Lindsay Ogden

The act of lacing up her sneakers and heading out for a run has been a lifelong through line for Sarah Murphy. It’s a thread unspooling from her very first race at the age of 5, a one-mile fun run with her dad; through high school and college in cross-country and track; and following her pregnancies, in 2009 and 2011, when she would buckle her son and daughter into a jogging stroller so they could join her as she traversed their neighborhood in St. Paul, Minn.

[MUSIC] What’s up, everyone? We’re back with another Life Time Talks episode. I’m David Freeman. And I’m Jamie Martin. And today, we have a special guest, Mr. Alec Blenis. He’s going to be talking about lunges so that’s the topic of the day. Why are they fundamental within movements in our strength program? And a lot of times people want to focus on the glutes, the quads, and the calves, any and everything below the waist.

When Julie Porras’s daughter Elena was diagnosed in-utero with stage III neuroblastoma, Porras quickly learned that she and her family would face many challenges in the years to come, starting with Elena’s first round of chemotherapy at just six hours old. As the years passed, the stress and pressure of it all took its toll on Porras — physically, mentally, and emotionally — and she eventually sought support to help her deal.