today’s tip
Cardio tips and tricks
Since my long run didn’t end up happening yesterday morning, I was determined to get in some mileage and hit up the dreadmill for a pm run sesh. Even though I do enjoy cardio alone -it’s a great time to zone out and blast my favorite music- I love taking and teaching classes even more.…
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My paper towel challenge
It officially feels like spring has sprung. We’ve been spending so much time outdoors, our flowers are miraculously still alive (!! It’s amazing what water and sunshine will do), and we’ve been hanging out with lots of great friends now that Liv is 100% better from the famous San Diego virus ick of 2013. Liv…
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What to Eat Before and After a Workout
The biggest conundrum about teaching multiple classes in a row: you want to and need to eat, but there’s no feeling like Zumba body-pumping with a food baby. It’s frightening, really. Trying to figure out pre- and post-workout fuel was something that took a while; learning how to best fuel my body is also something…
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Quinoa Pizza Snack Bites
Some things you may not know about the Pilot: -He minored in Italian -He grew up in Arkansas and Alabama -He’s the third generation of military pilots in his family (His dad and grandfather–pretty incredible resemblance, huh?) -He doesn’t like quinoa… or squash. I knew all of the above facts except for the last one,…
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Plan and prep: an hour of clean eats
In small breaks throughout my Sunday, I’ll usually take some time to plan out my eats for the week, make a grocery list, shop, and prep whatever I can in advance. I’ll take 10 minutes here or there to make some amazeballs or steam some eggs, but last night, I decided to see how much…
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Take it with a grain of salt
I can confidently say that within the almost-5 years I’ve been writing this little thing, I haven’t really experienced much writer’s block. In all fairness, the first two years’ posts were mostly fluff and getting the hang of blogging (there’s some background stuff that goes into it and I’ve never been very tech-y). Since then,…
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Fire Up Your Weights Routine, Amp Up Your Strength Training
Since it’s the last week of WSU, I thought I’d share some of my favorite ways to amp up your strength training for those of you that are going back to your own thing next week. I’ll still be providing the monthly workouts (like the Daaamn, Girl December Workout) and strength/cardio blitzes and videos until…
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Excuse Busters
All of us have those times when we know a workout would have us feeling great, but we just can’t muster up the motivation to get it done. Yesterday, I experienced one of those times, so I thought I’d put together this post about common workout excuse busters to help you push past whatever’s preventing…
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Fitness Instructor Flubs
Hi friends! Thank you so much for the fantastic Camelbak cleaning ideas. I rinsed it with a little vinegar and water, whipped the tube around in a circle to get the water out and it’s hanging to dry. It’s hoping it stays funk-free. I’m also happy to hear you liked the recipe round-up! As much…
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Ways to be more active
Late-night trip to the Joe’s: I needed some things for the Pilot’s lunches, a bottle of wine for the wives’ coffee tonight, and most importantly, some of these: I had to eat eggs with a fork instead of pinched up into a tortilla yesterday and the day just wasn’t the same: Impulse buys were kept…
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Finding Your Zen
On Saturday, after a long day of classes and lectures, I was craving a yoga class. I was in the neighborhood, I got out of my last session early, an decided to go for it. (Sadly, Ryan missed class that day) It had been a few weeks, and every time I take a chance to…
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Lose some, win some
I’m kind of crazy about Bella’s new haircut. We took her to a new groomer, which can always be a little nerve-racking but she came highly recommended by a friend, and were so happy with everything about it. The place was clean, the employees were extremely kind, Bell was happy (and playing with their pet…
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