainstorming. Well have a great day and stay fabulous!
Lucy x
hi cassie! i love your videos they are super fun and super challenging! I am like 85 pounds and im 5′ 0 so i am very petite. i swim in the fall from august to november. now that im in my off season i have been doing your blogilates vdeos. my goal right now is to get a nice flat tight lean stomach. i naturally have a very fast metabolism was wondering what foods i should eat to achieve my goals. As well i have been doing your excersizes for a few weeks now . everyday i have been doing Good time abs challenge, brokenhearted abs challenge, abs all night challenge, pop Pilates ab challenge and also the victoria secret model ab workout yet i havent been seeing much results and i know for a facim doing them right because i can feel my abs burning when i do them. Can you help?
how should we alternate the muscles we work?
ex). is it OK to do abs 2 days in a row, even if we are still sore from day 1? or does it have something to do w. muscle recovery?
thanks!
Cassey has helped me target my problem areas! I tried Insanity and I must say her blogilates work outs are just as hard and insane. I love them! You rock Cassey!
Hey cassey
I just luv u and ur videos so much.you are such an amazing trainer.
I’ve been doing pilates for about one year and it mkaes me feel really happy and I’ve noticed such an amazing change in my body!
thank you so much and keep on working.
your such an amazing person! thanks for being who you are. :)
OMG Cassey! I love you SOOO much! <3 You are so beautiful (inside and out) and SO inspirational. I try to do your videos twice a day and i have seen an awesome difference within 3 months (I'll be honest)… Without really eating that clean. :P But your keep me motivated to just keep working out and to try and better myself!
Congrats on your Bikini Comp! I know you will do great but still the best of wishes are with you!! Your Beautiful and you Shine like a Star! POPstar?
Keep up the great work! I'll be with you every step of the way!!! <3
Hiii! Love your website, and love your “pop-pilates” workouts(: I would really love if you could answer to this : I’m 12 years old, and I was wondering if there is anything I should watch out for food wise, like, for my age? I’m obviously not going to follow the 90-day diets and all because I’m pretty sure that could cause harm to me and my growing. But I was just wondering if you have any tips for healthy eating,for a younger audience maybe?(:
Thanks!xoxo
Anna
Hey Anna! I’m also a bit too young to crazily diet (I’m 13, 14 in two months). It’s super easy to eat healthy. Basic rules: 1.) Avoid junk food as much as you can! Although, it’s okay to have a bit in moderation. 2.) Try to eat as much whole grains as you can. Whole wheat bread, whole grain pasta, the like. 3.) Lots of water, especially if you’re active and/or live in a warm climate! 4.) Fruits and veggies! They can also help to keep you hydrated. 5.) Try not to eat added sugar or salt. Just avoid putting extra salt or sugar in foods (potatoes, hot chocolate/coffee, etc.) It’s super easy to eat clean early on. Hope I helped! PS. I am not a nutritionist; I don’t know everything. (:
Hello Cassey,
That bag, that bag…with the bow, the light pink bow handbag? Where is that bag, and how much is it? The bag is gorgeous!
http://www.ogorgeous.com/product/beverly-bowtie-gym-bag-in-dusty-rose
CASSEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY omg i just wanna know how you keep your legs so straight, i mean what do you do to keep them straight because mine are retarded and bent :L
xoxo
Your sites is one of the reasons I am inspired to blog! Thanks!
Hi Cassey!!
I just wanted to say Thank u, I hope that u never loose that energi u got going or that spark for pilates/// :)
Hey there Casey! I’ve just started my own blog and I feel so lucky that I came across yours. I posted your vision board youtube video on my own page as it is very inspiring and refreshing. :)
Cassey, you are such an inspiration and an amazing person! Thank you for being so wonderful and being the best pilates trainer ever!!!
Great video, Cassey. Keep doing what you’re doing. You are doing AMAZING work.
hey I just bought a shirt and it charged me 4 times on my bank account . Just wondering why and I only wanted to pay for one shit that was 20.00 . please get back to me
Thanks !
Do not worry. Just send the reminder to help@ogorgeous.com, you will be taken care of right away. Make sure that you check with your credit card company first. Technically, things can go wrong but oGorgeous wil not not do you wrong. It is a promise to keep. I know Cassey very well.
i hope you mean shirt, lol :)
Hi, you are amaizing.
How can I contract you in order to ask u some questions about health & fitness in my case b/c I have a problem
Is there an app for blogilates ????
There isn’t one at the moment, but that would be so AMAZING! I always use the workouts as part of my gym routine and am totally addicted to blogilates – Casey can you create an APP for us?!
Hey Cassey! I will be visiting the San Fran area this coming October from NY! I was wondering if you had any shops, studios, etc out there? I would love to visit! Thanks!
Angela
Hey Cassey, i have been following u for sometime and have now finally can get through a whole workout video :D. U have really inspired me, and i wanted to thank you, i want to thank you for helping me, when i was 6 years old i have a very big operation (im now 16) on one of my kidneys and every sense then my lower abs have been very very week i could barley do a sit-up, i challenge my self to do your videos for a month and try to loss weight so its been a week and i’m a little bit stronger and have lost a little more weight, and i just recently discovered that my lower abs and improved immensely. So i just wanted to stay thanks for all your help this has been life changing.
