Fit Blogger We Love: MizFit

Do you have a favorite fitness blogger? In this new section, we’re chatting with fit bloggers we can’t get enough of to get their fitness tips and words of workout widsom. This week, we talked to Carla Brinberg, better known as MizFit at MizFitOnline.com. This mom, writer and personal trainer posts videos with health advice and moves from her workout while “unapologetically” being herself.

MizFit with her daughter

MizFit with her daughter

My favorite way to work out: It will come as no surprise to anyone who knows me or who has dropped by my blog that I adore weight training. Old school weight training.  Dusty dumbbells and sets & reps. Think Arnold Schwarzenegger and just feminine it up a little bit. Emphasis on the little. Give him a running skirt.

My fave snack: I’m addicted to beef jerky.  What started as an I’m- intrigued-by-this-shriveled-thing-I-will-try-this-once has developed over time to a full-blown love affair.  If it weren’t for the sodium levels I’d eat it even more than I do now.

Most embarrassing song I’ll admit I work out to:  Ahh, Justin Timberlake, I love ye.  And I should probably be more embarrassed than I am that when I’m running I totally, entirely & wholly pretend he’s serenading *me* when he sings “Senorita.”  Whatever it takes to get through the run—right?

My fitness mantra: My fitness mantra is my blog’s tagline: “…because fitness isn’t about fitting in.”  I’m a firm believer that we should read, watch television and videos, find gurus, chat with our friends—but when it comes down to putting into practice we are the experts of our own bodies.  We may all share the same goal of wanting to live a healthier, longer and more vibrant life but that doesn’t mean we will all take the same path to get there.
My “I Did It” moment: I’m known for the fact I do cardio, but I do not love the cardio.  Each time I do it I’m proud of myself.  As a result it was a tremendous achievement for me to sign up for and run the Disney Princess Half-Marathon.

My biggest motivator/My motivation comes from: my daughter.  Not only does she motivate me to stay healthy (let’s just say I’m not a young mom), but she inspires me to remain unapologetically myself and live authentically.  I believe if I practice what I preach then there’s never a need to preach a word.  I hope by ‘practicing’ I can pass this way of living on to her as well.

Do you have a favorite fit blogger you want us to highlight? Leave a comment below or email blog@fitnessmagazine.com.

138 Responses to “Fit Blogger We Love: MizFit”

  1. I love me some MizFit! ~and have her to thank for my new addiction beef jerky!She is an inspiration to me not just as a fit blogger but for her genuine caring heart.

  2. Hi–Just tried to drop you a line @ blog@fitnessmagazine.com but it was returned. Is that the correct address? Thanks.

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  4. Love Miz! Great article….Q&A is always fun to see from other Fitness-istas:)

  5. Miz is an amazing role model to so many! Her outward beauty is only a fraction of how beautiful her personality is!

  6. Ohh, how I love the Miz! …and I suddenly crave the beef jerky.

  7. I love MizFit! She is the perfect example of a blogger who embodies all the aspects of healthy living!

  8. Thanks so much for both interviewing me and for portraying me as the mildly disheveled, definitely old school, juggling lots & letting some life-balls slam to the ground misfit that I am.
    THATS WHY I LOVE YOUR MAGAZINE.

    Real people. As we are. No pretend perfection.

    Carla

  9. I love mizfit! She is always ready with awesome advice and constantly reviewing new products for us to try. She is one of my favortite health bloggers out there who I know I can count on for her honesty, inspiration and support!

  10. I love Mizfit not only for her fitness advice, but for her wisdom about living an authentic life. She’s a true role model!

  11. Thanks for all the feedback, everyone! We want to hear about other fitness blogs you love too.

    Dimity, we’re looking into why you’re not able to email blog@fitnessmagazine.com. Thanks for letting us know!

  12. I love Miz! She is about healthy living for the WHOLE self – body, mind and spirit!

  13. Miz is an inspiration and motivating dynamo!

  14. I adore Miz! I think she may have been the one that led me to: Jen at Priorfatgirl,com and Shauna at Dietgirl.org. I also love Sheryl at msbitchcakes.blogspot.com

  15. Love Miz…beef jerky? Not so much.

    As for bloggers I love, I see a whole bunch of them in the responses ahead of mine. :)

  16. http://www.trainermomma.com — Check her out! Her site is funny, has great workouts, recipes, and just “gets it”.

  17. http://www.truth2beingfit.com/

    Jody (fit at 53) is a fitness inspiration for people of any age!

