Shoulder Tabata Power Workout!

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hi all! If you haven’t entered the #beTRUEtoYOU challenge yet – you have until Monday to do so to be entered for the Under Armour Hoodie! I know it’s been a while since I shared a work out & I apologize for that! Lately I haven’t had a bunch of time for workouts so I’ve been doing Tabata style which is doing work (the exercise) for a certain amount of time, followed by a few seconds of rest in between! Today I wanted to share with you a Tabata with a shoulder focus that I plan on doing later today! 30 seconds of work with 10 seconds of rest = 1 round I will do this … [Read more...]

“Out To Eat” & FHBC12 Day Two!

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hi all! It’s been an amazing two days here at the Fitness & Health Bloggers Conference! If you missed it, check out my day one at the #FHBC12! I have to admit I’m a little tired from being 2 hours behind here and not getting much sleep the day before due to our 7am flight; butttttt that didn’t stop us from setting the alarm for 6am yesterday for an early start to the day! *Breakfast was a Microwaved POWER-EGG BOWL (5 egg whites and veggies microwaved in a bowl for 5 minutes) Topped with Salsa & Avocado (mamacakes & I hit up the local grocery store to stock … [Read more...]

Back Progress, work out, Toasted Walnut Caper Tuna Salad

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hi all! Hope you’re enjoying your week! If you missed my post about how I broke the myth on “eating after 7pm” check it out here! I wanted to share with you a back work out that I did the other day! Lately, I’ve been doing TABATA intervals similar to BODYROCK.TV & combining them with weight lifting. For example, for 1 round I will do Burpees & then the next round I will do a weight lifting exercise. I usually write up about 6 different exercises to complete within my circuit. Each exercise is 20 seconds on, 10 seconds rest & I do about 40 rounds total! (= 20 … [Read more...]

Coconut Flour POWER COOKIES!

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hiiiiii there! so a few things before I get to my NEW POWER RECIPE 1) If you haven’t entered my Hand Painted Wine Glass Giveaway, better get on it because you’ve only got till Thursday! 2) If you missed my MIRRORLESS MONDAY Moment Video from this week, check it out here ! Here are a few #MIRRORLESSMONDAY Tweets that I LOVED from yesterday! you ladies are LEGIT & I love your tweets!! 3) You all know I’ve been loving my TABATA work outs lately; & today I added a new exercise to my work out that I love! Over Head Weight Walking Lunges (there is probably a … [Read more...]

TABATA Work Out!

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hey guys! Thanks so much for the GIVEAWAY love! (if you haven’t entered yet, you have until THURSDAY!) So lately, I’ve been loving TABATA work outs. & some of you may be asking, what is a TABATA? (I know I still can’t even pronounce it right, as you’ll see in my video) Here’s some info on these interval work outs There are many different forms of workouts out there and each workout will give you a different result. Some increase muscle mass, some increase strength, others help you lose weight and so forth. Cardiovascular (cardio for short) exercises are a popular … [Read more...]

Benefits of grapefruit & CHEST POWER CIRCUIT! #PROOF

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Good Morning! Hope you’re enjoying your Saturday so far! I’m home for the weekend & I’m loving it! I had one of those “moments” this week when everything got really stressful all in the same day. It was one of those moments where you ask yourself “Can this day get any worse?” and then it does… BUT! There’s nothing that a few tears & a phone call to your Mom can’t fix! Sometimes you need a good cry in order to see that those problems aren’t really that bad and things could be worse; so I decided to have a better attitude about the situation! I … [Read more...]