Summer Shape Up 2015: Week 2 Workouts and Meal Ideas

 Hi friends! Happy Monday, and happy Week 2 of Summer Shape Up!

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You are rocking out the challenge so far, and Iโ€™ve loved to see your check-ins this past week. Thank you for your enthusiasm and support for each other. Youโ€™re the best (but we knew that already). ๐Ÿ™‚ Before we get cranking into Week 2, a huge round of applause and gratitude burpees to our sponsors:

 

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Ssu2015 sponsors

bobble, makers of a chic self-filtering water bottle

Crunch Live, who kindly hooked us up with 30 days free of online workouts (code: SSU30 for 30 days; it will turn into a real subscription after 30 days at $9.99 just a heads up!)

and Gluten-free Chex Oatmeal, which is the perfect texture for my favorite oat breakfasts and baking.

This weekโ€™s featured sponsor is bobble, aka my workout water bottle obsession. I try to avoid bottled water whenever possible, and carry my own bottle around to refill. Whenever I fill my bottle while weโ€™re out and about, I canโ€™t help but wonder how well itโ€™s filtered, especially when I fill my bottle from a fountain or a tap. Now, I donโ€™t even have to think about it as these bottles have a charcoal filter built-in. Theyโ€™re also less bulky than many of my other bottles, and fit well in a purse (and in my small clumsy hands haha).

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(For the record, they totally pass the drop testโ€ฆ as Iโ€™ve dropped mine a couple of times.)

They have an array of beautiful colors:

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and a full product line of self-filtering products, plus fun accessories like tea sticks and coffee presses. Iโ€™m actually on my way to order a coffee press for some of the Hawaiian coffee we’re currently loving.

They kindly offered 10 participants bobble water bottles for your participation! Iโ€™ll pick 10 winners from this weekโ€™s check-ins who will receive their own bobble to try.

For Week 2, hereโ€™s what our schedule looks like! As always, feel free to shuffle and move the workouts around as needed.  

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Workout #3 + HIIT

Easy/moderate steady: go for a nice jog/run, take a shorter cardio class, kickbox, or dance

Workout #4** (or Yoga Body Sculpt <– use code SSU30 for a free trial) + 20 minute steady cardio of choice (maintain the same pace and intensity)

Workout #3

Long steady (cardio class or long run/cardio session; 45-60 min) + Barre ab burner

**A little surprise for you: I made a video with a workout you can include this week if youโ€™d like. Please keep that this is not fancy WSU-quality production value (just a girl, a napping preschooler and a tripod), but I really want to give you as many options as possible during this challenge, so you can shuffle around if youโ€™d like, or switch things up if you choose to follow it again!

Meal ideas featuring whole and healthy eats: 

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Breakfast:

Make-ahead breakfast burritos

Banana nut quinoa muffins  with plain (or vegan) yogurt

Eggs in a basket

Breakfast cookie dough cereal with fresh berries

 

Lunch:

Quinoa taco salad

Tuna salad stuffed avocado

Salad in a jar (be sure to add in some protein)

Breakfast for lunch: Perfect protein pancakes

 

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Dinner:

Pesto baked salmon with veggies

The best black bean soup with avocado and a salad

Goat cheese eggplant parmesan 

Slow cooker butter chicken with brown rice and salad

 

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Snacks:

Tart cherry pie snack balls

Oatmeal raisin protein cookies

Fruit with a tablespoon of almond butter

Turkey lentil muffins

Plantain flatbread with hummus and veggies

 

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Desserts/treats:

Easy raw chocolate pudding

Almond butter lava cake

Glass of wine (have one for me!) 

Alright! Thumbs up if youโ€™re ready to go after it! Donโ€™t forget to send your sweaty pics @fitnessista #summershapeup. I always love seeing your beautiful faces!

Leave a comment below each time you complete a Week 2 workout as your giveaway entry (today, Monday, is an off day so itโ€™s a freebie!), or you can tweet/Instagram your check-ins (@fitnessista #summershapeup). Iโ€™ll pick 5 winners from the blog and 5 winners from Instagram and Twitter.

Cheering for you, as always,

Gina

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291 Comments

  1. Lindsay on June 26, 2015 at 6:28 pm

    had a fun dance party with my kiddos this evening ๐Ÿ™‚

  2. Kelster on June 26, 2015 at 8:08 pm

    I did workout 4 today. Thanks for filming it!

  3. Liz on June 26, 2015 at 8:25 pm

    I did rowing tonight for steady state

  4. lissy on June 26, 2015 at 10:50 pm

    Baby wouldn’t sleep this morning, or any morning this week. Been doing half my work out, nursing baby back to sleep and the other half after breakfast with him. Did cardio this morning. Will get through all of Orange is the New black eventually

  5. Lindsay on June 27, 2015 at 4:47 am

    2 rounds of workout #3 + one round of HIIT scorcher = done!

