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☞WorkOut Links☜

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:06:00 -0500

WORKOUT LINKS and STUFF (found on tumblr)

DON”T HAVE TIME?!: Here are QUICK WORKOUTS

Spark People:

10 Minute Jump Start Cardio Workout

10 Minute Cardio Kickboxing Workout

10 Minute Jump Rope Cardio Workout

15 Minute Abs Workout

BodyRock:

BodyRock Cardio Exercise Workout:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5

Get Hot Cardio Workout

Insanity:

Fit Test

Plyometric Cardio Circuit

Cardio Power & Resistance

Cardio Recovery

Pure Cardio

Cardio Abs

Core Cardio & Balance

Max Interval Circuit

Max Interval Plyo

Max Cardio Conditioning

Max Recovery

Insane Abs

Max Interval Sports Training

Upper Body Weight Training

Jillian Michaels:

30 Day Shred:

Level 1
Level 2
Level 3

Ripped in 30:

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4

6 Week 6 Pack:

Level 1
Level 2

Banish Fat Boost Metabolism

No More Trouble Zones

Yoga Meltdown

Carmen Electra:

Aerobic Striptease

Fit to Strip

In the Bedroom

The Biggest Loser:

Biggest Loser 30 Day Jump Start Workout

Biggest Loser Cardio Max Workout

Biggest Loser Weight Loss Yoga

Biggest Loser Boot Camp Workout

Turbo Jam:

T3 - Totally Tubular Turbo

Cardio Party Mix 1

Cardio Party Mix 2

Cardio Party Mix 3

Fat Blaster

P90X:

Chest and Back/Ab Ripper X

Plyometrics

Legs and Back

Yoga X

Cardio X

Kenpo X

Shoulders and Arms

Core Synergetics

Stretch X

Chest, Shoulder, and Triceps

Back and Biceps

Tone It Up:

Bikini Abs & Thighs

Sandcastle Workout

Bikini Blast Circuit Workout

Diet Health:

Ab and Inner Thigh Exercise

World’s Fastest Workout

POP Pilates:

Flat Abs Challenge

3 Minute Ab Challenge

Slimming Inner Thighs & Calves

Inner Thigh Insanity

Saddlebag Shaver

Standing Pilates for Legs, Butt & Obliques

Butt Blaster

Getting Fit: A challenge for beginner runners or those of you who want to start running.

Week 1: Run one minute. Walk 90 seconds. Repeat eight times. Do three times a week.

Week 2: Run two minutes. Walk one minute. Repeat seven times. Do three times a week.

Week 3: Run three minutes. Walk one minute. Repeat six times. Do three times a week.

Week 4: Run five minutes. Walk two minutes. Repeat four times. Do three times a week.

Week 5: Run eight minutes. Walk two minutes. Repeat three times. Do three times a week.

Week 6: Run twelve minutes. Walk one minute. Repeat three times. Do three times a week.

Week 7: Run fifteen minutes. Walk one minute. Run fifteen minutes. Do three times a week.

Week 8: Run thirty minutes continuously.

Okay seriously noting this for myself. I am doing this when I get back to the gym in a week and a half or so. Yes please!

45+ Awesome Workouts Links

I’ve been putting off posting this for months because I keep finding more awesome workouts! I hope you guys find this helpful and have fun trying out all these great workouts. May you burn lots of calories, sweat buckets, and look hot :)

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Cardio & High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)

Tone It Up Beach BABE video

BodyRock.tv Hot Body Workout video

BodyRock.tv 4 Minute Workout video

BodyRock.tv Hardest Workout Ever video

BodyRock.tvHard Bodies Getting Harder Workout

BodyRock.tv 6 Minute Workout video

BodyRock.tv Run The World Workout video

BodyRock.tv Hot Attack video

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All Over Body Toning

Tone It Up Arms, Abs, and Legs Pyramid video

Tone It Up Bikini Abs & Thighs video (with yoga ball)

Tone It Up Sandcastle Workout video

Tone It Up Bikini Body Workout with Self Magazine!

