I always talk about the importance of moving your spine and all its surrounding tissues in order to fuel up your brain for health and happiness.
Sheesh! Just imagine how healthy and happy these young ladies must be! Lol!!
(Not to mention the nice abs, core strength and overall sleek physiques they have! Hula on, baby!)
As 2010 clicks along, I’m continuing with my plan to MOVE in a purposeful way every single day. What I mean by that is not just doing normal daily activities, like work, errands, household chores, etc. I mean intentionally moving in a way that meets my body’s requirements – providing an overall variety of movement [...]
The last few days have been filled with an assortment of exercise… none of it my “usual”.
Friday
I got up and did my usual “Posture & Proprioception” exercises, and then decided to add about 10 miutes of high intensity calisthenics, and then a few yoga poses. Strange combination! Then I took dog breath out for a [...]
Today was time for another full body work out. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to power my way through a super focused and super high-intensity work out because I was also on a “date” with my 4 year old son at the time!
He joined me for part of the work out, and then switched gears to [...]
The other night, I got home later than expected after a very full day. Working out was not on my schedule for earlier in the day (I had gone out for a 40 minute “power walk” with dog breath instead), so I needed to squeeze one in before dinner.
The challenge was that my all-time favorite [...]
Yesterday was just a good, all around active day. I love those kinds of days.
Although I spent a fair amount of time working on the computer in the morning, I balanced it out with LOTS of movement throughout the afternoon.
Have I mentioned here before that MOTION is a requirement for health?! It’s not something we [...]
It’s the “blech” work out because that’s how I felt about working out that day! This is Friday’s work out. I was having a lower energy day, physically… too much going on, etc.
I put off working out until really late in the day (not a good idea)… but I had a lot of demands to [...]
Yesterday was a great day for movement. I love days like that… feels so good to moooove!
The resistance training work out was a high-intensity, quick-paced one with very short rest periods between sets.
30 alternating lunges with 2 x 25 lb. dumbbells
30 Romanian dead lifts with 2 x 35 lb. db’s
20 chest presses with 2 x [...]
Yesterday’s work out… another quickie:
60 walking lunges with 2 x 25 lb. db’s
20 dead lifts on balance board with 2 x 35 lb. db’s
12 overhead presses with 2 x 25 lb. db’s
15 push-ups on medicine ball
30 wide squats with 2 x 35 lb. db’s on shoulders
15 chin-ups with knees tucked
24 alternating biceps curls with 2 [...]
I had a good work out today. Imagine this – I (re)discovered that I get a much more intense and focused work out when I’m not trying to simultaneously teach a math lesson or help with Spanish translation!! Go figure!
Today, I made sure that my off spring were happily preoccupied with other activities (a.k.a. the [...]
Yesterday’s work out was another high-intensity, calorie-burning, fat-burning resistance training routine. Each set is somewhere between 20 – 30 seconds, with very shorts rests between sets – about 10 seconds, or at least that’s what I’m aiming for!
I think I’ll do these types of work outs for at least another week or two before I [...]
I’m loving these high-intensity work outs… sort of!
I love that they’re SO quick and there’s no wasted time whatsoever. That being said, it’s a big challenge to keep the rest periods so short (ha! If you can call 10 seconds a “rest” period!). Each set is usually somewhere between 20 and 30 seconds.
These work outs [...]
Yesterday, I did an AWESOME work out… totally intense, quick and focused. And I’m feeling it in the “right” places quite a bit today! Always good feedback!
A good friend had reminded me of a particular type of work out that is centered around 20 seconds of super high intensity exercise, followed by 10 seconds of [...]
Yesterday was resistance training day.
I procrastinated for quite awhile over this one because it was finally a gorgeous sunny day at the same time I was home to enjoy it! BUT, I felt fantastic once I finally convinced myself to get inside and get it done!
The work out:
25 squats on flat side of Bosu [...]
I have a couple of work outs to update from the last few days.
Thursday:
25 lunges with front foot on round side of Bosu ball, rear foot up on couch, holding 2 x 25 lb. db’s
Abs on Bosu ball: 50 front crunches (with varying feet/leg positions) and 25 obliques crunches each side
25 2-arm seated rows using [...]
It has been a few days since I’ve posted these, so here’s the quick update of what type of regular movement I’m doing:
Yesterday: Did lots of stretching, some yoga poses and jumped on the trampoline.
Tuesday: Took the kids & the one with dog-breath for a walk in the morning, then did a nice, quick, focused, [...]
Funny fitness fans!
(Click above link to watch video)
My kids have grown up understanding that regular exercise is part of being healthy. I love it now that they’re both big enough to join me in my routine. Well… sort of!
Their work outs usually end up looking more like the one in the video!! Good for a [...]
Squats on the BOSU ball
Here’s a little video clip of the exercise you see me refer to so often: squats on the flat side of the BOSU ball. My little model is holding some light weight balls up on her shoulders.
You can do the same with any light object (soup cans, etc.), or you can [...]
This is a photo in the September issue of Glamour magazine. Whatcha’ think?
Should we all feel “relieved” that this beautiful young woman isn’t “perfect” in the way our society thinks a woman should look? (I understand this point of view!)
Or, should we be a little uncomfortable with the ‘fact’ that size 12 is considered [...]
Tuesday was a fat-burning resistance training day.
In order to efficiently, effectively burn fat and create a lean body, we need to incorporate some level of resistance training for our lovely muscles… they’re the fat-burning furnace!
This is the work out I did:
25 wide squats with 2 x 35 lb. dumbbells on shoulders
12 pull-ups on bar
20 Romanian [...]