  6. melissa on June 27, 2015 at 4:58 am

    kickboxing class today, off the schedule but love this class!

  7. Sara on June 27, 2015 at 5:36 am

    Just did workout #3 three times through with 10 min of HIIT afterwards. I am officially a sweaty mess ๐Ÿ™‚

  8. Cassie on June 27, 2015 at 6:07 am

    Sat: Rest day

  9. Ashley V on June 27, 2015 at 6:51 am

    I just did 4 super sweaty miles and am saving the barre ab burner for tomorrow!

  10. Kady on June 27, 2015 at 7:32 am

    Workout #3 x3 and ab barre burner x1 this morning!

  11. Cayla on June 27, 2015 at 7:54 am

    Workout #4 + lots of walking today.

  12. Grace Gillis on June 27, 2015 at 10:33 am

    5 mile run yesterday and some light cardio plus ab work today. I plan to get back on the SSU schedule this week ๐Ÿ™‚

  13. Kyra on June 27, 2015 at 10:49 am

    Went to my first Orange Theory class this morning!

  14. Katie R. on June 27, 2015 at 1:56 pm

    Active rest day of working in the yard and garden!

  15. Katie on June 27, 2015 at 4:36 pm

    4o min run in the park and barre ab burner

  16. Christina R on June 27, 2015 at 4:47 pm

    completed an hour of steady state today!

  17. Kara on June 27, 2015 at 4:50 pm

    I switching today and tomorrow’s workouts, so I ran 6 miles this morning & am about to do the barre ab burner.

  18. Kristi on June 27, 2015 at 5:39 pm

    Workout #3 last night!

  19. Megan Z. on June 27, 2015 at 8:01 pm

    It was hard but I completed it!!

  20. Lori on June 27, 2015 at 8:46 pm

    Today was 55 minute run in 95-100 degrees (HOT!!) and the barre ab burner. ๐Ÿ™‚ Rest day tomorrow.

  21. Kelster on June 27, 2015 at 8:49 pm

    Just did a 5.88 mile walk. Now it’s time for workout 3

  22. Emily on June 28, 2015 at 5:49 am

    Just did 3 rounds of WO#3! I did ALL 60 push ups on my toes! It’s been a while since I could do that!

  23. Katie on June 28, 2015 at 7:40 am

    Good morning! Yesterday was a steady state day for me walking the flea market. Spent 3 hours on my feet and picked up an awesome cast iron grill! Today I’m doing 3 rounds of workout 3 and then taking it easy by the pool.

  24. Sara on June 28, 2015 at 7:46 am

    Holy moly ab burner!!!

  25. Cayla on June 28, 2015 at 8:11 am

    Long steady state run today + ab burner – i have to do the abs first or I’ll just “forget” about it ๐Ÿ™‚

  26. Brooke on June 28, 2015 at 9:21 am

    So happy to have completed the first two weeks of SSU! Looking forward to getting even stronger in the last half of the shape-up ๐Ÿ™‚

  27. Katie R. on June 28, 2015 at 9:31 am

    Completed WO#3 and week 2!! Whoop!

  28. catherine c. on June 28, 2015 at 9:53 am

    did steady state yesterday (saturday) & will be doing WO 3 today!

  29. Kristi on June 28, 2015 at 10:54 am

    Long steady plus Barre ab burner went down last night! It felt great!!!

  30. Christina R on June 28, 2015 at 1:19 pm

    that barre ab burner is a killer!

  31. Bethany on June 28, 2015 at 2:14 pm

    Yesterday’s workout was a steady and sweaty 5 mile run then lots of walking throughout the day

  32. Katie on June 28, 2015 at 2:47 pm

    Workout 3 x 3. Finished!

  33. Kara on June 28, 2015 at 2:55 pm

    I did the ab burner + WO#3 x 2, plus a few extra bicep & tricep reps for good measure.

  34. Samantha D. on June 28, 2015 at 5:01 pm

    sigh so me working out while on vacation was mostly a bust. during the last week (while away) i did the easy, long steady and the short steady. so today in hopes of busting through my workout slump and priming my muscles for the week ahead or something, i did workout #3 3x, workout #4 2x, the HIIT workout that’s linked, and the barre ab burner. so excited for week 3!!

  35. Kelster on June 28, 2015 at 8:58 pm

    4 miles plus abs!

  36. priya on June 28, 2015 at 9:56 pm

    today was a rest day and some PT exercises.

  37. Cristal on June 29, 2015 at 5:24 am

    Hi Gina, I have been doing the summer shape up and seem to have deleted the week 3 email. I tried to search for it in my “trash” but can not find it. Is there any way to get the week 3 email again?
    Thank you!

  38. Becky on July 1, 2015 at 7:56 pm

    Workout 3 & 40 min cardio on our family walk (mixed in sprints w/ my 3yo!)

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