Happy Friday friends! What's on the agenda for your weekend? A few things I have going on are a party to attend, plans to go to brunch with my hubby, and the final evaluation of the 6-week fitness challenge that I've been participating in happening. I'm looking to beat all the numbers I had set at the beginning evaluation of the challenge, but more on that to come! Speaking of working out, today let's chat about exercising at home. While I often workout at my HIIT studio, exercise outdoors, pop into my yoga studio or try out a new gym, I also enjoy being able to workout at home sometimes. My guest bedroom also doubles as my fitness room, and it's nice to have the option to just pop in there for a quickie workout when I don't have a lot of time to sweat. Typically I do workout ... [Read More]
at home workouts
20 Minute Cardio Blast Workout
Hi friends, and greetings from Las Vegas! I traveled to Vegas over the weekend for a work trip and will be here for most of the week. Before the "work" of my work trip really started, yesterday my co-workers and I had some fun outside of the Vegas strip, but more on that later, because today I've got a quickie workout to share! Even when traveling I still like to get some exercise in. If I'm on vacation, I usually find a place for that exercise outdoors in the form of hiking or biking, or just even just walking a ton being a tourist, but with work trips like this, I find myself mostly indoors in a convention center. I do walk an awful lot within the convention center - my poor feet always die wearing heels and other uncomfortable fancy shoes, and I think I was made to be ... [Read More]
An At-Home Halloween Inspired Workout
Happy Halloween everyone! First off, the winner of my Puritan's Pride giveaway for the month of October is Paige C. Congrats, Paige! I'll be emailing you for your address info today so that we can get your prize shipped out stat. So, I'm sharing a workout with you guys today. WHAT? A workout? I know, although I've been sharing plenty of review posts on new workouts I've been trying over the last couple months (SoulCycle, Fitwall, Heated Barre, TRX, Yoga Sculpt, etc.!) I haven't shared a workout in quite awhile! Yesterday evening I came home from a marathon of food shopping (because you know I have to go to the food store on the Marine Corps base for some things because it's much cheaper, then Trader Joe's for some produce and specialty stuff, then the Vitamin Shoppe for ... [Read More]
Work it Out Wednesday: The 20-Minute Warm Me Up Winter Workout
There are a lot of w's in my post title huh? Apparently I'm in the mood for a good alliteration this evening! Today I had a little "me" time and got a massage and a manicure. Thanks to Groupon, my hour-long deep tissue massage was only $25...how can you not love that right?! Since I knew I wouldn't feel like working out or have time to after my couple hours of pampering, I planned on doing a workout first thing in the morning so I could still fit exercise time in for the day. I rolled out of bed this morning and first did my favorite YouTube AM yoga video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xfqio9l3x4 I've followed this video a bunch of times, and I always feel so stretched out and ready for the day after it! Harley moved her blanket to be right on top of my yoga mat, and then ... [Read More]
At-Home Cardio Blast Workout
(source) I came across an article on Buzzfeed today titled 18 People Who Shouldn't be Allowed to Use the Gym. I always find fitness related humor to be funny, and it seriously had me cracking up. If you enjoy seeing people do ridiculous things like wear heels to the gym (I can barely walk in heels, let alone exercise in them!) or eat an ice cream cone while on the bike (seriously?!), you need to check it out. Speaking of the gym, I checked out one last weekend nearby but have yet to become a member of one in my new area, so at-home/outside workouts are my thing at the moment. When it came to exercising today, I felt like I haven't gotten a really heart pounding workout in lately, so I came up with a quick routine that I was confident would leave me very sweaty... and it did! I ... [Read More]