Sadie did her best to hunt for breakfast for all of us this morning, but since we cannot survive on shadows and light reflections, I turned to real food for a little more sustenance.
I needed a quick breakfast I could eat on the fly since I wanted to take a morning BodyPump class at the gym, so an apple, a handful of cashews and a LUNA bar that I ate while walking out the door did the trick.
I’m glad I made it out to the class because it was a good one. Super sweaty, just the way I like it!
Ryan joined me at the gym and did his own thing while I took BodyPump and after our workouts, we drove to Sippers, my favorite local Jacksonville coffee shop for lattes.
I ordered a butter toffee almond milk latte and happily sipped it on our way back to my parents’ place.
We’re heading back to Ocala in a bit, so I’m off to enjoy some time with my parents before we hit the road. Have a great Wednesday!
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Haha my pug does the same thing when she sees shadows! I need to try a Body Pump class they look like such a great workout!
BodyPump is amazing!! 🙂 Doooo it!
I started my day by teaching BODYPUMP in the early morning slot. It’s a great way to get moving. 800 reps and you’re done!
800 reps! I’ve never heard it explained that way, but I love it!
Hi Ashley! Just curious~what do you mean by 800 reps? Are all BP classes consisting of that many? I never got to try it so it’s intriguing–800 reps is killer! 😛
Hi Ellie,
Yes, the typical BODYPUMP class consists of 800 reps per one-hour (55 minutes to be exact) workout. That includes every bicep curl, every squat, every lunge and every crunch totalled up. Most of the releases (which is a one-hour class of 10 songs), run just around 800, some are a bit more. The folks at Les Mills calculated for us instructors a couple of years ago, and I always like to tell my participants the number. It’s a lot, and that’s why you use lighter weights than when you are lifting out on the gym floor, because the sets are longer and you require more muscle endurance.
If you want to know more about BODYPUMP, head on over here: http://aladygoeswest.com/2014/04/09/bodypump-overview-and-tips-for-first-timers/
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Best,
Ashley
The butter toffee almond milk latte sounds incredible!
Sadie is seriously hilarious! Always putting a smile on my face 🙂
Always fun to spend some quality time with parents! We live about an hour from mine so I soak up all the time I can! Safe travels!
Nothing better than a morning workout and a great coffee. 🙂 Safe travels back home!
Today I love your post because one, I love Sadie. Two, it reminds me that not everyone works a horid 9-5 and how much I would love to work out and visit my parents on a random Wednesday. Have a safe drive home!
I live in Jacksonville, just on the other side of the Intracoastal from Jacksonville Beach, and I’ve never heard of Sippers.
But I highly recommend trying out Lillie’s in Neptune Beach the next time you’re in town. It is a great place for coffee.
My sister and mom love Lillie’s! I definitely need to try it out!
Body Pump is always a great choice! Glad you got to go to a class! 🙂
I love dogs! They are just so sane when the rest of the world is not. But why I went with Dachshunds is beyond me =)
Thank you for the link love my friend! 🙂 xo
Of course!! 🙂
I am trying to get my husband to do more weight training, since heart problems run in his family, and I was wondering if there are a lot of guys in the Body Pump class? Does Ryan do his own thing when you go, because he does not care for the class? Thanks!!!
I still need to try BodyPump! I’ve heard so many great things about it!
I really want to try BodyPump!
I have been wanting to try body pump! Have a safe trip back!
Anything that starts off butter toffee…. YUM!
I don’t even know Sadie and she cracks me up. I want to snuggle her so hard!
My new gym has BodyPump – I really need to try it out! I’m hearing all kinds of great things!
Gotta love Bodypump!! 🙂 AND that latte sounds DELISH!
Good call squeezing in body pump!!! Are you trained to instruct it yourself? Did you here Ash is training to be an instructor? (Food n Fitness Diaries Ash!)
I need to find a place by me that served almond milk lattes!
I really need to get back into body pump! I have missed it in my life!
haha that coffee cup reminds me of the coffee cups I had at my old job! Funny how a picture can remind you of something random like that 🙂
OMG! Butter toffee almond milk latte??? Thank goodness that doesn’t exist here. I would have to have one every day. Yum!
hey girl! did you know that your friend merri’s wedding was on the weddingwire.com’s featured wedding of the week? I was looking at the pics and knew I had seen them somewhere else before and then I spotted you!
Yes!! So cool!
I was just wondering, when you do BP, what weights do you use for different tracks…? Do you usually go for challenging yourself or play it safe and choose weights that you already know and love? 🙂