Q is for Quiet Time
There's something to be said for those individuals who have quiet time in the morning to meditate and spend time with themselves and God during the quiet hours of the morning. They tend to be less stressed and happier people. I know people personally who meditate and are better for it. They are the see the cup half full vs. half empty ...
P is for Push Ups
Any and everyone who knows me knows I enjoy doing push ups. I know that sounds strange but I do. You know why? Due to another "P" word, powerful. It makes me feel powerful.
I do them in boot camp and with my personal trainer. I do them on my own and while working out with my girls. It is my go-to exercise.
I started doing ...
Get Insanely Hard Muscles with the 300 Rise of an Empire Workout
Do you want to know how the hundreds of muscle bound bodies covering the screen in the movie 300 Rise of an Empire got so unbelievably ripped? Well I did the research for you. Unfortunately the cast exercised for 3 hours a day under a very strict regime set forth by Gym Jones. However, by researching the program I was able to take the core ...
J is for Jump Rope
Easily one of my favorite forms of cardio, I think many of us forget how effective jumping rope is. I decided to buy a jump rope years into my adulthood when I watched Zuzana of Zuzka Light and formerly of the BodyRock TV days jumping rope and working up a sweat. Another fitness guru who got me motivated to jump rope was Jennifer Nicole ...
H is for Health
Health means different things to different people. For some it is physical endurance. For others it is beating a debilitating disease. For others it is improving what they put in their mouth. Define what health is for you and then do you research to optimize it. Do you have high blood pressure? Is it hereditary? What do you need to ...
G is for Goals
I will admit, I am not one to set too many goals when it comes to fitness. A friend once told me to sign up for a race therefore I would have a goal to strive for to help with my long distance run training. It didn’t help – signing up for a half marathon did not actually make me train more or harder than I normally would.
Now ...
How To Find A Fitness Friend
If you need staying accountable with your workouts, perhaps you need to find a fitness friend.
I’m a strong believer in workout accountability partners. While I realize there are people who can keep themselves accountable everyone isn’t able.
We know the cycle.
People start a new year with all types of resoluti...
In The Gym with Connie of Ripped Goddess
Name and basic stats: Connie Itchon | Age 43 | Height 5’5 | Weight 126 ( on “good” days)
Introduction
Connie Itchon is the owner of the Ripped Goddess fitness community – a community that started as a way for women of like minds to meet with other women. Women who wanted not just to LOOK good – but to FEEL amazing! To feel ...
Friday Five: Spring Forward
It's that time again - Friday Five. This week's theme has to do with Spring Forward: what five things am I looking forward to this Spring. Of course I am relating this to my fitness so check out what I am anticipating starting this Spring season.
This link up is sponsored by Courtney from Eat Pray Run, DC, Cynthia from You Signed Up ...
Friday Five: My 5 Favorite Exercises
It's that time again - Friday Five. Since I don't think there was a theme I am choosing my own.
This link up is sponsored by Courtney from Eat Pray Run, DC, Cynthia from You Signed Up For What? and Mar from Mar on the Run! Their fitness and running blogs are awesome so make sure you head on over and check them out.
Last week ...
Friday Five: Fitness Fashions
I happened to stumble upon a new LINK UP and I am really feeling these. This one is sponsored by Courtney from Eat Pray Run, DC, Cynthia from You Signed Up For What? and Mar from Mar on the Run! Their fitness and running blogs are awesome so make sure you head on over and check them out.
This week I thought I would highlight some ...
Friday Five: MNB Challenge 5 Fitness Favorites
I happened to stumble upon a new LINK UP and I am really feeling these. This one is sponsored by Courtney from Eat Pray Run, DC and Mar from Mar on the Run! Their blogs are awesome so make sure you head on over and check them out.
My Friday Five are all really RANDOM yet focused on FITNESS so don't be mad at me.
Moti...
Featured Fitale – Cynthia Lundi
My name is Shurida Lundi and I would like to nominate my sister to be featured on your blog. Her name is Cynthia Lundi and she has come a long way on her fitness journey and she is the sole provider of our household after my mom lost her job two months after my grandmother passed away from a diabetic coma and brain tumor. I admire her strength so ...
Featured Fitale Becca Bryant
FFFC: Please introduce yourself to our readers (i.e. your name, occupation, hobbies, etc.).
RB: My name is Becca and I'm a mom.
FFFC: What sparked your weight-loss transformation journey?
RB: I started my weight loss journey a year ago when I realized I needed to get healthy in order to keep my kidneys function and not have a ...
In The Gym with Jules
FFFC: Please introduce yourself to our readers.
JA: Hi, My name is Jules. I'm a wife, a mother to 2 young boys, a trained nurse/midwife & ACE certified personal trainer.
FFFC: How did you get started in fitness and working out?
JA: I've always been active. But when I had my 1st child I gained a lot of weight (6 stones) ...
Twelve Days of Fitness – Days 12
I'm recording Day 12 of the Twelve Days of Fitness challenge by Fit Armadillo. This challenge encourages fitness bloggers to blog every day for the next 12 days about our workouts.
Today is the 12th and final day of 12 Days of Fitness. Boy has the time flown by. Today I can describe my workout in a single word – ...
Twelve Days of Fitness – Day 11
I'm recording Day 11 of the Twelve Days of Fitness challenge by Fit Armadillo. This challenge encourages fitness bloggers to blog every day for the next 12 days about our workouts.
Let's see where do I start? Today I signed up for an hour of Sanders Optimum Fitness boot camp which I have been doing for well over a year. ...
Twelve Days of Fitness – Day 10
I'm recording Day 10 of the Twelve Days of Fitness challenge by Fit Armadillo. This challenge encourages fitness bloggers to blog every day for the next 12 days about our workouts.
Wow ....all I'mma say is if you are on a workout regiment - DON'T take a break. Figure out how to get something in because getting back into it ...
Twelve Days of Fitness – Day 7
It is Day 6 of the Twelve Days of Fitness challenge by Fit Armadillo. This challenge encourages fitness bloggers to blog every day for the next 12 days about our workouts. I am hanging in there.
Today is Day 31 of the December challenge and it consists of 270 squats and 80 scissor kicks. I have plans to do them before I go to my ...
Twelve Days of Fitness – Day 6
It is Day 6 of the Twelve Days of Fitness challenge by Fit Armadillo. This challenge encourages fitness bloggers to blog every day for the next 12 days about our workouts. I am hanging in there.
Today is Day 30 of the December challenge and it consists of 255 squats and 30 side plank reach throughs. That may not sound like much but ...
