100 Rep Challenge - Legs

I'm not sure what it's like in your neck of the woods, but today was an absolutely beautiful day in Mayberry!

And it looks like tomorrow will be too!

Since I have to work today, I decided I would save my nice weather outdoor workout for tomorrow, so look forward to that!

Also, Sunday is usually my rest day; therefore, I decided to do minimal today in the weight room, and opted for a 100 rep challenge.

Short, but effective.

Tomorrow, I will get in my outdoor cardio, but today I went the leg route.

You need to do 5 rounds of the leg block with the cardio between each round. Done correctly, it will cause leg burning. Trust.

For the weighted squats and the deadlifts I used a 40 lb bar, but you may use whatever you are comfortable using for a large amount of repetitions.

Enjoy!

Detox Rocks

So I've been using a detox recipe for the past few weeks as an intestine-cleanse, and it. IS. AWESOME.

Our intestines are definitely not the cleanest, most awesome part of our bodies. Actually they're pretty disgusting and poisonous over time. This detox mix really does help to clean them out and leaves you feeling pretty great.

The actual drink tastes pretty good - Expect the Cayenne pepper to give it a kick!

Not to mention the unexpected side effect: The Pepper actually got rid of my congestion! Score!

I found this recipe on Pinterest. Credit to beautytips4her.com

Arm Slayer --- Rawr

Greetings Fit-Lifers (Is that a thing?)!

Today I decided to support my girl Nikki in Spin Circuit.

Yes, it is exactly what it sounds like. The terror/exhaustion of spin combined with the burn of weight training. Add into the mix that Nikki is a beast on her own and you have a pretty effective lunchtime class.

I usually get to the gym a little before her class and ask her what we are concentrating on in class that day so I can get in some pre-workout-workout with whatever she won't be stressing.

Today, she let me know that we were going to be doing legs and abs, soooooo arms it was!

I did a little cardio/arm combination which is posted at the bottom of this update. I will say this as well - If you've never tried a spin-circuit type class, you definitely should.

Nikki did five rounds legs/abs. To outline:

3 Minutes of Spin:

• 1 minute of medium tension sitting
• 1 minute of medium-high tension hover
• 1 minute of high tension standing mountain climb

Ab Reps:

• 25 crunches
• 25 crossover crunches - left side
• 25 crossover crunches - right side
• 25 crossover reverse crunches - left side
• 25 crossover reverse crunches - right side
• 25 full sit ups

--End Round--

We did this five times.

All in all? Great workout.

Give it a shot! 

And on the Arm/Cardio side, I present:

Today I went to my gym and took a boot camp class.

One of my trainers, Hannah, really truly brought it today. She does workout training for the local Police Academy, so we did one of her PA workouts.

Let's just say the warm-up was a burpee ladder/plank combo... which I am posting at the bottom of this post.

Following boot camp, I decided to forgo the weight room and do some landscaping instead while it was overcast but not raining.

Never underestimate the workout that is landscaping.

Raking gravel is EXHAUSTING.

Enjoy this snippet from today's workout courtesy my girl Hannah P. at RCC. You rock girl! Keep it up!

Pinterest

Hello all!


I've started a board on Pinterest to accompany my blog - Head there now and Follow!

LINK TO PINTEREST

I will also be pinning workouts that I have ACTUALLY completed from other boards which I feel are great workouts as well as some other health pins.

Check it.

HIIT it and Quit it

So.

Blog post numero uno.

I love to work out. It is truly enjoyable for me.

A creative outlet, even.

Pretty soon, I am considering getting my personal trainer certification or perhaps a fitness instructor certification.

Not only do I enjoy working out, but I also enjoy my gym and the people who I call friends that reside there as much as I do.

I have to work today.

Unfortunately, my gym is fifteen minutes away in the next town over.

Fortunately, I live in a neighborhood in the middle of town and exercising at home is pretty decently easy.

Today is HIIT day.

The workout I am completing is below.

Enjoy!

My #Fitspiration

I'm looking for something. But then again, isn't everyone?

Difference is... I'm not quite sure what it is that I'm looking for.

You see, currently life is a complicated mess of things that I never planned for. I'm working on it, promise, but until then, I still have my fit goals.

I've never been overweight, so I don't have a preponderance of backstory in which I can tell you about my struggles with weight. I've always been healthy and an average size.

The past three years have been a picture of me working on becoming healthier and more fit.

Unfortunately, I have a problem with wanting to eat whatever it is that I want.

And I loooooove food. Love it. It's delicious. And awesome.

So in order to make myself start to make better food choices, I have decided to start blogging about my Fit Life. Perhaps this will be what it is that I am looking for. My Fitspiration as they call it.

Perhaps people will read along, perhaps not. Honestly, this blog is to help me and if , by chance, it also helps someone else... Well then that's just a really big plus, isn't it?