As I’m getting my body back into shape to hopefully be able to run again without knee/IT band pain, I’m focusing on a few muscle groups specifically–like my glutes, hamstrings, and quads. I feel pretty confident that I have some muscle imbalances that are hurting my psuedo-injury recovery, so I’m trying to step up my…
Get Low Circuit + My Favorite Things
It’s been awhile since I shared a workout on here. This may have something to do with me not working out consistently in quite awhile, but that’s beside the point… So I’m happy to be sharing a fresh new circuit workout as part of today’s list of favorites. I did this a couple days ago,…
Work It Out Circuit + My Favorite Things
As I’ve gotten back into a consistent workout routine, I’ve wanted to move past my go-to circuits and create some new fun to mix things up. Last week, I shared my Pure Cardio HIIT workout, and this week I have another one for you: It’s a lot of basic exercises that I love, and it…
December Full Body Challenge
So it occurred to me this morning that this is my last post of November. First of all, when did November even happen? I feel like Halloween was yesterday. Anywho, I figured I’d take advantage of today’s post to plan a month-long extravaganza in the form of a workout challenge. I’ve done a plank challenge,…
My Favorite Things + Pushups & Pullups Workout
Some of the best workouts are the ones that don’t require any equipment. You can do them at home or even while traveling. Today’s workout is not one of those. If you’ve got the exercise equipment, then you might as well use it. After my P90X experience, I was left with some upper body definition…
My Favorite Things + Get Ripped Ab Circuit
Even though I got sick of doing the same ab workout three days a week for 10 weeks of P90X, I also liked how good of a workout it was. To mimic the awesomeness that is Ab Ripper X, I created the below ab circuit. It takes about 10 minutes to go through twice, and…
6 Things I Wish I Would Have Known Before P90X
Good news and bad news for you this morning. The bad news: This is the billionth post dedicated to P90X The good news: This is probably the last post dedicated to P90X I’ve felt so annoying for the past three months talking about our journey doing P90X, but it kind of guided all my choices…
My Favorite Things + Upper Body Dumbbell Circuit
Now that P90X is over, I have the freedom to do whatever my heart desires for workouts. Not sure if I like this freedom yet. I spent awhile putting together an arm/back circuit and a core circuit last night, so now it’s time to share the goods! As we did the P90X workouts, I made…
Final P90X Results
After three months and 78 workouts, we’re finally done with P90X! It has been a long journey, but I’m pretty darn excited to have completed the whole thing. Towards the end, I definitely subbed some runs and elliptical workouts in place of a few P90X workouts (i.e. Kenpo and Plyometrics), but for the most part,…
My Journey Switching from Running to Weight Lifting
My main fitness love for the past five or so years has been running. I cross train by doing circuit workouts about every other day, but my main focus has always been hitting the pavement — that is…until three months ago when I started P90X. I figured I would try something I have never done…
Firestorm 2014 + Mixing P90X and Running
I’ve developed an addiction to the news. If you weren’t aware, there have been up to nine fires at a time throughout San Diego burning over the past three or so days. Thank God, we’re about 30 minutes away from where all this is happening, but I know people who are right next to it…
Work That Derriere Circuit Workout + My Childhood Dreams Are Coming True
Before I discuss my childhood dreams, I wanted to share a workout I did on Friday. I have several full-body circuit workouts from the past, but sometimes I like mixing and matching workouts to make a full-body workout. Other times, I like focusing on just one area. I suppose it’s just nice to have options…
Squat Challenge Recap
Yesterday was officially the end of my squat challenge, making it up to the big 2-5-0. Can I just say… [Source] Although that’s how I felt for the last part of the 30-day challenge, never did I feel like the number was unattainable. My biggest problem was probably the time commitment. When you’re doing 200+…
Squat Challenge + 500-Rep Weight Circuit
I’ve got a circuit workout and a month-long workout for you today! Below is a circuit I did on Wednesday that will probably be one of my new go-to’s. It’s another low impact circuit, which I’m all about. You see, some days I’m just not into the cardio thing. Not going to lie, a lot…
The Amazing & Incredible Crockpot Challenge
Workouts Wednesday: I did a 1 minute and 40 second plank, plus the following tabata workout, and it. was. awesome. I branched out and incorporated new exercises I’ve never done before. It made me thoroughly sore. I pulled several of the exercises from browsing through workouts on blondponytail.com, who is basically amazing. Love her workouts….
