Hello, hello! Last weekend marked the end of a 6-week challenge that I participated in with my favorite HIIT studio, The Fit Mill. I collaborated with the studio as the health coach for the challenge, and was a participant as well. We're all a work in progress, and I had goals that I was striving to reach at the same time that I was supporting the participants in reaching their own. The premise? A 6-week "Transformation" challenge to kick off 2016 in high gear. The rules were that participants had to workout at The Fit Mill 4 days each week, and then the studio and I provided goals, recommendations, tips, recipes, and support throughout the challenge. Pre-challenge and post-challenge evaluations were held to take measurements and gage fitness levels on a variety of exercises. The ... [Read More]
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My Workouts Lately: Frequenting The Fit Mill
Hi friends! First thing's first: the winner of my Fit Body Bakery giveaway is Danielle Priser. Congrats, Danielle! I've emailed you for your contact info. Let's dive into the topic of the day: recent workouts! You might know this by now, but I have total exercise ADHD. One month I do a ton of barre, hiking, and cycling, then the next month I'm all about boxing, Pilates and tennis. Sitting on the elliptical with a magazine every day is a horribly boring idea to me. I just love switching my workouts up and keeping things interesting! So what have my workouts been like lately? I've been doing a lot of yoga, HIIT sessions, and at-home kickboxing, with a few Pilates classes and hikes mixed in (really only because the last few months were too hot for hiking inland in SoCal). The ... [Read More]
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]