Tone It Up Bikini Blast Circuit Workout video

Tone It Up Bikini Body Workout with Self Magazine!

Pop Pilates Till The World Ends video

Pop Pilates Summer Slimdown Part 1 & Part 2

Bodyrock.tv I’m Into You Workout video

skinnyyogagirl’s 1000 Rep Workout

skinnyyogagirl’s Full Body Cardio & Strength Workout

skinnyyogagirl’s Burning Body Workout

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Abs

Pop Pilates Flat Abs Challenge video

Pop Pilates 3 Minute Ab Challenge video

Tone It Up Tighten & Tone Your Abs video

Tone It Up Itty Bitty Bikini video

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Legs & Butt

Pop Pilates Slimming Inner Thighs & Calves video

Pop Pilates Inner Thigh Insanity video

Pop Pilates Saddlebag Shaver video

Pop Pilates Standing Pilates for Legs, Butt & Obliques video

Pop Pilates Butt Blaster video

Tone It Up Bikini Beach Bum video

BodyRock.tv Abs Now Workout video (I know it says abs but it works the thighs more)

BodyRock.tv 300 Squats Challenge

skinnyyogagirl’s Legs & Butt Workout

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Yoga

Dashama Sun Salutations video

Dashama Sun Salutations 2 video

Dashama Hip Stretches

Tara Stiles Bend It Like Tara video (my favorite stretching video)

sadienardini 40 minute yoga weight loss videos Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

exercisetv.tv Yoga Fitness Plus 45 minute video

exercisetv.tv Beginner Yoga 20 minute video

exercisetv.tv Yoga Sculpt 30 minute video

exercisetv.tv Yoga Fitness Fusion 45 minute video

Yogis Anonymous Hurts So Good Power Yoga 95 minute video

Yogis Anonymous Blissed Flow Yoga 90 minute (love love love this one!)

Post Running Stretch video from FlexibleWarriorYoga

Nov. 18th Nutrition

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:06:00 -0500

Not the best ever…

08:30- woke up and went to class
11:30- cooked up my Kashi Mushroom Pizza (sooooo yummy)
01:30- WORKOUT
03:15- ate aprx. 1.5 cups of Broccoli, and 2 sml boneless chicken breasts
03:45- 1 cup carrots with 1/3 cup Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
06:00- Muscle Milk (Vanilla Creme)

Didn’t really eat anything bad today, just not enough and at the right times… I NEEEEED to be more religious about eating breakfast!

Nov. 18th Cards Workout

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:57:30 -0500

Another aweeeeesome workout! :) Get one deck of cards. Shuffle them up. Have each suit represent one exercise. In a group of at least 2 people, take turn pulling cards off the top of the deck. Numbers represent that number of reps, face cards are 10 and aces are 11. For example, during my exercise, Hearts=burpees, Diamonds=sprints, Spades=squats, and Clubs=sit ups. So an Ace of Hearts= 11 burpees. The way the cards played out, I ended up with most of the sprints, and my friend ended up with most of the burpees. After the workout we also climbed the rope in our gym… she MADE ME! haha. I was sooo sore after the past few days of workouts, that I was not wanting to climb at all! BUT I gave in, AND I climbed to the TOP! :) I was so proud of myself!

50 Workout

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:10:00 -0500

50 Workout! :) IF YOU WANT A CHALLENGE, THIS IS IT! This is definitely been one of my favorites so far. Make your own modifications if you cannot complete each rep. (Ex: push ups on knees, decrease / increase reps, etc) You can modify it to your own level, just be sure that you are challenging yourself with each exercise! Be sure to also be continuous with the workout. Do each 50 reps of the exercise before moving on. Beat the clock! :)

50 Box Jumps

50 Push Ups

50 Sit Ups

50 Jumping Pull Ups

50 Kettle Bell Swings

50 Dips

Today was my first attempt at the 50 Workout, and I completed it in aproximately 18 minutes. Let me tell you, my arms were shaking afterwards! It hurt to bring an apple slice to my mouth! Haha! But it felt soooo goood :) If you want a challenge, this is it!

