Hey friends! How have your workouts been in 2016 so far? I'm proud to say that I've been kicking some serious butt lately! After taking a few weeks off of exercise being sick at the start of the year (I can't remember the last time I took even a week off of workouts before that!), I was so happy to get back into it. Working out truly just makes me feel awesome, balanced, happy and accomplished. (There's a reason this blog is called Foodie Loves Fitness people!) I'm in the midst of week 2 of a 6-week challenge with my HIIT gym, where I've committed to workout there at least 4x a week for the duration of the challenge. So far it's going great, but boy, do those HIIT sessions fatigue my muscles. Since it's the end of January when a lot of people are a good couple of weeks into ... [Read More]
muscle soreness
My Workouts Lately: Xtend Barre Encinitas, Hiking Iron Mountain & The Fit Mill {Muscle Tweaks Can’t Hold Me Down!}
Hey friends! How was your weekend? Mine was wonderful and included lots of fun with my little family! Check out Harley licking her lips at the sangria carafes I brought to a friend's on the 4th of July: I can't blame her, sangria is one of my favorite summer drinks! Today I thought it'd be fun to talk about my workouts as of late. As usual I've been super active, but lately I've had a few not so fun muscular tweaks happening. I'm thankful to be strong and healthy, but does anyone else ever feel like their body is just out of whack and giving out on them in an aches and pains kind of way?! The first tweak was a couple of weeks ago when I hurt my neck doing a Jillian Michaels' DVD that I've done a million times. It felt like a nerve pinched in my neck down through my shoulder ... [Read More]
My Favorite Yoga Poses
"Yoga is so universal in its principles and so holistically beneficial, it is possible for any person, young or old, religious or agnostic, to embrace and enjoy a practice." - Christy Turlington Ever since I can remember, my grandpa has been a yoga instructor. I used to participate in his classes when I was younger. But as I entered my teen years, I remember thinking that yoga was too boring and slow for my liking. In recent years, I've discovered more challenging forms of yoga that are more my style because they have me breaking a sweat, while making me feel long and limber. I now do yoga a few times a week, and love to practice it on days when I'm feeling sore from my more hardcore workouts. I also enjoy doing a bit of yoga when I wake up feeling sore and stiff, and will do anywhere ... [Read More]
Minimizing Muscle Soreness
This morning when I got out of bed, my first thought was ouchhhhh, what workout did I do yesterday? (source) The answer to that is NONE! I had taken yesterday off from exercising since I worked out every day last week, and knew I could use a rest day. The delayed onset muscle soreness (48 hours+ delayed) I'm experiencing is from my workout on Saturday, where I did some weight training exercises I haven't done in awhile. Typically when I'm sore 2 days after a workout, I'll first feel some aches the day after, but for some reason, that wasn't the case this time. I sort of have a love/hate relationship with muscle soreness. Obviously it's not fun to have a hard time lifting my arms above my head (yes, that's happening right now), but at the same time, it makes me feel like my workouts are ... [Read More]