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October 04, 2022

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The REAL reason I didnt give up…

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8 Aesthetic Fall Trends That We (and Our Wardrobes) Are Totally Here For

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How to Get the Look of Plazacore…Without Going Hardcore

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Is imitation the sincerest form of flattery? A tale of Instagram, Tiktok and… the Kardashians.

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Should You Wear Underwear to Work Out…or Go Commando?

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We Tried BeReal – Here’s What We Thought of this Anti-Instagram

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Are Infrared Saunas Worth the Hype?

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Is the BBL already over?

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Healthy Travel Hacks for Your Next Vacation

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Freezing the Fat: Is CoolSculpting Scary Good or Just Scary?

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The Blogilates Team Holiday Gift Guide Is Here!

The 2022 Fit Planner Is HEREEEE!!!

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Healthy Eating = Less Stress. Is It True?

Dear Cassey: Are sweaty workouts causing my breakouts?

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The Lesson We Can All Learn From Simone Biles

Dear Cassey: I’m pregnant and my fitness is suffering

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7 Surprising Signs You Need More Sleep

What’s The Hot Girl Summer Hype All About? Here are 7 Tips to Owning Your Summer

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6 Reasons Why Weight Fluctuation Happens (And Why You Shouldn’t Stress)

The Complete Guide to Working Out On Your Period

Dear Cassey: I am just too tired to work out.

Dear Cassey: I’m tired of letting myself down.

7 Things You Need To Do Before The New Year

The Blogifam’s Ultimate Last Minute Holiday Gift Guide

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Dear Cassey: How do you actually stick to a healthy lifestyle?

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My Complete Gift Guide For Fitness and Food Lovers

Feeling Tired? 7 Unexpected Causes of Fatigue

It’s My 2-Year Wedding Anniversary!

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Dear Cassey: I’m unhappy with how I look, but I have no motivation to change

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Dear Cassey: It’s so hard to be healthy around other people

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Dear Cassey: How do I respond to snarky comments about my diet?

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Where Are All The Male Plus Size Models?!

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Dear Cassey: How can I take better care of myself?

52 Things You Can Do Right Now To Support #BlackLivesMatter

2020 is getting scarier…

Here’s What Disney Princesses Would Wear if They Worked Out

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Dear Cassey: Should I change my future career because of how I look?

Let’s Talk About The Quarantine 15

Dear Cassey: Why is it so hard to break bad habits?

4 Ways to Feel Less Stressed During Quarantine

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Dear Cassey: It’s so hard to eat healthy with my family…

How to Glow Up During Self-Isolation

MY LITTLE SISTER GOT ENGAGED!!!!

Why Women Think Aging is Ugly

Happy Father’s Day!

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Goal setting: when to make it public vs. private

8 Things Only Girls Who Wear Activewear Will Understand

Finding gratitude among the drama of expectation

I had to learn to stand up for myself….

Puppies & Planks happened and it was BEYOND.

Puppies & Planks, the festival that nearly broke my heart.

2 minutes before I went on stage, I ripped up my speech.

“The Enchanted Oasis” – our official wedding film!

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Bridal Shower Shenanigans!

Here’s what you should know about the PIIT Pocket app…

The 30 Day Water Challenge

The ONE thing that stresses me out the most…

When working out and eating clean aren’t enough.

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I wasted so much time being embarrassed…

7 Healthy Tips For Managing Your Stress

How to deal with jealousy in friendships

My Fave 2017 Gifts For All My Girlfriends (All Under $50)

When does competition become unhealthy?

The 2018 Fit Planner is finally here!!!

It’s okay to “break up” with a friend

Those Days When Social Media Makes You Soooo Insecure…

We all need to take a break. For our health.

Hate is a sickness. We need to WAKE UP

Do Millennials Share Too Much On The Internet?

Sometimes it’s okay to be selfish

OMG! We Finally Went To The Museum Of Ice Cream!!

Sometimes It’s Okay To Be Selfish

So ummm…this happened!!!

Winner Winner

5 SCARY Things That Happen When You Don’t Sleep!

Do you have a strong woman in your life? GIVEAWAY TIME!

