Blogilates

27/06/2025

Didn’t know how to tell you but here it is. We did it guys ❤️

19/05/2025

The past 2 weeks have been…A LOT.

I wasn’t sure if I was going to post anything about this, but I wanted to share this life stage with you. Many of you started doing my workout videos when Sam and I were just dating…you saw Sam get down on one knee and propose…you saw us get married…you’re seeing us build POPFLEX Active…and now, I wanted to share this.

The decision to do IVF was a big one. It made everything real. Even though we tried for 5 years, I have to be honest with you: when the pregnancy test came back negative, I was neither sad or happy. I was neutral. I know…

Sam has always wanted to be a father with all his heart. But, for some reason, I had never wanted motherhood as bad as Sam wanted fatherhood. It’s not that I didn’t like kids, its just that the burning desire wasn’t there for me. I don’t know why being a mom wasn’t calling me the same way being a fashion designer was.

I kept delaying the possibility of having a baby by pouring everything into my work. I kept saying “I’m not ready” and “next year”. He kept patiently waiting. Now looking back, my hesitance ended up delaying Sam’s dream as he wholeheartedly helped make mine come true.

The decision to do IVF as you can see was one that brought many uncomfortable things to the surface. However, I do have a weird pattern of “not being ready” when it comes to life stages. In fact, before Sam proposed, I kept telling him I didn’t want to get married until my career was on track. He ended up proposing anyway and a new chamber of love unlocked in my heart that I didn’t even know existed. It was magical, and the timing was perfect.

Anyway, I am nervous but excited for this next journey. Sam has been so supportive through it all…and also, the women in my life really showed up over the past few weeks. I didn’t expect it at all, but their care made a world of difference. Thank you also to my doctors, nurses, and the medical team involved in getting us to the egg retrieval stage. Modern medicine and science is truly fascinating.

❤️Cassey

01/03/2025

I spent too much time making this, but once and for all, I want to tell you the story of the Pirouette Skort and what had to happen in order for me to be in the situation I am today, with dupes all over the internet and dupes being sold at multibillion dollar corporate giants such as , , , , , and .

I’m exhausted but I’ll never stop speaking up. Because this isn’t just about me. This is for every small business and independent designer who’s ever been victimized by corporate greed.

27/02/2025

Umm hello March??! It FINALLY feels like winter is moving behind us and I am sooo ready for all of the spring vibes and sunshine.

Anyways, your March Workout Calendar is here!! What are you looking forward to this month?! Lemme know in the comments!

❤️Cassey

Here's your March 2025 Workout Calendar! Follow along in the Body By Blogilates app to access all of the workouts in one place.

01/02/2025

Okay so let’s check in. We are one month into the new year. Did you complete all 31 days of the first workout calendar?! I hope it helped you sail into 2025 with confidence and clear motivation for what you’re truly capable of.

Anyways, I am so excited to kick off a new month with a fresh workout calendar!

Let me know if you’re following along for February in the comments.

❤️Cassey

Here's your February 2025 Workout Calendar! Follow along in the Body By Blogilates app to access all of the workouts in one place.

29/01/2025

Growing up a child of immigrant parents who escaped a war-torn country, my mom and dad instilled in my sister and I perseverance and resilience. They taught me to work hard, study hard and do everything with excellence…which made me a great student and obedient daughter…until the thing I wanted to do excellently, was not in their life plan for me.

For so many years I felt so lost, so broken and so angry. It was a decision between my passion or my parents - and I chose my passion. It broke our relationship and to this day, remains the thing I still cry about everytime I think about it, talk about it, or write about it. Like literally right now. Ugh.

As I get older, as my parents get older, and as the past becomes more of a scar than a fresh wound, I find myself trying to heal by trying to understand them. They wanted my sister and I to be safe. To be financially secure. To not suffer. To have stability. Things that were robbed from from them. Telling my parents I was going to pursue fashion design was none of those things. But the more they told me NO the more it lit my fire.

I’m extremely grateful to my parents because had they not done what they did, I would not have fought as hard as I did to get where I am today.