Nov. 16th Workout

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:54:00 -0500

Today was intense! After pulling an all nighter (ALMOST- 2 hours of sleep still classifies as an all nighter right?) to study for my test this morning. My legs were CRAZY sore from yesterday’s workoutS, and then today a different co-worker asked to do a Crossfit workout with me. Who am I to say no to a workout?! :) It was an awesome workout that I highly suggest! It definitely got my blood flowing and the sweat pouring! Its a timed workout, so with each completion you try to beat your previous time. I call it my 50 Workout. I will post the exercises next! :)

PS. If at any time you do not know what a specific exercise is, ask me! I’ll be happy to describe it in better detail so that you can follow along! :)

AFTER the 50 Workout, I did some stretches for my already ridiculously sore legs, and completed my days worth of the 14 Day Ab Challenge workout! :) Tomorrow I’m gonna be sore alllll over! Let the best pain ever invented begin!!! :)

Nov. 16th Nutrition

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:27:00 -0500

I think I may have declined from yesterday…uughh. O well I guess. Better luck tomorrow! A not-so-healthy dinner due to the fact that I went to a Bible study group after work and nothing served for dinner was even close to healthy lol. It’s weird for me to be working for an athletic club, and participating as a coach in gymnastics program, and a good majority of my co-workers pay no attention to their eating habits. Kind of discouraging, BUT I am gaining more and more people on my little workout extravaganza! :) LOVE IT! Anyways…this is the diet damage done today.

09:00 HUGE TEST! Pulled an all nighter, so at this point in the A.M. I have several cups of Vanilla Spice Tea in my system to help me wake up and focus :)
12:00 Firehouse Subs!!! I am in LOVE with their wheat bread! 8 inch Club sandwich, with lettuce, tomato, and honey mustard
1:30 WORKOUT: intense after yesterdays workoutSS killed my legs!
2:45 Granny Smith Apple slices
3:30 Carrots w/ Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
7:00 Everything under the moon! Green beans, pasta w/ 2 small meatballs, corn bread, and roll. Nice southern meal. (Brownies and ice cream was offered, but I took a pass on the super sugary foods.)

CARB OVERLOADDDDD… ahhhhh. My tummy was speaking in tongues after I ate that meal. I didn’t eat much serving size wise, but my belly was making all sorts of noises during the actual Bible study part lol. It was kind of distracting. BUT tomorrow I’ll be able to provide all my own meals and focus more specifically on balancing my meals, eating at the appropriate times, and limiting myself to the necessary serving sizes. :)

Nov. 15th Nutrition

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:11:00 -0500

Better than yesterday, but still not the best… finally rolled out of bed at 7:30 and got ready for my class at 8. Wasn’t able to eat anything before class :(

09:00 - 1 serving Caramel Mini Rice Cakes
WORKOUT
10:00 - 1 small box Raisins
18 oz. h2o
10:30 - 1/2 cup whole grain oats w/ 1 teaspoon organic sugar
12:00 - Sub: wheat, lettuce, tomato, pickle, jalapeno, salt/pep, oil/vin, honey mustard (been trying to cut out some of my mayo-replacing it with honey mustard)
Original Sun Chips
16 oz. h2o
12:30 - 18 oz. h2o
03:30 - 18 oz. h2o
07:00 - WORKOUT
07:45 - 8 oz. h2o
08:15 - 100% whole wheat bread, 2 teaspoon mayo & organic honey smoked turkey
10:00 - 18 oz. h2o

