Plank burner

I’m not sure if you guys remember the plank fail video of 2013. If you don’t remember, that’s probably a good thing haha. It was for Winter Shape Up, and I really wanted to make a plank ab burner. I went to my usual filming spot -a private studio at work- and saw that they…

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Monsoon Sweat Workout

Oh how I love squash blossoms. Then again, I love anything that serves as a vessel for goat cheese consumption 😉 When I saw the squash blossoms at the farmer’s market, I knew we had to get a bunch. It had been quite a while since we had them, and they would be the perfect…

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Dance cardio {video}

Hi! Hope you’re having a wonderful week. Remember to keep those giveaway entries coming! We’re heading back on the road to Tucson, but in the meantime, I’d love to share a new dance cardio video that Sasha and I made last week. We’ve been having a lot of fun posting Zumba, quick strength and barre…

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all-new barre burner

Hi friends! Happy almost-Friday 🙂 Thank you so much for all of your early bird words of wisdom. I think if I make it a priority and go to bed earlier (consistently), it will become a lot easier. A few of you asked about the hormonal thing, so I thought I’d write a little blip…

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Row and Run Workout

Last night was taco night! We also celebrated a certain special someone’s 1/2 birthday. The last couple of times I’ve made tacos, I’ve made them the “restaurant way” (browned ground meat in a crispy or soft corn tortilla shell) which isn’t usually how we eat them in our family. My mom, aunt, nanas, everyone all…

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4th of July + a red, white and BOOTY circuit

Happy Birthday, ‘Merica! (photo source) I’m proud and thankful to live in this country <3 Sending gratitude and love to those who sacrifice their lives to protect the many freedoms we enjoy. What are your 4th of July plans? Grilling? Chilling? Working? I’ll be teaching most of the day, but I’m so excited for a…

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2,4,6,8,10 Treadmill Workout

Whenever we have family or friends staying with us, it makes me feel like we’re on vacation, too. It’s nice to slooooooow down for a second, sometimes play tourists in our own city, and just enjoy being together. Yesterday afternoon, we all went swimming:   (little fish was very busy eating a bagel chip, hence…

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Something outta nothing + a new arm burner

After a weird couple of days -sorry again for the server issues!- we’re back to blogging action 🙂 It was so strange to not be able to post, but I am so thankful to Cody and Ryan for their hard work to get the blog going again. Every post for the rest of the summer:…

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Barre Burner {video}

Hi friends! First of all, thank you so much for your comments on this morning’s post. I’ve been at work, but have loved reading them in between classes. As always, thank you for being amazing and for your support and feedback. We have quite a few fun events in the next couple days. Tonight is…

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Fiesta Friday! New Zumba video (Don Juan)

Hi friends! Happy Friday! I’m so happy you liked the Focus On post– I always love to write about different class formats! I also love guest posts about fitness topics/classes that I’m not as familiar with, so if you’re interesting in writing one I haven’t covered, please let me know. Yesterday, I had the chance…

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