Living a Life Fueled by Healthy Food and Fitness
It’s official. BodyPump Release 77 is the JAM. It seriously rocks my entire body. (Source) (Side note: Doesn’t that puppy look like Kona!?) For those of you unfamiliar with BodyPump, it is a total-body strength-training class created by Les Mills. The routines are created by Les Mills employees and distributed to instructors and gyms all…
Sometimes I find myself eating the weirdest foods. I’ll eat raw oatmeal straight from the container, peanut butter from the jar with my fingers (but you knew that) and, most recently, wheat germ from the jar with a spoon. Not sure where that one came from, but I am lovin’ it! I bought that particular…
Push ups dominated this morning’s boot camp class. Since push ups own me, I was huffin’ and puffin’ and really challenged… in a good way! Today’s class took participants through five stations that included two different exercises each. We did the first exercise for 30 seconds before resting for 10 seconds and completing the second…
You know that one exercise mantra I love? “You’re only one workout away from a good mood?” Well, it proved true yet again this morning. As Ryan and I walked to the gym, I told him I felt defeated. I really had no other words to describe how was feeling. For some reason I awoke…
Running. I don’t hate it. I don’t love it. But sometimes it’s exactly what I need. For me, I can do intervals on the treadmill, take a spinning, BodyPump or boot camp class that totally kicks my butt, but nothing beats the feeling of a good run. As you may have ascertained, this morning’s run…
Today is Friday and you know what that means… Boot camp!!! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Boot camp is the J-A-M. Allyson, the instructor at my gym who teaches boot camp on Friday mornings, is legit. She clearly takes time to plan out the class beforehand so we’re rushing through various…
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