Sometimes, a little girl power is all you need to get you going.

The Running Room’s For Women Only training programs are weekly meet-ups where no boys are allowed.

The 10-week evening program includes a weekly 30-minute seminar, followed by a group run of varying lengths and speeds. You’ll learn everything you’ve every wanted to know (and maybe not) about running including topics such as where to start, common errors and injuries, technique, nutrition and choosing the right equipment.

That marathon doesn’t look so impossible anymore. Ok, maybe a half.

For Women Only training program, $69.99, next one begins June 3 at the Running Room, Eau Claire Market store. For complete schedule, go here.

As January fitness resolutions turn into February reality, even the most motivated can use a little pink-me-up.

Joe Fresh Style's new 42-piece health and wellness collection, Jogi, comes in a peppy pink-and-grey palette and has plenty of pieces to keep us sweating till spring. For the all-around athlete, the cardio kit has push-up bars, weights and a jump rope ($25), while posers will love the non-slip hot yoga towel ($25) that goes over yoga mats to wick away moisture.

Although a cute workout ensemble is not included, it is just an aisle away.

At Real Canadian Superstore, www.superstore.ca

After a VitaminDaily.com subscriber and serious hiker (she’s a Machu Picchu and the West Coast Trail veteran) couldn’t stop raving about Smartwool socks (from $23.99) we had to try out the snazzy styles.

A combination of merino wool, nylon and elastic, the company’s everyday socks are comfortable, come in a variety of fun patterns, and most important, keep your feet dry and warm whether you're hiking in the mountains or running around the city in the snow. And for more advanced activities, the PhD socks are the crème de la crème of footwear.

At Atmosphere, 817 10th Ave. SW, Calgary, 403-264-2444, www.atmosphere.ca

Sometimes, it takes something new to get us moving during the holidays.

Gyrokinesis is a combination of yoga, Pilates, tai chi and dance that encourages the movement of the spine while building heat through the Kundalini yoga style of rapid fire breathing. You start on a stool, continuously flowing through movements and getting warmed up before moving to the mat where things get more challenging. The certified instructor takes you through the class and as the Beastie Boys would say, gets your “body movin.” 

At Be Love Yoga Studio, 1409 Edmonton Trail NW, Calgary, 403-276-5683 and Equilibrium Pilates, 203, 822 11th Ave. SW, Calgary, 403-478-9099, www.equilibriumpilates.ca

After achieving Zen on the mat, a yogi’s greatest challenge is maintaining that inner peace in the outside world.

We’re still working on it, but until then, at least we can prolong the feeling of the mat under our feet with Sanuk’s Yoga Mat flip flops ($39.99). With a footbed that molds to your foot and a soft upper part that won’t cause battle scars, you'll be tempted to wear these cushiony sandals everywhere.

Now back to that journey of a thousand miles….

At InterSport.

Girls just wanna have fun, but when their gym kit makes them look like Little Miss Sunshine, you can bet they won't be turning cartwheels.

There's no sitting on the sidelines with Lilikiks, a Vancouver-based girls activewear line that has just launched its online store.

With on-trend colours, super-soft fabrics, and high-end technical detailing, styles like these will take them from tennis to track and back again.

She shoots, she scores!

Shop by sport or by style at their new e-store.

www.lilikiks.com

If you treat bikini season like a test (with dread and lots of cramming), then we’ve got the study group for you.

Shape up starts by enrolling in Survivor Bootcamp. The four-week intensives offer two, three or five day a week routine outdoor grinds in Canadian cities. Lead by very motivating instructors, they combine cardio and circuit training for trimming down and toning up. We’ll testify that they’re no walk in the park, but yield serious results.

And the high we had afterward felt better than scoring an A+.

From $190, find a location and sign-up at www.survivorbootcamp.com

If your mountain biking regimen includes a pre-ride prayer asking whoever’s up there to help you make it down in one piece, the Trek Dirt Series is your saviour.

Learn an entire season’s worth of skills (from basic climbing to riding down drops) and bond with fellow mountain bikers at the all-women two-day weekend camps ($315). Participants are split into groups according to experience so no need to fret if you’re still working on the basics. The camps also include bike maintenance clinics, fit workshops and social time to talk shop and show off your new skills.

The first Canadian camp runs May 15 and 16 in North Vancouver followed by May 29 and 30 in Whistler, July 10 and 11 in Calgary and August 21 and 22 in Canmore. For a complete schedule go to www.dirtseries.com

It’s that time of year again. New year’s resolutions have piled up and getting fit is on the top of most lists.

This year, skip the ordinary boot camp and make your workout a little more fun, not to mention saucy, at a Puss ’n’ Booty Camp (from $80 for five weeks).

Choose from two different sessions, 45 minutes of yoga and core followed by 45 minutes of sensual dance or, a 45-minute cardio and strength class, followed by the same dance class. In five weeks, you’ll learn a short and sassy routine that will have you giggling while you’re strutting your stuff and working out at the same time.

And at the end, you can perform for your own Johnny at home.

Next session begins today, register here.

They say it’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game. We say it doesn’t hurt if you look cute while playing.

This summer hit the courts in an ensemble from the newly launched tennis collection by Lija. Known for its stylish golf wear, the Vancouver-based company has long created fashions that are perfect for both on the course and off. And when it comes to the racket sport, the fluid no frills tank ($75) paired with the compression goddess skirt ($85) or the vapor form jumper ($110) will have us mastering that backhand in no time.

Game, set, match.

At Heavens Fitness, 637 11th Ave. SW, Calgary, 403-263-3113, www.lijastyle.com