Nutrition and Weight Training for Women
So I think I’m finally starting to really enjoy running. I really think it was because of the 21 day running challenge I created for myself. You can read more about that challenge here but basically I set a goal to run every day for 21 days in hopes to develop a running habit. I [...]
Running is generally something you either love..or hate. I’m actually starting to love it but I used to DESPISE it. I’ve learned that the way I feel after my run is worth the struggle of actually running and I’ve noticed that it does get easier with time. Earlier this month I challenged myself to 21 [...]
This was my most favorite shoulder workout ever! Normally I’m not one to get excited about a shoulder workout but I did a couple of new-to-me exercises which made it pretty fun. A lot of women neglect working out the shoulders and they seem to concentrate more on the larger muscle groups (or just cardio..) [...]
I enjoy doing product reviews on my fitness blog from time to time because I think it’s useful to learn as much as you can about certain products before you buy them – especially with fitness programs. If you haven’t heard of Step 360 before now, that’s because it’s brand new. It’s been on the [...]
While today is actually my off day, I completely forgot to post the workout I did Tuesday. One thing is clear. I’m beginning to wonder what I was thinking (slightly kiddin, but not a whole lot – haha). For me, plyometric workouts are THE toughest workouts to get through. It can be frustrating when you’re [...]
For the next 4 weeks I will be making daily posts about my workouts – with the exception of Wednesdays because that will be my off day. Yeah, only one off day. That is something I’m definitely not used to. In welcoming the new year, I also wanted to challenge myself to a tough 4-week [...]
The photo in this post really has nothing to do with my workout today in any way but it’s Adrian Peterson and my Vikings are in the NFC Championship game this coming Sunday so I’m showing my team spirit! I realized today that I completely skipped shoulders. For my last workout I did back and [...]
On a happy note, I’m so glad the Vikes won their playoff game today! But…wanna know what’s sad? My hamstrings were STILL hurting from the HIIT workout I did the other day. As a result, I decided to still do legs today but I used a light amount of weight and did a higher number [...]
I got a really great workout in today despite the fact that I’m fighting a nasty cold. If I would’ve known I was going to cough so much after the fact, I definitely wouldn’t have done any cardio. But I’m already done with it now and it feels good to get a great workout in! [...]
Today I started a new workout program. It’s actually featured in the January/February 2010 issue of Muscle and Fitness Hers. It’s a workout split that fitness model Nicole Wilkins Lee follows at times. In 2009, Nicole won first place in each of the following competitions:
Today I finally got a strength training workout in – it’s been a few weeks! I kind of took it pretty easy but I’m definitely feeling pretty tired right about now. Getting started again is the hardest part and I’m so looking forward to being on a regular strength training schedule again. I’ve missed it [...]
I actually did this workout yesterday, but then forgot to post it. Yesterday was the very first time I have ever attempted to do a cardio workout first thing in the morning. My husband was working and my mother-in-law was watching our little people (the kids<3) for us during the day so I tried to [...]
Today was my first workout in 12 days. Whooooops! Christmas definitely got in the way for me these past few days. Shopping, wrapping, cleaning, baking and decorating wiped me out. Since we got over 12″ of snow I did get to shovel a couple times though. That has to count for something right? Since I [...]
I completely forgot to post my workout from last Friday, so I’m going to double that with today’s workout. I took the entire weekend off because I was busy baking cookies with my kids and by the time I was done baking I was exhausted. I made some gingerbread cookies though and they stayed soft! [...]
Today was another cardio workout day for me. It’s really starting to get easier which makes me pretty happy because I’ve always hated cardio – more specifically steady state cardio – but it really does start to get easier once your body gets used to running. I’m pleasantly surprised how much I’m actually starting to [...]
Today’s workout only consisted of steady state cardio and a small ab workout. Going into this workout, I thought about nixing the strength training portion today and just running for as long as I could. So that’s what I did. I ran until I basically ran out of energy and felt like I was going [...]
Today was lower body workout day followed by at least 30 minutes of steady state cardio. Since I have been struggling with jogging for the entire 30 minutes, I was looking forward to today’s workout to see if I could improve over the last workout. I definitely did and you’ll see in the cardio workout [...]
Happy Saturday! I hope you’re having a good weekend. Only 1 more day until Vikings football is on again. Last week they had a bye week so I’ve been having withdrawals. Today’s workout was almost a full body workout. I did the 21′s workout again, minus the leg exercises, but then I did a 20-minute [...]
Since I finished my strength training workouts this week, today I decided to do some high intensity interval training (or HIIT). Gosh I love it! I almost felt heartbroken because it wasn’t a lifting day, but I don’t mind HIIT either. I haven’t done it for a few days and it felt good to really [...]
