Category: Fitness/Exercise

  • News to Note

    Chocolate Milk: The New Sports Drink? – CBS News. I have always read that chocolate milk is good for a low cal chocolate fix. Now more compelling reasons to drink it. SuburbanFizz: Of Todd and Tiger. I love how Erin summarizes this whole Tiger scandal. What a funny and relate able perspective. How Much Does…

  • Could You?

    Exposed « Eating Journey. This blog entry above is about loving your body in the stage it is in and for what it can do and not what it looks like. This blogger, Michelle, has lost over 100 lbs and like most women I know – still obsesses about what she looks like and the…

  • Tuesday workout & Some Observations

    I went out for a bit last night to to a neighborhood holiday cookie/ornament exchange party. It’s hard to go off your routine but worthwhile on occasion.  I didn’t get back too late but did stay up past my normal 930p bedtime. During the party, people were assuming I would skip my workout this morning.…

  • My workout for today…

    This is the last week of the 4week camp – so it’s time to really push! Today’s workout: 3 rounds Total rep count each round as many reps as you can do for a minute each station w/ 1 rest/active station. scissor steps on the box for 30/push-ups with feet up on the box for…

  • I went to Golds for a workout, what did you do?

    Today is a good day and I felt great at the gym. I started off with a 4 mi run on the treadmill at about a 8:30/mi. Then went into the weights room and did a bunch of weight work including: 2 echos each: lunges up and down length of gym with 25lb dumbells arnold…

  • Rest days are important too!!

    Rest and Recovery – Why Athletes Need Rest and Recovery After Exercise. I constantly have to remind myself that rest days are important too. I like the feeling I get working out, so I count on that high. When I take my rest days, I don’t get my “fix” so its hard for me to…

  • News to Note

    The Clothes Make the Girl. This is such a great post especially for anyone that is feeling like they went a bit overboard during thanksgiving or has been kinda off the wagon for a bit of time. I was so inspired by this post and could relate to so much of what she was saying.…

  • Today’s Workout

    Warmup: Calistentics – backwards lunges, high knees, tuck jumps, leg lifts 50 pushups 3 series of different types of situps – back situp twists, knee rollups, 83s Camp: Total reps 3 rounds 65lb split jerks 65lb front squats/lunges jump rope/double unders ring jumps burpees/placement situps Extra: All of the above as fast as you can…

  • What did you do today?

    I have come to the end of another 4 week group training session. This one was good and challenging and I definitely felt that I improved over the course of the 4 weeks. Today was weight and body fat check. For the past 3 weeks, I have remained at the same weight and same body…

  • What did you do today?

    Tuesday’s Workout: warm up including checkpoints, lunges, frankensteins, push-ups core: toe touches/partner leg raises 25 side clap partner push-ups. 3 rounds/As many reps each station/total rep count: Box Jumps (double/single/double) – rest/active station Power clean push presses with 25lb kettlebells Ring push-ups Wall Ball squats (double squats if you can do it) 45lb Snatch Share…