Total h2o: 96 OZ

Overall, I did better with my consistent eating during the morning, but once I got to work the time between eating increased dramatically. I have to start setting aside time right before and immediately after work for snacks/ meals. I am also trying to slowly cut out the condiments on sandwiches and such (which will be tough for me to do- I love my fair share of added flavors:)). Well I believe that’s it. Still working on my timing throughout the day with my meal/ snack schedule. Slowly but surely :)

Strength/ Cardio Workout

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:48:00 -0500

Be sure to perform each exercise continuously and without any stops for the best results! The faster you go, the more cardiovascular exercise you are achieving! :)

50 jumping jacks
5 push ups
25 high knees
7 burpees
10 crunches
7 squats
5 push ups
10 crunches
5 push ups
7 squats
30 jumping jacks
1 minute wall sit
5 push ups
25 high knees

You can do this exercise once a week, every other week, or once a month as a standard of progression. If this is not very difficult on your first attempt, perform the whole workout 2 or 3 times (increase sets), OR increase the reps of each exercise: double the number that is listed beside each exercise. Make sure you time yourself each time and record it so that you have a time to beat the next week! :) yayyy motivation!

Photo

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:17:00 -0500

SO true!!!

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:13:00 -0500

SO true!!!

Toning it up today! :)

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:42:00 -0500

Toning it up today! :)

Words of wisdom.

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:32:00 -0500

Words of wisdom.

For the Health of It

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:14:00 -0500

For the Health of It:

Exercise and nutrition tips from ISSA (International Sports Sciences Association)

100 Workout

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:38:00 -0500

100 Workout:

100 Jumping Jacks
90 Crunches
80 Squats
70 Leg Lifts
60 Jumping Jacks
50 Crunches
40 Squats
30 Leg Lifts
20 Jumping Jacks
10 Minute Run / Jog

No equipment needed! Wonderful leg and ab workout! :)

4 Minute Workout

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:36:00 -0500

4 Minute Workout:

0:00-0:20 Squat Thrusts
0:20-0:30 Rest
0:30-0:50 Mountain Climbers
0:50-1:00 Rest
1:00-1:20 High Knees
1:20-1:30 Rest
1:30-1:50 Jumping Jacks
1:50-2:00 Rest
2:00-2:20 Squat Thrusts
2:20-2:30 Rest
2:30-2:50 Mountain Climbers
2:50-3:00 Rest
3:00-3:20 High Knees
3:20-3:30 Rest
3:30-3:50 Jumping Jacks
3:50-4:00 Rest

4:00 Minutes! :) Quick. Simple. No equipment needed!

Nov. 15th Workout

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:27:00 -0500

A quick 4 minute strength and cardio workout was brought to my attention, so I figured I would try it out today. However, afterwards I wasn’t as satisfied with it as I was hoping. Therefore I added on my 100 Workout afterwards. My legs were dying after number 20 on my first set of 80 rep body weight squats! Haha. BUT, as much as it hurt, I finished the whole workout including the 10 minute run (which was more of a jog at that point). Listed above are the times and exercises for the 4 Minute Workout, and the 100 Workout.

Tonight I will be continuing my Ab Workout Challenge after work! :)

25 normal crunches
25 crunches (lay on left side)
25 left knee touches
25 crunches (legs half bent)
25 crunches (lay on right side)
25 right knee touches
25 crunches (legs flat on ground)
25 second plank hold
25 leg lift, butt raise crunches

Well, I’m gonna be honest and tell you that I didn’t get to my Ab Challenge today. I was asked to workout with some co-workers after work tonight, so I did the 4 Minute Workout again and another circuit-like workout that I will add to the list of blogs in a little bit :) A LOT of working out today, and WAY MORE to come tomorrow. Another co-worker has asked me to do a Crossfit workout with her. INTENSE! I will add that to my list of workouts as well :) Quite a bit of exercising, but I’m VERY thankful that co-workers are getting involved, asking me to join them, and even asking me for workout plans! :) It definitely gives the confidence a big boost, and keeps my momentum going through my workouts. I am making a pact with myself RIGHT NOW to not let this motivation die over next week during Thanksgiving break! Hopefully tomorrow I can get to typing up a plan to follow over next week to keep me on track, and help me stay accountable. That’s all for Nov 15th! :)

