Charlotte Andersen

Charlotte Andersen

Charlotte Hilton Andersen is the author of the book The Great Fitness Experiment: One Year of Trying Everything which has been featured in Shape, Fitness, Prevention, and Women's Health UK among others. (The sequel is coming out summer 2012!) She runs the popular health and fitness website of the same name, where she tries out a new workout every month, specializing in exercise, body image and oversharing. She was named one of Demand Media's top 3 bloggers for 2010, one of Fitness magazine's favorite fitness bloggers and a fitness expert by Experience Life Magazine's A Revolutionary Act. In addition to writing for Shape she also writer for The Huffington PostRedbook magazine, iVillage, Men's Fitness, and BlogHer on a regular basis. In addition she has been featured on ABC's 20/20 and Fox's morning show and interviewed on Fox, NBC and many radio stations.  A former professor, her night job is grading the SAT essay where she gets to grade 500 high school essays each answering the same prompt, causing her to remove all sharp pencils from the room lest she poke her eyes out rather than read one more . She is a mom of 5 currently going crazy in Minnesota. 

All Stories from Charlotte Andersen

Saturday, 9/8/12 at 2:03 PM
What you can learn from 8 fierce ladies who rule the sidelines.
Readers Reveal Their Most Embarrassing Moments at the Gym
Friday, 9/7/12 at 1:05 PM
Readers reveal their most embarrassing (and hilarious) fitness moments.
The Best Self-Defense for Women: 5-Step Personal Protection Plan
Thursday, 9/6/12 at 11:40 AM
"Personal safety is about choices and circumstance," says Don Seiler, owner of Kodokan-Seiler Dojo in Minnesota and author of Karate Do: Traditional Training for All Styles. "And while you can't...
Friday, 8/31/12 at 5:27 PM
Far beyond having fun plans every Sunday.
Wednesday, 8/29/12 at 11:58 AM
Plus one adverse reaction that's not just strange, it's scary!
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
Wednesday, 8/22/12 at 11:39 AM
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes may be the most exciting people going through a divorce right now, but they certainly aren't the only ones. With a whopping 50 percent of American marriages ending in...
Tuesday, 8/21/12 at 2:44 PM
From weight loss to zombie invasions, what motivates people to get moving.
Tuesday, 8/21/12 at 12:10 PM
The bikini, the high heels, the posing, and of course the stage: All this can make a woman's figure competition look like just another beauty pageant. Not so, says Ashley Toms, 27, a national figure...
Thursday, 8/16/12 at 12:53 PM
What would happen if you ate chocolate chip cookie dough for every meal for two weeks straight? Conventional wisdom says "disaster." And yet this is exactly how Geneen Roth, author of many books on...
Women to Watch at the Reebok CrossFit Games 2012
Monday, 8/13/12 at 12:44 PM
Need a little inspiration? Take a look a these strong and confident women!