Hi Cassey!! I am so glad that I found you’re videos!! They are very helpful! You are so bubbly and when I’m working out to the videos, your pep-talks keep me going! I would like to be able to workout like you do someday!! It’s obvious that you are doing what you love, and I hope you continue to enjoy doing what you do. You are helping a lot of people feel confident about themselves. You are awesome!! :)
Your blog and videos are amazing!
now I’m a lover of pilates! haha
thank you : )
Hi Cassey,
I’ve been following you on tumblr and reading your blog and I just want to tell you that you’re very inspiring :)
Love your blogs!
Stephanie
Hello Cassey! Like everyone else I am also one of your big fan and love the energy you put in your videos. Thank you for doing this.
Love the oGorgeous Yoga pants :) I may get some!
I can’t wait till payday so I can get some too – and the ‘train insane’ vest top :)
So I am trying to figure out something. How can I eat small 5 meal when i work fully day. When I come home i have dinner. I live with my parent. So suer I still eat Pre even after my dinner and sure i eat my post after my work out? Also your videos are amazing!
Dear Cassey
:(
I have been a great fan of your workout videos ever since i first lay my eyes on them. I always had the zeal to complete your workouts and have fun. But the lastfew days suddenly turned to hell for me. I lost a neighbour of mine, we had known each other since childhood.It was all so sudden and horrid.Now I just want to get back to normalcy because the gloom is eating me from inside. I no longer like doing anything,having fun,listening to music, doing your workouts,i just want thinks to become ok again.:(
Please be safe on roads and keep reminding your friends and loved ones to take the precausionary measures and be careful.
Take care.
Hi! I love your videos! I just started to do your workouts and I love your encouragement in every video of yours! I was wondering if you could make a workout video for thinning down calves (not big and bulky)? If so, that’ll be wonderful! Thank you so much!
You’re very pretty by the way :D
Cassey
you are such an inspiration to so many girls & women everywhere. I absolutely love you! You have changed my life & have made me want to be a better mother, wife,sister, daughter…..just an all around better person! My body & MIND have been transformed, all because of Blogilates & you!
Thanks for giving someone like me who was teetering on the brink of insanity, a reason to grab life by the horns & go for my dreams. You are the BEST!!!
MUCH LOVE,
KATIE
I just want to say I love your videos and posts! I have felt unmotivated and weak for a long time and then I came across your videos and decided to try them out. I have finally started to love my body again! Thank you so much for all the effort you put into these posts and videos, you have truly inspired me!
Hey Cassey!
I’ve been doing some of your videos on youtube and they’re brilliant and are really motivating!! Thank you sooooo much!! I was just wondering how I subscribe to get your July workout calender when July comes as I’d really like to get fit and actually stay fit!!!
Thanks again!
Chrissie xx
Hi Cassie, I’m sure you are helping more people become healthy than most doctors! I hope your parents’ hesitation is only because they love you and want everything to work out well for you. Once they can see that you are happy and making a living, I hope they will be able to relax and appreciate your career path.
Hi Cassey,
Your youtube videos have been really helpful and I love your sparkly personality.
I run a lot and don’t really do strength training/pilates because there was no good platform for me to learn from previously. Now, with your videos, I can do it anytime, even when I come home after work at 10 pm. Thanks so much for inspiring me to get toned up. Keep your videos coming! :)
Love from Singapore,
Jayne
Just wanted to say how brave I think you are for following your passion. It is difficult to not do what is expected of you by your parents.
Hey Cassey,
I was just wondering i want to loose five pounds in like a month and a very flat stomach and want to be kind of toned but yet have skinny legs. I would like to know what do you suggest i eat? And what do I do to get skinnier legs and also arms? It would be amazing to have the body I have always wanted. I was always wondering how to i loose weight without loosing my butt? And how can I loose fat fast? And if i eat something that has fat how much should the fat be?
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Hi Cassey,
I was doing one of your videos and i couldnt help but notice that you looked short. I was wonder how tall you were than… so, How tall are you?! I was just curious thats all.
hi cassey, I recently found your blog and I love it, I love they way you write, your videos and the energy you put in your work. I started to run since 5 months ago and I drop 10 pounds which I love, now I will complement it with you workouts, and great eating ideas! tks for sharing you knowledges with me! rgds, dalys (a stay at home mom of a 5YOgirl)
I just discovered your videos on youtube about a week ago. On the days that I do not run I always go to youtube and do one of your video workouts. I love your energy and passion, keep it up!!
Just discovered the wonderful world of printables! I don’t own a printer but can do them from my laptop! I’m so excited because I am not able to watch videos all the time with my internet package and trying to do workouts from memory usually results in weaker performances, so this will be very helpful!
Hi!
I work out to your videos, and they are great! Thank you for being such an inspiration :)
May
I stumbled across your youtube videos the other day when I was trying to find an ab workout to challenge me, and now I am addicted! Your videos and blog have been such an inspiration to me and I’m going to try the 90 day challenge to start eating clean :)
Your videos are amazing and I really feel an improvement in myself!!
I just want to say that you are amazing and I love your videos!
Especially the New Year special Pop Cardio Dance, I could never get tired of dancing to it over and over again : D
Hello
I just came across http://blogilates.com and saw that you accept guest posts. I have been writing on topics related to Belly fat reduction for a long time and have great interest in doing that, and I even have a website on a related topic.
The guest article will be of 800 words or more with some images focusing on the topic of the article. You can be sure that you will get an error free article with just one link back to my site and it will be strictly free from plagiarism and the article will not be published elsewhere and you will own the copyright of the article.
I have read all the guidelines you have given at http://blogilates.com.
I also have some articles which are written by me and yet to be published anywhere.
I will be glad to receive a positive reply from you. Please also let me know if you are interested or you can also suggest a custom topic which I can write exclusively for you.
Thanks
Crystal