New Move Monday: Cardio Burst Video #1 (Jacks/Climbs/Steps)
Cardio bursts in a workout are very important to challenging the heart and really making the muscles work harder. I add these into my personal workout a lot and this is a combo that I made up that I use all the time. Seriously. You don't have to do it to music, nor this song, but I find that exercising to music with a strong beat really helps keep you working hard. Keep the arms wider than...
Recipe: Strawberry Coconut Smoothie
Here's a sweet treat to make the love of your life happy this Valentine's Day weekend! My husband LOVES smoothies. If I had a fresh smoothie waiting for him when he came home from work every day, he literally would be grinning from ear to ear. My kids love them too! As usual, smoothies are REALLY hard to mess up and there is a lot of room for adjustment. Have fun with it and enjoy serving it to...
I crossed over to Crossfit…once
I attended my first Crossfit class on Saturday. My friend Beth has been going and I have been dying to try it out! They have a free Saturday class, so I laced up my shoes, grabbed the advil and walked into "the box" with excitement! If you aren't sure what Crossfit is, here's a commercial that ran on a football game a few weeks ago! Needless to say, I got a workout. We did a warm-up which...
New Move Monday: Standing Hip & Thigh Toner
New Move Monday is BACK!! Here is a 1 minute video of me demonstrating a move to tighten and slim down the hips and obliques. You can do this easily anywhere you have a chair---even if it's not during a regularly scheduled workout! Be sure to keep tall and extend the moving leg straight beside you. (as opposed to an angle) Really press up through the standing leg as you come to a standing...
