At FitBloggin’ we’re all about providing lots of options for you to experience new things, including waking up at the crack of dawn to get your sweat on before a full day of conference happenings!

On Friday morning, join Erin Kreitz Shirey for a morning boot camp like no other. Watch Mt. Hood shine as you do sprints along the water front. Learn about your own strength, as you embrace the beauty of Portland. Erin’s boot camp will not only motivate you, but give you dynamic exercise drills and tools to use when you fly home. Boot Camp combines cardio, strength, body-weight exercises, TEAMwork, agility, core work and tons of laughter. Watch out, she may bust out the Running Man to keep you laughing as sweat is pouring down your brow.

Portland is Erin’s Heart City (founded her business Power Fitness PDX there 8 years ago), so this is a special treat to return to teach boot camp at FitBloggin’ 13 Portland!

For more info on Erin or her boot camps, visit digdeepplayhard.com.

Click here to see what Erin did last year in Baltimore!

Saturday morning we’ll have you sweating PINK!

SweatPink Yoga is a fusion of yoga and boot camp designed to give you a total body workout that will jump-start your metabolism and boost your cardiovascular endurance by combining strength training, flexibility, cardio and balance. SweatPink Yoga is taught by Fit Approach founder Jamie Walker, a certified yoga instructor, NASM-certified, ultramarathon runner and fitness fanatic.

Both these classes are open. Meet Erin and Jamie at 6 a.m. in the Fashion/Culture ballroom and be ready to get your sweat on!

How do you monetize your blog or website? As a blogger, ShareASale becomes a platform for all your Affiliate Marketing Activities.

We help you find products to fit your blog, track which transactions have earned you commissions, report the transaction to you and most importantly – send you a payment on time every month for your commissions. For 13+ years, ShareASale has been the host for over 3,900 Affiliate Programs with Merchants looking for you – the blogger and content publisher.

Stop by our table! We are excited to be sponsoring FitBloggin’ 13 for the first time!  If you have questions about affiliate marketing or are interested in learning more be sure to stop by our booth.  You can also drop in to learn more about the numerous health, fitness and wellness merchants within our network. We’ll also have a surprise bonus give away from one of our best health, fitness & wellness merchants!

To learn more about ShareASale, please visit our website—shareasale.com, read our daily blog—blog.shareasale.com, follow us on twitter—@shareasale or “like” us on  Facebook

At Amana, we’re dedicated to making our planet cleaner by reducing our consumer’s eco footprints. So we encourage investing in energy-star qualified products and share tips with our consumers on how to reduce energy consumption and save a little money on utility bills along the way. By attending tree-planting ceremonies, buying reusable water bottles and following every day energy saving tips, we can all work together to make our planet healthier for generations to come.  What have you done to be a little greener?

Amana will be at FitBloggin’ this year to explain the benefits of energy-star rated appliances, provide tips for a less energy-dependent lifestyle and answer any questions about living simply in a modern world.

To learn more about Amana, visit our website: http://www.amana.com/, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter!

Do you want to get sponsorships, ambassadorships and generally get paid to do what you love?

It all begins with two words: media kit! Read the rest of Workshop Overview: How to Create a Media Kit»»

Reebok is built on fitness.  It is the foundation of our brand and it is the motivation for everything we do.  We believe that fitness is a way of life.  There are many ways to pursue it.  It can be fun, challenging, frustrating, exhausting, and inspiring.  The results go beyond physical transformation. Read the rest of Reebok at FitBloggin!»»

Thank you to everyone who applied to speak and for helping us make our final decisions.  Today we announce the final list of speakers for the Ignite Fitness keynote event at Fitbloggin.  We reserve the right to make changes regarding the speaker topics before the conference.

As a proud sponsor of FitBloggin’ 13, Nutrilite is inviting 30 FitBloggin’ attendees to visit its picturesque 700-acre Trout Lake Farm in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains.

Trout Lake Farm is the largest certified organic herb farm in North America. Its fields are irrigated by the nearby, glacier-fed White Salmon River, and feature breathtaking panoramic views of the Cascades. The farm has been producing high quality botanicals for nearly 40 years, including echinacea purpurea, dandelions, echinacea angustifolia, valerian, peppermint, nettles and many others. Read the rest of Trout Lake Farm Tour Sign Up!»»