I want to thank you for supporting me all of these years, whether it was by doing a Blogilates video on YouTube or by purchasing something from (or recently Blogilates!). Know that you have the power to change the trajectory of someone’s life, as you did mine, by the choices you make. I say this because as a consumer, our loudest “vote” comes in the form of a dollar. Corporations, at the end of the day, make decisions heavily influenced, if not totally influenced, by numbers. Now more than ever, if you have the means to support minority owned brands that make products you love, let your dollar do the speaking. Know that your collective choices are POWERFUL and that THIS is how they listen.

Also WOW how has this January been 847 days long!?!?

Chuc Mung Nan Moi (Vietnamese)
Gung Hay Fat Choy (Chinese)
Happy Lunar New Year 🧧🐍

♥️Cassey

30/12/2024

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Well, almost. I still cannot believe how fast 2024 went by. This past year felt like a blur to me but, I have a really good feeling about 2025.

Anyway, your first official workout calendar of the new year is here!! Let me know in the comments if you're IN for the first calendar of 2025!!

❤️Cassey

Here's your January 2025 Workout Calendar! Follow along in the Body By Blogilates app to access all of the workouts in one place.

28/12/2024

Currently in the parking lot of a Target editing my photos for this launch post in the pouring rain because the sky didn’t want me to cry alone 😭

Thank you everyone who stayed up late last night to order, everyone who’s headed to stores now, and everyone who’s ever watched one of my videos. Whether you’re an OG who’s been doing Pilates with me since 2009 or started watching me a few years ago when I began posting my design videos…you’re the reason why this is even happening. Your love, enthusiasm and support is the reason why today my wildest dreams are coming true.

And once again, thank you with all my heart to wonderful people at Target for believing in me.

You can shop Blogilatess, exclusively at Target for the next 6 weeks!

Okay gonna go drive around to some more Targets now. Hopefully see you at one of them!

❤️Cassey

26/12/2024

I’ve never ski’d in my life but thought hey why not. I want to fill the rest of my life with what I’m calling “new life experiences.” We’re only on this earth for so long so WHY NOT try the things you’re curious about - do the things you’re a little scared of. Had so much fun shopping for ski clothes (oh and skiing ofc), though uhhh wow SO expensive and the sizing was soooooooo off - I was wearing anywhere between a small to a large! And in case you’re wondering NO I do not plan on going to go into ski apparel anytime soon - well, not until I can confidently get off a ski lift without falling backwards.

🤍Cassey

03/11/2024

New month! New calendar!!

Before you know it, we’ll be wrapping up the holidays AND 2024! What do you want to accomplish before then?

❤️Cassey

Here's your November 2024 Workout Calendar! Follow along in the Body By Blogilates app to access all of the workouts in one place.

31/10/2024

Sprayed body glitter all over myself but you can barely see it. Oh well, I shined in real life ✨

Question for you all! I know you enjoy seeing my thought process behind my designs but what else do you wish you could see the process behind? Do you have business questions? Entrepreneur questions? Brand building questions? Patent questions? How to work with your significant other questions?

Let me know in the comments as I would love to share more but not sure where it becomes too niche and obscure vs interesting to you all!

🧚Cassey

17/10/2024

Doing 3 cities in 7 days was far too ambitious for our first Italian whirlwind of a trip but hey we did it and my feet are SORE!

Biggest accomplishments:

✔️finally walking the ancient streets of Pompeii and seeing the famous cast of the man who tried to get up in his last moments (so tragic)
✔️ riding a gondola in the actual Venice canals (not the one in LA or the one in Vegas haha)
✔️ 30,000 steps a day (honestly v proud)
✔️ seeing our friends tie the knot on the Amalfi coast (so romantic)

Biggest travel learnings:

✔️ flats can still be extremely painful (women need better options for cute, comfy, dressy shoes)
✔️ don’t travel without cash (oops)
✔️ don’t travel without a debit card esp when you forgot the cash (let’s just say stressing out about not being able to pay for things in euros was 100% the backbone of this trip)
✔️ always pack your personal bag with emergency un**es, contacts, toothbrushes, skincare etc bc when we missed our connecting flight back to the U.S. due to a delay, we were stranded for the night in a foreign city with NOTHING.

Amalfi, Venice and Rome were so impressive - rich with history and bursting with stunning architecture, but it was A LOT to take in in such a short amount of time.

I need a vacation after this vacation 😅

🌹 Cassey