2/6 Workout: Heavy Legs & Shoulders
This leg and shoulders workout took a lot outta me today! I did heavy legs again this week and I followed that up with shoulders. I was going to do weighted crunches afterwards but my arms (more specifically my shoulders) were too tired. I felt I wasn’t performing them properly because I wasn’t strong enough [...]
I Finally Made the Switch to Skim Milk – Here’s Why
I honestly don’t know what in the world took me so long. Growing up, I was always drinking 1% or 2% milk. As I began learning about nutrition, I vowed to only drink 1% milk, which I have done for the last 3 years. Eventually I did want to make the switch to Skim milk [...]
2/4 Workout: Chest, Triceps & Cardio
Today was chest & triceps day followed with steady state cardio. I always get excited about chest day. I like the bench press – it’s always been one of my favorite exercises. I decided to up the weight 5 pounds this week and was still able to perform 5 reps. That’s right in the 4 [...]
How to Eat Healthy on Super Bowl Sunday
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, or USDA, Super Bowl Sunday is only second to Thanksgiving as the highest food consumption day by Americans. Isn’t that crazy? I had no idea, but I suppose it does kind of make sense! If you think about it, Super Bowl parties usually consist of a meat [...]
How to Lose the Last 10 Stubborn Pounds
When you’re trying to get down to a certain weight, it seems like the last few pounds is harder to take off. That’s how it was for me anyway. I started working out regularly about 2 months after my second son was born. I weighed 178 pounds the day I gave birth and I probably [...]
Lose That Marsupial Pouch by Going Green with your Tea
This is a guest post by Ani Bailey, founder of CaliforniaTeaHouse.com. If you are interested in guest posting on this blog, please check out the guidelines here. It’s no secret that it takes hard work to maintain that fabulous figure forever. One way to ease the task is by drinking green tea. Not only is [...]
1/21 Workout: Chest, Triceps & Cardio
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 [...]
I’m the Outdoor Fitness Examiner for the City of Minneapolis!
I was actually accepted to be the Minneapolis Outdoor Fitness Examiner last summer, but somehow I got sidetracked. I got married shortly after I was accepted so I wrote one article about working out outdoors and then that was it. I think the main reason I didn’t continue writing was because I just didn’t have [...]
1/12 Workout: Back, Biceps & High-Intensity Interval Training
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! [...]
