Friday Music Love

I'm going to be heading out of town next week, so am taking a break from blogging . . . 

FOR ONE WEEK! So to keep you moving during the week, I'm leaving with some

"workin' it" playlist!

ENJOY!

Cardio Challenge

I think it's been awhile since I've had any real cardio challenges, so that is what we are doing today!

(Who doesn't LOVE to get their heart pumping and lungs burning?!)

Bonus-You do 100 Jumping Jacks and end with Burpees! 

I know you NOW want to try it!

Here you go!

20 Jumping Jacks

20 Mountain Climbers 

20 Jumping Jacks

20 Plank Jacks

20 Jumping Jacks

20 High Knees

20 Jumping Jacks

20 Dynamic Lunges

20 Jumping Jacks

20 Burpees

ENJOY!

Challenge!

Today's Challenge!

Plank

So, you know how I'm in the boot camp group that basically kicking my butt into

gear and making me eat better?! Well, today, at the end of a crazy workout

in which Dr. Evil said he was taking it "easy" on us, we had a PLANK OFF!

I held the record at 4 min 21 sec. And then his next group came in and another girl beat me

with a time of 4 min 35 sec, and then Dr. Evil beat her with a time of 5 min 35 sec!

Today's challenge: Plank it! 

See how long you can go! I honestly want you to beat my time!

Let me know how it goes!

The only rule: you have to keep your knees OFF the ground.

You can be on your elbows, or hands, keep the legs together or separated.

Just keep those knees UP!

ENJOY!

Bootilicious

Today we are going for a 3 move, booty challenge! Easy Peasy, right?!

You will do each move for 2 minutes, and can rest 1 minute in between for a total of 8 minutes! 

Your behind and lower back will thank me!

Leg Beat
Lift the legs off the floor scissor/crisscross your legs. Alternate which foot is on top.
Go for 2 minutes.

Frog Lifts
Keep your knees wide and feet together. Lift the legs up.
Go for 2 minutes. 

Bridge
Push your hips toward the ceiling. Hold it high and stay there!
Go for 2 minutes!

Enjoy!

New Spin Mix

I don't know where my brain is these days! It's late, and I'm about to head to teach my THIRD class

 for the day (maybe that's where my brain is!), and it happens to be SPIN!

Since I'm constantly bored with my own mixes, here is the latest!

Basically I just mixed a bunch of my fave songs into yet another mix!

Gameplan:

Whistle: Warmup

Yummy: Standing Warmup

Thnks fr th Mmrs: Sprints

Girls: Hovers

Bang Bang: Sprints

Not My Name: Jumps

Beautiful People: Everything

Pepper: Climb

Rollin': Climb/Sprints

Bleed it Out: Run on beat

Tears from a Gun: Sprints

Big Butts: Backwards

Run: Everything

Last Goodbye: Cooldown

Roses and Butterflies: Cooldown

ENJOY!

Pump It (louder!)

I'm going back to a "what we did today" post!

As most of you know, I teach a hardcore cardio class. 

Also, I recently joined in on a personal training bootcamp!

So combining these two awesome things, this is what we did today!

Weight Size: Heavyish. Probably 10-15lbs Dumb Bells

Sets of:

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

of:

Deadlifts

Rows

Cleans

Shoulder Presses

Front Squats

*My pictures are all with a bar. We used dumb bells. Either work just fine!

Dead Lift

Row

Cleans

Shoulder Press

Front Squat

Enjoy!

Healthy Eating

So, like I was talking about yesterday, I'm on a bit of a diet, which is new for me!

I'm not the type to diet . . . AT ALL! I'm actually against it. What I am for is lifestyle changes,

which is why I'm doing this. I want to incorporate a healthier lifestyle than the one I'm currently living.

Since Jon and I were married, I've changed a lot about my lifestyle. I actually adore

exercising, and instead of eating massive amounts of fast food, I'll stick with the kid size portion 

(which, shocker! Usually comes with a drink, fries, and is totally a portion size for less!)

But I've recently plateaued in my desire to improve. Yes, I teach quite a bit during the week, and I

do other exercises on top of that. But why isn't the scale budging. 

Why am I actually GAINING weight again?!?!?!?!

Easy-my diet sucks.

I live on junk food.

I love sugar.

I can eat a huge bowl of carmel popcorn and not even bat an eye.

It's disgusting really!

So I'm starting with this DETOX which has opened my eyes to the glories of salads again. 

I'm looking into fun protein shakes for my post workout needs.

I'm looking for healthy snacks to replace the void in my life that I'm trying to ease off on!

Here's some of my findings!

(Thank You Pinterest and the World Wide Web!)

54 Healthy Smoothie Recipes
A lot of these actually look appealing, or I like experimenting with things I have (since I refuse to put an avocado in anything I eat!). Nice jumping point!
CLICK HERE FOR SITE
Something I tried today was 1 Cup Almond Milk, 1 Cup Strawberries, 1/2 frozen banana,
1 large handful of spinach, and 1 scoop strawberry protein powder. Even my cheap
crappy blender could handle this mixture and it came out pretty good!

Natural Fruit Roll Ups
This recipe is done in the oven, and since I don't have a dehydrator, I love that option!
My kids and I love fruit roll ups, so I love an option that seems really easy (although time consuming)
and is JUST fruit! Yummy!
CLICK HERE FOR SITE 

Dried Strawberries that claim to be better than TWIZZLERS (which I love).
I honestly just bought strawberries to try these out! Hopefully I have enough time at home to actually
make them! So simple! It's just baking them in the oven for a couple of hours!
I will seriously let you know if they are as good as they claim!
CLICK HERE FOR SITE

I would seriously love to hear your thoughts on yummy, healthy recipes or snacks!

ENJOY!