Ryan and I both awoke in quite the chatty mood. We began our workouts with 20 minutes of side-by-side cardio while we talked away. I love that Ryan is now integrating cardio into his daily workouts. It makes the first 20 minutes of my workouts a lot more fun! After 20 minutes on the elliptical,…
Smoothie Love: Explained
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…
Wheat Germ Chicken
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 Overload
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…