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Hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

What if spot training actually worked? 🧐🧐🧐
Do 100 sit-ups. Boom. Six-pack. 💥
Do a bunch of biceps curls. Shredded arms, done. 💪🏻
While spot training doesn't exist (when you burn fat, this happens all over your body, and your body type, metabolism, and hormones will determine the first visible results), there are some exercises that are more effective than others. 🤓
For this week's barre workout, I picked some of my very favorite exercises for lean, strong legs:
🦵 Standing quad series
🩰 Plié squats with side leg series
🥨 Seated pretzel
and some quadruped exercises.
Linking it up in my stories if you want to give it a try!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
What's a fitness mistake that you used to make? When I first started working out, I would do ab work every single day (hoping that spot training was real).

HIIT has always been one of my go-tos when I'm cru

HIIT has always been one of my go-tos when I'm crunched on time or just want to challenge myself. 💪🏻 🔥
Some of the many benefits of HIIT:
- Increased metabolism (it increases the size and density of the mitochondria in our cells. These are our little fat-burning firehouses! Your body also has to work harder to restore everything back to pre-workout levels, which burns extra calories in the process.)
- Increased speed and performance 🏃‍♀️ - Increased heart health ❤️ - It's quick! True HIIT workouts shouldn't last longer than 20-25 minutes. If you're doing it right, you won't want it to last longer than that! ⏰
Here's a 15-minute HIIT workout for ya.
Complete the following exercises 3 times, working for 40 seconds and resting for 20 seconds.
🔹Double jump lunge side and front R
🔹Double jump lunge side and front L
🔹Plie squat jump
🔹Rotating broad jumps
🔹Mountain climbers (8) into thruster
Be sure to watch the video for the bonus last exercise 🤣🤣🤣
Let me know if you give it a try! As always, modify as needed and talk with a doctor before making any fitness changes.
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Happy Father’s Day to my love. Watching him be a

Happy Father’s Day to my love. Watching him be a dad and the love he gives to our girls is one of my very favorite things. 💜💜💜

Thanks to @paleomg for inspiring this Greek dinner

Thanks to @paleomg for inspiring this Greek dinner bowl! 🥘 - rice (cooked in instant pot) 🍚 - chicken thighs (cooked stovetop with oregano, salt, pepper, onion powder, and made a sauce scraping the bits up from the bottom of the pan with a little white wine, garlic, and butter) 🍗 -cucumber -Kalamata olives (we ran out or I would have added more!)
-hummus -romaine with Greek dressing 🥗 -topped with mint
I added tzatziki sauce to the girls’ meals and they went crazy for it. Such an easy and delicious summer dinner! 🙌🏻

I’m here listening and learning. #blackouttuesda

I’m here listening and learning. #blackouttuesday

Just in case your barre workouts weren't spicy eno

Just in case your barre workouts weren't spicy enough, add some dumbbells and things will be even more fiery! 🌶 🔥
This week, I have a new barre strength and cardio workout on the blog. It's a little bit of everything: endurance strength work, cardio blasts, core challenges, upper body burning, and lower body shaking. 🩰 It's only 25 minutes if you're looking for a short and challenging workout. All you need is a pair of light dumbbells. 💪🏻 Even with all of the workouts I LOVE, barre will always be one of my very favorites. It's always challenging for me - and I’ve been teaching it for 8 years now! - and I always get an awesome workout. It’s nice that it’s low impact, so there’s not a lot of joint pounding, and there are so many different ways to change it up, using equipment (bands, balls, weights) and cardio elements. It's been there for me through two pregnancies and now those 'Rona times, so there ya go.
I hope you have a happy weekend ahead! ☀️ What's one workout that you've stuck with for the long haul?