  18. First, thank you to Lisa T whoever you are.. pls email me so I can thank you personally!

    As for Carla – she was the first blog I actually commented on when I started blogging. Carla is amazing in more ways than I can write here. She is such an inspiration to everyone & a shining example of a Mom & teaching by example! AMAZING!

    Carla has also taken time out of her busy schedule to answer many questions for me. Yes, I am at least 10 years older but she is SO WISE!

    Thank you so much for featuring her!

  19. I tried emailing you at blog@fitnessmagazine.com as well and it was returned. Please let me know when this glitch is ironed out so I shoot you an email. Thanks!

  20. Miz Carla is a wonderful supportive friend. She works so hard, and builds all of us up. Not only is she positive, but she is realistic. Very inspirational.

  21. Love MisFit! Would also love for http://winloseorblog.blogspot.com to get a mention. This is a competition in its 3rd season to inspire bloggers to get fit. I don’t think I’d be making life changes right now if it weren’t for Win, Lose, or Blog!

  22. I agree with Lisa T. Jody at Fit at 53 is truly an inspiration and should be featured!

  23. this is SO good! I love the look on your dauther’s face Miz. So proud of her mom, you can see it in her eyes.

    I love Bobbi’s blog: http://www.bobbimccormick.com/ such an inspiring woman.

  24. I, too, love Mizfit. She, Mandi at http://www.trainermomma.com and Roni at http://www.ronisweigh.com have been the biggest inspirations for me in starting my own fitness blog. Now I have a bunch more to check out!

  25. Love you Miz! Great answers… I will never look at Arnold quite the same way, I’ll be picturing him in a tutu! ;)

  26. yippee for my fav fitness blogger!

  27. Oh, a great choice! I love MizFit! She has been one of the biggest inspirations in my healthy living transformation – and not just with respect to physical fitness, either. Plus she has gathered an amazing community and fosters much insightful “commentversation,” as she’s dubbed it.

    As for other health & fitness bloggers, there are so many I enjoy. I definitely echo the Shauna/Dietgirl love, and Jody (Fit at 53) is a great choice, too. Lori at “Finding Radiance” provides a lot of good insights on weight loss maintenance and fitness. I’d also recommend Charlotte Hilton Andersen of “The Great Fitness Experiment” and Sagan of “Living Healthy in the Real World.”

  28. I agree that Mandi at http://www.trainermomma.com is fantastic!

  29. I love http://www.trainermomma.com. Excellent recipes, menu ideas and workouts all in an entertaining read. Mandi rocks!

  30. I love, love, love http://www.trainermomma.com Mandi has really inspired me!! She shares such wonderful ideas and recipes. I love it!

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  32. http://www.trainermomma.com/

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  33. Absolutely love this blog! She has a wonderfully witty personality and will kick your sluggish tooshie into shape! She has awesome fitness/nutrition advice/ideas for real people like you and me! I do the workouts she posts and LOVE them! And the food! Yummmm! She is truly inspiring! So glad I found her! I hope you like her too!

  34. http://www.trainermomma.com is the best. Great ideas, great feedback and real information to apply in the every day grind!

  35. Best fitness blog ever. She’s so real about everything. Love it!

  36. http://trainermomma.com
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  37. This website is awesom! I check it every day and love it. You can totally relate to her and she has great ideas and recipes the whole family will eat.

  38. LOVE http://www.trainermomma.com Awesome recipes and workouts. This funny momma has been around the fitness block and knows her stuff! She’s is AWESOME!

  39. Love this blog! Mandy always has great posts and fantastic healthy recipes!

  40. trainermomma.com is my girl! super motivational and helps you see its possible

  41. Mandi keeps me motivated over at
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  42. My favorite is http://www.trainermomma.com Recipes, workouts and realities of being a mom and fit are discussed. I emphasis the realities and also how to overcome and work with the schedule of a momma. Love it!!! Recommend it to everyone that would possibly be interested.

  43. I love everything about her blog! Anytime I have a fitness question, I head over to her blog. I’ve emailed her with questions and she always answers me back. She’s amazing!

  44. Love Trainermomma!!! Love the recipes and the workouts, I visit it whenever I need a good motivational boost!

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  47. My all time FAVE is http://www.trainermomma.com !! She inspires me and I love her little work out videos. I get lots of workout ideas from her!

  48. http://www.trainermomma.com was recommended by a friend and i LOVE her site! I just got done doing her fully body 3 work out. I love the videos and the printable worksheets. Great recipes, too!

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  50. http://www.trainermomma.com is awesome! Her story is super inspiring to any mom trying to get in shape!

  51. I love Mandi!! Her blog is http://www.trainermomma.com/…the best blog I’ve ever read. I check it a couple times a day!!!