Turning Hate into Love

My childhood fantasy came true!

Why you lose motivation and what you can do about it.

20 Things I learned in my 20s

Our Ugly Sweater Party!

Dec 7. #DarkBloom.

Why the scale still affects me

Joshua Tree Adventures & Photoshoot!

How to Become a Morning Person

I’m on the cover of Women’s Health Malaysia!?

Top 10 Road to Hana Stops!

How to Run with a Blister! Ow or no ow? + GIVEAWAY!

Blogilates in Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore!

Fave Places to Eat & Visit in Oahu, Hawaii!

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The Best Pre-Workout + Post-Workout Smoothies

POPFLEX, 100 Years of Workout Style & Ronda Rousey

How to Stay on Track During the Holidays

The Truth Behind Social Media…

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Started working on this a year ago and now we’re

Started working on this a year ago and now we’re finally here! My first @popflex_active windbreaker!

I grew up watching Disney movies. Yes, the love stories and adventures were fun but I was really in it for the clothes. Ballgowns, capes, and corsets? Umm yes.

Weirdly (but maybe not so weird) my choice of entertainment these days is watching, reading or listening to historical non-fiction…specifically centered around royal women in history. I think I have a odd affinity for European history around the 1500-1700s because of how the fashion then was used to inspire the Disney princess costumes.

(Side note: You know, when I was a kid I used to think I wanted to be a princess, but after learning about court politics and how women were just pawns and child bearing vehicles, I think being as far away from the castle would be best 😅)

Anyway, I digress.

Even though Disney princess are just a fantasy, the fairytales still inspire me to this day. I love all things romantic, feminine, and enchanted. You can see it in almost all of my designs.

I think the really cool thing about being a fashion designer, specifically an activewear designer is that I have to create things that not only make me feel beautiful but have to make me perform better too. It’s like this constant push and pull between art and science. It’s a challenge but I LOVE IT.

The ✨Whimsical Breeze Windbreaker✨ is my latest creation and I loooove wearing it on my outdoor runs!

✔️adjustable hem so you can wear it loose, cinched or cropped
✔️ enchanted hood that’s adjustable
✔️ double ruched sleeves for extra dramatic sleeves
✔️ princess seams
✔️ high collar to keep your neck warm
✔️ lightweight and compact

Hope you love! I’m wearing the s/m! This design comes in xxs all the way to 3x!

♥️Cassey

Ps: you can get this now on popflexactive.com bio link @popflex_active

It’s true. I haven’t posted a workout video in

It’s true. I haven’t posted a workout video in a long time. And you know what? It’s been nice. Nice because it’s the first time in 13 years of being online that no one has said something mean about my body.

Posting that first video in 2009, I was so scared that someone would comment on my form. But it wasn’t my technique they were after, it was the way I looked. It’s sad that what started out as me very simply teaching Pilates to my students turned into an open forum for body shaming.

Why don’t you have abs?
Why is your butt flat?
Why do you have hip dips?
You’re getting fat.
You’re too skinny.
You don’t look like other trainers.
Where’s your muscle?
Now you look like a man.
Your workouts must not work if you look like that.
If you cared about your career, you’d lose weight.

Stepping away momentarily from the fitness industry has made me realize what a toxic environment I had been living in daily. No more people pushing their ideologies down my throat and telling me how I should look or how I should eat or how stupid I am for not listening to them. In fact, this hiatus has given me the space and breathing room to renurture my relationship with food, fitness, and my body. With the negative chatter silenced, I can now focus on what my body is telling me I need. Not what other people are yelling at me about.

I’ve been having so much fun spending my time driving the product development forward as both @popflex_active and Blogilates brands are growing rapidly. I’m in a major design groove and feel so in alignment. These days, it feels weird to not be afraid to open my comments. Before I’d have to take a deep breath and brace my body for the hurtful and sometimes hateful comments.

Anyway, here’s my first workout video in a looooong time. Let’s see how this goes.

♥️Cassey

Ps: My sliders are the new Blogilates ones at Target! You can get ‘em online at target.com or in store! If you don’t have sliders, use towels on hardwood or paper plates on carpet!