Home Workout Warrior party starts Monday! 🎉 🎉 🎉
Hi friends,
I'm so excited that we're going to be doing a 4-week round of my most popular fit guide, Home Workout Warrior. 💪🏻 I wanted to share a bundle of workouts and resources, especially since many of us will be working out from home a bit longer.
The Home Workout Warrior plan workouts are dumbbells-only, so you don’t need a ton of fancy equipment to get in an awesome workout! - Think of this as an appetizer to the full 12-week plan so you can see what it’s all about. All of the workouts are around 30 minutes, so you can sneak them in during a break or even while the kiddos are playing around you. - Here’s what you’ll receive:

A full 4-week fitness plan and calendar with video demos for all of the exercises. I’ll also include low impact and postpartum modifications. (As always, talk with a doctor before making any fitness changes.) 4 weeks of meal ideas, recipes, and grocery lists! 🥘 🥗 🍎 🐟 🍳
Cardio guidelines

Access to my virtual workout Facebook group (an awesome community of ladies cheering each other on!) Bonus:

20-minute HIIT workout video you can download to keep or stream any time 🏋🏻‍♀️ 🏃‍♀️ Check out the blog for all of the details and I'll also link to it in my stories!

Let me know if you're in!! ☺️🥰

I’ve always been a little self-conscious about t

I’ve always been a little self-conscious about teaching yoga. I just want to do it right, ya know? 🥰I put a lot of pressure on myself and also have the imposter syndrome that I haven’t been teaching yoga very long (I could teach barre, dance cardio, BODYPUMP, spin, strength/HIIT, and bootcamp-style classes ALL DAY) and I’m not the most flexible bird. Like I can’t do any crazy handstands or insane splits. My hamstrings are tight and my heels don’t touch the floor in downward dog. But I LOVE YOGA and decided that I shouldn’t let my insecurities keep me from sharing it with those I love. 🧘🏻‍♀️ .
Sharing my first-ever full follow-along yoga workout on the blog today if you'd like to check it out. I'll also link to it in stories! 💕
Yoga has been such a game changer at many points in my life, but even more now with everything going on.
What's the #1 workout you turn to when everything feels a bit upside-down? (Wine bottle curls, nap marathons, and cookie slams totally count) 🍷 🍪 😴
xoxo

The ones who made me a mom 💞 beyond thankful fo

The ones who made me a mom 💞 beyond thankful for these little babies who challenge me, teach me, entertain me, and fill my world with so much joy and love. Happy Mother’s Day to all of my mom friends out there 💐 (swipe to see the amazing card the Pilot made!!)

Passing you a jar of your fave nut butter! 🤗 (I

Passing you a jar of your fave nut butter! 🤗 (I pour chocolate chips into mine)
We’re all in this together. 💕I'm so thankful for my internet community and how we've been able to stay connected even though so many of us are isolated right now. Some of my OG blogger friends collaborated on this video and we're excited to support some of our favorite charities in the process. ✨
Each of us will be making donations from our post! I’m doing $.50 per comment (up to $250 which equals about 2500 meals) to Feeding America. 🥘 ✨
What’s one of your favorite at-home moments from the past couple of months?
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AND OF COURSE VISIT EVERYONE to help with donations to their charities!!
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We're at the point in quarantine where twinning wi

We're at the point in quarantine where twinning with a dish towel is amusing to me. 🤣🤷🏻‍♀️
If you've been feeling a little blah over the last week, you're not alone.💜
All of the adrenaline has melted away and I realized that we’re doing a marathon instead of a 10k. (Not that I thought it would be short-lived but the fact that we’re on week 6 has kind of punched the air out of my sails. I literally can’t imagine doing the distance learning thing for another month, but I know we’ll make it happen.)
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It’s been devastating to see those who have lost jobs, loved ones, and are experiencing true hardships. 😓There are people who are working to the bone right now, and even though I can’t genuinely feel their struggles, I’m always the empath, and absolutely feel it in my heart. I see the UPS guy driving around and feel like crying. I’m here at my house with our two lovebugs and even though I have to feed them 80 times a day and clean up each time, I know we’re in a good spot.
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Up on the blog, I'm sharing some of the things that are keeping me sane that are outside my normal coping wheelhouse. (TV, sugar and wine are getting me through.) 📺 🧁 🍷
How are you feeling this week, friends? Anything random that's helping you stay sane during such an insane time?

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