  52. I agree http://trainermomma.com is great! Her blog is entertaining and inspiring. Not only will she get you healthy, but your family as well.

  53. trainer momma!!!!! http://www.trainermomma.com/

  54. I’d like to add http://www.byebyefatgirl.net to your list for consideration :)

  55. Ditto on the trainermomma! I am so inspired by Mandi’s blog and have done many of her workouts, and made many healthy receipes. She really is the best!!!

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  57. http://WWW.trainermomma.com!! She is really motivating and talks about eating right and exercising in simple, easy to follow terms.

  58. http://www.trainermomma.com is the BEST. The whole picture. The real deal. She totally gets it and I can totally relate to everything she says–it’s like she’s all up inside my head. Love her!

  59. The Trainer Momma is great! I love her blog and she sends out her newsletter every Monday with a new challenge for the week. Love it! http://www.trainermomma.com

  60. Gotta add to the love for Mandi the Trainer Momma. She’s fabulous! http://www.trainermomma.com

  61. http://www.trainermomma.com is awesome! She’s spot on with everything from fitness to health. Great advise, great encouragement, and she’s a great example.

  62. Another vote for trainermomma.com! Mandi rocks!

  63. http://www.trainermomma.com is definitely my favorite fitness blogger! She is so down to earth, funny, and realistic about setting fitness related goals. Love her!

  64. I love learning how to manage motherhood, pregnancy, & food with exercise. Very motivating blogger!

  65. I LOVE TrainerMomma.com!! She is so real and down to earth. She’s all about eating right all the time and not dieting. You’ve got to check her out!

  66. Love, love trainermomma! She is a true inspiration for any mom out there juggling kids and the reality of life and how you can fit eating well and fitness into your life!

  67. I’m also a fan of http://www.trainermomma.com I love her ‘ETW’(Eat With Me) posts that show me what she’s eating. I always feel so inspired by how healthy she can eat, good stuff and not deprive herself. Shes’ great.

  68. Trainermommma has been such an inspiration to me, to get off my butt and get back in shape!

  69. I LOVE http://www.trainermomma.com! She is awesome and provides some great video’s to go with her printable workouts!

  70. Check out trainermomma. She is my go to gal for help and tips in losing weight. http://WWW.trainermomma.com

  71. http://www.trainermomma.com

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  72. I LOVE LOVE LOVE trainermomma.com! She is the best!!

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  74. I LOVE http://www.trainermomma.com . She’s real. She has struggled with her weight and overcome in a healthy manner. She is inspiring and gives many helpful tips to those of us who are still struggling to be healthy. She has great workouts and great recipes, several of which have become family favorites (whole wheat waffles and pancakes). I LOVE trainer momma!

  75. http://www.trainermomma.com is da bomb. Love it, her, the recipes and workouts.

  76. My favorite is http://www.trainermomma.com ! She has wonderful recipes, she’s motivating, and she’s a mom! Love it!!!

  77. Trainer Momma rocks! Check her out
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  78. I am totally impressed by Trainer Momma! She is one dedicated trainer for family fitness and healthy lifestyle. http://www.trainermomma.com

  79. By far the best fitness blog I have found is Trainer Momma. Her website is: http://www.trainermomma.com. You should definitely check out her site.

  80. Love http://www.trainermomma.com!!! Trying to get those pregnancy pounds off once again and she has inspired me…over and over and over again.

  81. I can’t say enough good things about http://www.trainermomma.com! Love her workout video’s, recipes, general advice and good humor. Most of all she knows what it’s like to have the sugar monster in your life and how to get rid of it once and for all. Mandi is smart, fun and informative. I check in with her every day.

  82. http://www.trainermomma.com!

    she’s the best. reasonable, realistic, humor, and insightful!

  83. I love http://www.trainermomma.com! So knowledgeable, down-to-earth, funny, and motivating.

  84. another vote for Trainer Momma. She’s incredible.

  85. I love http://www.trainermomma.com. She is my fitness/nutrition go-to girl!

  86. go to trainermomma.com she’s the BOMB!

  87. I love trainermomma! She is common-sense, motivational, just the best!

  88. We LOVE Mandi!!!

    http://www.trainermomma.com

  89. Trainermomma.com is great! She’s so smart, so down to earth, and absolutely practices what she preaches. You should check out her incredible transformation! Talk about inspiring!

    I also love thegreatfitnessexperiment.com, because Charlotte is hilarious.