MOTIVATION!!! :)

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:21:00 -0500

MOTIVATION!!! :)

Nov. 14th Workout

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:16:00 -0500

Today I begin my 14 day ab challenge! :)

25 normal crunches25 crunches (lay on left side)25 left knee touches25 crunches (legs half bent)25 crunches (lay on right side)25 right knee touches25 crunches (legs flat on ground)25 second plank hold25 leg lift, butt raise crunches

I will be doing these same exercises for 14 days straight and reporting results! I may even take before and after pictures to document. We’ll see how I feel about sharing my belly with the world after workout #1 tonight! Haha. Anyways, I challenge you to do the same! I know there will be results, but let’s see how great those results will be together! :)

Nov. 14th Nutrition

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:05:00 -0500

I am 1/4 Mexican… I know that’s not really a whole lot of Mexican blood, but I definitely love my fair share of Mexican food. Needless to say, I had Chipotle tonight for dinner. YUMMM :) not exactly the healthiest for me though.. :( Vegetarian Bowl with grilled veggies, brown rice, pico, hot salsa, corn, sour cream (no bueno!), and a little cheese. Not the worst meal ever, but definitely not the best either. OH, and I forgot the worst part… the addicting Peach Orange glass bottley goodness. Sooo good, but soooo sugary :( It’s one of my many weaknesses…

Backing it up to my morning breakfast which consisted of nothing but water. UUGHH. I’m really not off to the best start ever huh? Fast forward a few hours to lunch and I’m eating carrots and roasted red pepper hummus :) yummm. Didn’t really have much of a lunch past that (sad, but true). I need to eat!!! School is a big obstacle when it comes to eating the correct servings at the proper times during the day.

My challenge for tomorrow is to set my alarm to go off every 2.5 hours. After my alarm goes off I have no more than 30 minutes to find something (HEALTHY) to eat. This will hopefully make me more aware of how much I eat at each sitting, and get me in the habit of carrying snacks (and water while I’m at it) with me at all times. Luckyily for me, I can store some food/ snacks at my workplace to munch on there as well :)

Day one done. Planning for tomorrow! :)

fighting2Bfit

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:06:00 -0500

FIRST POST! :)

I am really excited to be starting this new blog! For me, it is a way to keep myself accountable when it comes to my workouts and diet. I am naturally a healthy eater; not big on chocolate (I know, I’m a girl and I’m not in love with chocolate, weird!), I love my organic food, LOVE fruit, enjoy most my veggies, not a huge dairy fan, and all I drink is water! :) yummy, yummy H2O. BUT I am also picky when it comes to protein; not a fan of most red meats, and I don’t favor nuts. So right there alone, I have problems with my overall portion sizes when it comes to foods I enjoy eating and therefore my diet is not very well balanced. I have never seen a nutritionist, or a personal trainer to teach me about proper food proportions or exercise technique, so what knowledge I pocess is from my previous athletic trainers, college classes, and others of you who are on the same challenging path as myself. I am quite positive that my love for athletics, competition, and coaching others has kept me in the OK shape I am in today (although it’s definitely not my best).

Consistency is a HUGE problem for me. Like anyone else, I have problems with binge eating. I am praying that this blog will help me stay on top of my diet and workouts, and give me more of a visual aid to help me set high, yet realistic goals and challenge me to better my diet and exercise program each week, month, and year! I also challenge you (whoever is reading this) to do the same! Follow my workouts, be a source of encouragement for me, post workout/ diet tips, and I hope to sometimes be an encouragement to you as well! Consistency is my challenge, and I plan to progress through that challenge with every day! :)

More will be posted later about workout and diet plans.

I hope you will follow along with me and my travels to my goal body! :)