I love January. Since I live in southern California it’s much easier to love it. Regardless of where you live January symbolizes a fresh start and who doesn’t like fresh starts except maggots. Yuck. Sorry. I know a lot of people are cynical when it comes to making New Year’s resolutions [...]

I’m always looking for new and interesting ways to get my cardio in.  Don’t get me wrong I actually LOVE HIIT cardio on the machines but sometimes it’s nice to switch things up a bit.  The weather was yucky and I couldn’t make it to the gym.  Okay I could have made it to the [...]

This week I’m sticking to the same split (breaking up body parts by days) but with a few changes.  I’ve had a cold so I don’t expect to see much improvement in strength.  But I’ll definitely be bringing my journal just in case my inner She-ra comes out.
Mon – Biceps, Triceps, Legs
Tue – HIIT cardio
Wed [...]

I’m going to try to something new and switch up my workout every week instead of every month. And I’m going to add a new element: a stop watch. I have friend who does CrossFit and while I don’t know much if anything about CrossFit she sometimes mentions her “times”. It got [...]

I said I wouldn’t post what I did for month three because it took too long. Well it takes longer to answer emails, so here are the exercises I did for month three. With each set I tried to increase my weight for my set 3 rep 6 my muscles were fatigued. I [...]

Hubby put my October picture up and at first, I was super critical of myself. I thought about abandoning my entire blog so I didn’t have to put it up. Why?  I don’t really see much change except I’m even WHITER. I didn’t think that was possible. I think my abs may be showing a little [...]

This is one of my favorite workouts to do when I’m crunched for time or can’t get to the gym. It takes about 15-25 minutes and all you need is a jump rope and that isn’t even necessary.
Jump rope -2 minutes (or jumping jacks)
25 lunges - each leg for 50 total (remember to [...]

I don’t have time (and wouldn’t want to if I did) to do an hour of cardio a day and I guessing you would rather not either. But I believe you can accomplish more in 20 minutes than an hour if you push yourself. Here is a fun short treadmill workout that makes [...]

Here is my current workout schedule.
Monday - Legs & GLutes (using high reps instead of heavy weights)
Tuesday - Chest & Shoulders
Wednesday - Cardio Only
Thursday - Legs & Glutes (high reps and lots of plyometrics)
Friday - Back, Biceps, & Triceps
Saturday - Cardio Only
Sunday - REST
If you noticed I’m only lifting weights 4 days a week and [...]

Squats on the Bosu Ball
On the what?? The Bosu Ball. The Bosu Ball looks like this.

It creates an unstable surface suitable for dangerous situations thus getting you injured so you can’t workout anymore. No not really. It does create an unstable surface therefore engaging more of your muscles to balance. [...]