  90. I love Mandi at trainermomma.com. Her information is helpful and she’s been where most of us have been–out of shape and unhealthy and look where she is now! She’s a huge motivator to all of us ‘mommas’ out there.

  91. Love love love Mandi the Trainer Momma! I love how real she is and her tips on keeping her family eating healthy while juggling crazy schedules! I am definitely hooked on her website.

  92. http://trainermomma.com all the way! I’ve tried several recipies that were awesome and she even has tips and tricks for us pregnant mommas!

  93. http://www.trainermomma.com is the BOMB! Mandi has great advice, workouts, recipes and most of all inspires so many women who want to be healthy and fit! Don’t miss out on this fit momma!

  94. I’m a big fan of MizFit and also Love http://www.trainermomma.com as well! Lots of insight and inspiration:)

  95. LOVE the trainermomma.com Super motivation and great weekly newsletter. Very down to Earth with yummy recipes and great ideas for workouts!

  96. mandi over at trainermomm.com is fab! she is smart, funny and knows TONS about getting fit and staying fit. Her ‘eat with me’ posts are great.

  97. My favorite fitness blog is trainermamma.com It is just what us women need for motivation, recipes and a daily chuckle.

  98. She’s the best because she is real. I love her recipes. The recipes are not too difficult and are affordable. I also like how she gives usable information for people of all ranges of activity with a healthy dose of humor.

    Go Trainer Momma!

  99. It doesn’t look like this is really needed, but I really like trainermomma.com also! I appreciate her workouts, because they’re challenging plus I can do most of them at home.

    I also like her whimsical style.

  100. This gal has a great blog. Her blog is so fresh and young. She is so enthusiastic! I have been following her for about 2 months and cannot wait to get my daily blog from her.

    Dianne

  101. I LOVE to read Trainer Momma! She is such an inspiration to all moms and women out there!

  102. This is my favorite fitness blog BY FAR! So down to earth and real, with fantastic workouts and recipes! LOVE IT!

  103. She is my fav. Helps keep me motivated to keep moaving forward!!

  104. Trainermomma.com is a wonderful website. She pretty much covers everything you can think of when it comes to being fit and healthy along with juggling the responsibilities of a family. Her blogs are fun to read and get you excited about being healthy. Mandy keeps it real, that’s what I like most about her blog. So glad trainermomma.com is available.

  105. I love http://www.trainermomma.com. She has awesome workouts, great recipes of things that all the family can eat, nothing that you have to buy special. She lives what she teaches and helps you learn how to find what it is your missing.

  106. I LOVE http://www.trainermomma.com!! Mandi is such an inspiration and I love her recipe posts!

  107. http://www.trainermomma.com

    She is honest, down-to-earth has great tips, recipes and free amazing workouts!!

  108. I love checking into http://www.trainermomma.com. It keeps healthy recipes and working out on the front of my mind. I really enjoy her “eat with me” posts. It gives me a variety of ideas for healthy eating for every meal.

  109. I love trainermomma.com!!

  110. I love, love, love Mandi at http://www.trainermomma.com/!

  111. When I grow up, I wanna be Trainer Momma – http://www.trainermomma.com (although I’m probably older than her)! I doubt I could come up with a question that she hasn’t already answered on her site. And I just signed up for her newsletter with the Monday challenges. Can’t wait to incorporate the new habits that she has in store.

  112. I really enjoy http://www.trainermomma.com. She makes it make sense. (if that makes any sense ;)

  113. I love http://www.trainermomma.com because she’s living fit while having a family. Many of these “healthy living blogs” are inspiring, but not applicable to me because I have kids and have to factor a family into healthy living.

  114. I love love love Trainer Momma!!! My friend introduced me to her blog about 6 months ago and I can’t get enough. Great recipes and training tips and a nice kick-your-butt-in-gear motivational boost!

  115. http://www.fitmomsfitkids.com is AWESOME!!!
    It has a little bit of everything and I absolutely love all the inspirational bloggers they have on the site!
    I check it out for all my nutritional, fitness and organizing needs!!

    Ani~

  116. For some reason this wasn’t working so I’m trying it again.. I really love http://www.fitmomfitkidsclub.com Annett is awesome, inspirational…gets moms thinking they can do it! Great tips and meal plans.

  117. I think Ani above meant to say http://www.fitmomsfitkidsclub... :) She’s right they cover all sorts of topics, organic moms, to organization, to working moms, to pregnant moms, moms getting their bodies back after baby and more.. They cover it all.. I LOVE IT!

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  120. Sorry, thought it woudl publish it….www.trainermomma.com is the site I love!

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  122. Trainermomma rocks: http://www.trainermomma.com

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