NOW Foods, a family-owned company and leader in the natural products industry, is excited to be a first-time sponsor of Fitbloggin’ 13! For 45 years NOW has been empowering people to lead healthier lives by providing the natural product industry’s most extensive line of dietary supplements, natural and organic foods, sports nutrition, and personal care products. Outstanding quality and value have made NOW the trusted brand of consumers who believe good health shouldn’t cost a fortune. Read the rest of Welcome NOW Foods!»»

Everyone who has struggled with trying to lose weight knows that it’s a frustrating, bumpy process. For those who have over 100 pounds to lose, it can seem like a never-ending cycle that others can’t relate to. In this session moderated by Emily Sandford of Skinny Emmie, we’ll have an open discussion about what it is like to start, try, and succeed at losing over 100 pounds. We are all in this quest for health together. This inclusive, open discussion is unlike any other you will find elsewhere. It will be a powerful bonding experience, and you will realize that you are not alone in this.

We’ll discuss:

• The “aha moment,” or lack of one – and the decision to make a change.
• Beyond the food and exercise: what other things in life did you realize needed modification?
• Finding and keeping motivation
• Does “the how” matter?
• Handling the bumps of slip-ups and weight re-gain
• Pushing towards home: what happens when you reach your goal?

Thank you to everyone who applied to speak and to everyone who voted. Today we announce half of the speakers for the Ignite Fitness keynote event at Fitbloggin. These first speakers have been selected by you, the Fitbloggin community, with a weighted vote that closed last night.

1. The Little Dinosaur That Could – Danielle Hastings (@thetrexrunner)
2. How to become a Fit Twit in 6 months! – Mindy Artze (@mindyartze)
3. Drowning in Fitness Tech – Terry Cabeen (@tcabeen)
4. How I Became a “Certified” Fitness Blogger – Kimberly (@manifesturself )
5. What I Gained from Weight Loss – Annabel Adams (@FeedMeImCranky1)
6. 581 Days Later – Sue O’Lear (@MrsFatass)
7. How Do You Get Fit When You’re Stressed All The Time? – Suzan Bond (@suzanbond)

These speakers can expect an email in the near future with the next steps to secure Fitbloggin’ attendance. We are only 78 days away from Portland!

To coordinate the best possible event that we can put together the additional speakers will be announced next week based on organizer input. Go ahead and leave a comment if there is some compelling argument that you want to add to help us make the best decisions for our celebration.

Attend this hands-on workshop as a follow up to last year’s SEO presentation by Brandi Koskie. Once again Brandi, the director of publishing for DietsInReview.com, will share with you small, easy and best of all free ways to improve the visibility of and traffic to your site. Each attendee will be able to ask questions and you’ll see some of the steps Brandi uses to promote and rank hundreds of articles a month. Bring your laptop and be ready for some constructive criticism and guidance on improving your blog from the front end, like headlines and images, to the back end, with metadata and proper link placement.

Come with laptops in hand ready to work on your blog during the session!

While people can spend a lifetime mastering photography, creating better photos for your blog can be easy, fun, and fulfilling.

The first step is getting a basic understanding of the technical aspects of photography, such as aperture, shutter speed and ISO. With these mechanics in mind, we can consider some general rules about lighting, composition and artistic effects that go into crafting a more visually appealing photo.

But the most important aspect of a photo is capturing the moment, nailing the “emotionally perfect” shot, and using the camera as a tool to see the world through a whole new lens.

I’ll share an overview of my workflow, shortcuts to get from camera to blog, and tons of resources and links to continue your photography adventures.

Join Amanda Duran of Grow Soul Beautiful for this Photography for Blogging session at FitBloggin’13

Thanks to all our generous sponsors, we are again able to make even more volunteer-style positions available this year!

We do things a little differently than some conferences. These aren’t traditional “volunteer” positions or your run-of-the-mill “scholarships.” FitBloggin’ will now be accepting applications for assistantships to help bloggers who are unable to attend the conference for financial reasons.

Here’s how it works: In exchange for a free ticket to FitBloggin’13, each assistant will cover one session as a LiveBlogger.  Read the rest of Over 30 FitBloggin’13 Assistantships Available!»»