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August has been a pretty crazy month for me, but while my blog entries cooled down, my workouts continued to fire up! I’ve been traveling a lot, which means my routine has needed to shift to accommodate my locale.
The first adventure was a five day intensive Lomilomi retreat. Lomilomi is a style of Hawaiian massage that I’ve been studying for about two years now. This was my third class and it was incredibly inspiring. I knew that I would ...
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One of my friends, Rosie of Rock Bodies, is a personal trainer who often posts delicious healthy recipes to Facebook. She found a recipe for pancakes that uses just two ingredients: banana and eggs. Seriously, that’s it. They are AMAZING. Before I made them though I had to finish my workout for the day (especially since I was having local sausage with my pancakes).
Today I wanted to focus on arms and abs. Yesterday I did Zuzka’s ZShred #3 which ...
Continue Reading →I completed my third Hot Yoga/Bikram class at Geezum Crow Yoga last night and it was AWESOME!! I really feel much more supported there than at Bikram Stowe and I’m going to try to make a point to go there more often. In the meantime, to make things a bit more affordable I’m looking for a good iOS app for Hot Yoga. After scouring reviews it looks like Hot Yoga Doctor is the most robust app with actual ...
Continue Reading →I’d love to tell you that the 90 burpees a day are getting easier, but they still seem like a chore I do three times a day. The one thing that’s really getting better is my form. I used to really struggle with pushups and I feel like I can do them gracefully now and even slow it down so I can really focus on working my muscles. I suppose my endurance is also getting better but I definitely still ...
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I think I must be insane. I mean, I have to be a crazy person. I’m doing these 90 burpees a day along with a Zuzka workout once a day and now on top of that I’m running a mile a day. Honestly, when I put it like that it doesn’t sound that crazy; an olympian practicing hours a day definitely has me beat. But for me, it’s A LOT and I’M SORE, but I’m sticking with it.
I added ...
Continue Reading →While my urge to run has ebbs and flows, my love of fitness and nutrition lives on and I’d like to start sharing my latest obsessions with you. 2013 has brought me two things so far: burpees and….
I FINALLY BOUGHT A VITAMIX!!! More on that in a minute. First…
Oh, burpees, you’re the exercise everyone loves to hate! Eight days ago we started a new ...
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