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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Post Christmas Metabolism Booster

Feeling a little sluggish from all the holiday cheer??  Then you need to do this workout!  This will get your fat cells in a frenzy....seriously.

Try and push yourself as hard as you can.  We timed each set and tried to beat it on each successive set.  This workout is great because it can be a workout on its own, or it can supplement a cardio session or a weight session- depending on your fitness goals (i.e. fat loss vs. lean muscle gain).  This includes all body weight exercises so there are no excuses to why you can't do it.  However, you can add some dumbbells to some of the exercise if you wish.

So here you go..... my belated Christmas gift to you!  I hope it makes you Merry (embrace those post workout endorphins).


The 100 Workout:

Complete 5 rounds of:

20 mountain climbers (per leg)
20 burpees (with a jump, but no push-up)
20 squats (grab a weight if you have it.... if no weight, feel free to do jump squats to push yourself)
20 donkey kicks
20 lunges (per leg... again, grab a weight if you have it)
20 push-ups
20 squat jacks

Donkey Kicks:


Squat Jacks: 





***Let me know if you need pictures of any of these exercises.


And here is a recap of my awesome Christmas Season:

I LOVE Christmas, and cherish the season spent with family and friends.  I was able to go "home" for a few days and it was so great!  My husband doesn't think I should still call it "home," but when you grow up in a small town "home" means something more, I think.  We spent our days playing games, playing basketball, working out, shooting guns, relaxing, catching up with family, and most importantly celebrating and pondering the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ....It was perfect!

My mom even caught this moment of me catching up with these beauties.  We decided we're all excited for warmer temperatures come spring, so we can spend time together riding in the mountains.  


Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Sprint Intervals.... FAST is FIT

If you want to burn the most calories per minute possible, sprinting is at the top of the list!  Of course you can't just sprint for your entire 30 minute or hour workout, but you can do INTERVALS! 

Sprinters are some of the leanest athletes out there because they do sprint intervals (i.e. this is how they train).  Of course to get the muscularity they have, they are combining their running workouts with some serious weight training. 

ALSO.... if you play any sports and don't want to lose your competitive edge, sprint intervals are a great training tool. 

I try to do some type of sprint intervals as a part of my weekly training.  This is the running section of my workout today.  Good Luck!!!

Let's TORCH some Calories
  • 7 miles total: 
    • 1 mile warmup
    • 6 x 200 yard sprints (on a treadmill I run .15 of a mile to represent a 200 yard run, because it takes some time for the treadmill to speed up
    • 4 x 400 yard sprints (about .25 of a mile)
    • 2 x 800 yard sprints (about .5 of a mile)

  • For the recovery jogs in between each sprint, complete the same distance that you just sprinted. For example, after a 200 yard sprint (.15 of a mile), jog- or walk if you need to- for 200 yards (.15) before you sprint the next 200 yards.
  • Jog or walk for the remaining .2 of a mile left at the end of the workout as your cool down, to complete a total of 7 miles.