Middle school PE. Ugh I can vividly remember how m

Middle school PE. Ugh I can vividly remember how much anxiety I got when it was time for the “captains” (aka the fastest, most athletic boys in class) to pick teams. I prayed so hard that I wouldn’t be picked last, but it didn’t help. No one wanted me. I know it’s just PE, but being last pick made me feel ashamed, unworthy and like I didn’t belong.

Then mile days. I dreaded “The Mile” so much. Again, the competitive nature of the activity (which honestly was a race) gave me so much anxiety. You know, it’s all fun for the ones who are naturally fast, but for me - I can still remember struggling to finish my mile while feeling like hot soup was boiling in my lungs as my classmates were looking on and judging.

And of course, we can’t forget to talk about PE clothes. Eeewwwww. I do not like being told what to wear, especially when the thing I’m forced to wear I’m also being forced to pay for ANDDDD it looks so bad because it’s not made with my (female) body in mind.

All of this combined made me hate PE and associate all exercise in general with negative feelings.

It wasn’t until high school that I discovered Pilates through an informercial (who remembers Mari Windsor Pilates DVDs!?) and had the realization that fitness wasn’t about competing with others, it was about being better than who you were yesterday. The competition was only between you and yourself!

From there, I decided to get certified as a Pilates instructor in college, I began teaching at gyms, and then started a YT channel all based around making fitness fun!

You know, I strongly believe that if PE could offer group exercise and allow students to wear whatever made them feel confident to move, a lot more girls would have a healthier, more positive relationship with exercise earlier on in life. I know for me it would have made all the difference.

♥️Cassey

Ps: I’m wearing the @popflex_active shruggie, peekaboo shortsie, and that’s the Belladonna gym bag!

Looks like I need to go back to the drawing board

Looks like I need to go back to the drawing board and dial up the motivation 🫠

I dragged @samlivits out from his meetings and forced him to do this TikTok with me. Luckily he obliged. We redid that last shot like 20 times and I’m proud to report he was a trooper and kept going until I was happy 🙂

Do you guys wanna see more of Sam and how we work together as business partners but also as husband and wife? What are you interested in knowing?

♥️Cassey

Ps: This is the new Ready Set Glow Gallon Timer Bottle from @popflex_active! It comes in 3 colors and is avail now on popflexactive.com (bio link)

Wait til the end… For those of you who have bee

Wait til the end…

For those of you who have been following me since 2013, you know that I’ve been designing water bottles for almost a decade. I am obsessed with hydration, and I drink a lot of water because it helps my digestion and also keeps my skin looking healthy.

I know drinking water can be hard because it can taste “boring“. To make it easier for myself, I love adding fruit to give it some flavor. But also what I find really helpful is turning drinking water into a game!

ARE YOU READY TO EXPERIENCE THE BIGGEST FRUIT INFUSER GIANT GALLON BOTTLE OF YOUR LIFE!??

✨Ready Set Glow Gallon Timer Bottle✨ @popflex_active

✔️ motivational time stamps from 7am to 9pm
✔️ fruit infuser
✔️1 gallon (128 fl oz) capacity
✔️ flip top cap
✔️ silicone terrazzo bumper that also TRANSFORMS into a dog water bowl!? 🐾 🐶

But honestly what I’m even more excited about…is it’s matching bottle bag! YOU KNOW I LOVE BAGS! 😭😭😭

Guys it fits the gallon bottle perfectly and it has a:

✔️ phone pocket
✔️ zip pocket
✔️ key ring clip
✔️ wear crossbody or as a mini backpack

Omggggg I can’t even handle myself right now. I think my entire identity is this. THIS IS ME. So specific and SO INTENSE!!!

What do you think!??

♥️Cassey

Ps: You can get this bottle (3 colors) and bag right now at popflexactive.com (bio link) @popflex_active

I love me a good themed party! This time the dress

I love me a good themed party! This time the dress code was: 🫖 high tea🫖 The girlies brought the fashion and the OOTD’s did not disappoint.

My dress is from @adeirlina and my shoes are @pinklily.

HBD @rebeccazamolo! What a beautiful party! 💕

Featured friends: @rosannapansino, @madilynbailey, @laurajquinn