Share the love {giveaway}
*******************This giveaway has ended as of 12:24 EST (3/8/12). Thank you so much to everyone for entering and stay tuned for more giveaways in the future!
Don’t you love when something totally unexpected makes your day a little brighter?
(Gorgeous full moon last night! Now if only I knew how to make my camera photograph it like an actual moon instead of a dot, that’d be kinda cool)
Well, that’s what happened yesterday 🙂
First I was excited to see a package that didn’t have the Amazon smiley face on it –those tend to pop up over here pretty frequently- and then I saw “perishable food” and things got even more ridic.
A package of Chicago foodie goodies from our good friends Mara and Adam 🙂
Carol’s cookies, Garrett’s popcorn and a deep dish pizza. No words.
I couldn’t open the popcorn fast enough….
and put the pizza in the oven, just in time for the Pilot to get home from work.
Random acts of kindness are truly amazing, and whenever someone does something nice for me, it makes me want to share the positive energy with someone else… so I thought it would be a great day for a giveaway- it’s been a while since we’ve had one of those over here!
After reading the comments on yesterday’s YouTube fitness post, I remembered that many of you also enjoy working out at home, so I thought I’d share one of my favorite at-home workouts with a blog friend:
Winner’s choice: Insanity or Turbofire
You can read my reviews in the links above and decide whether you would prefer a drill-based high-impact workout, or a dance meets kickbox high-energy workout. It makes it even harder to choose because Shaun T. is fun and verryyyy nice to look at, and Chalene is a firecracker of motivation and energy.
All ya have to do:
-Leave a comment with your favorite at-home workout option
(If it’s your first time commenting, I’ll be approving those throughout the day, so no worries if it doesn’t show up right away)
This giveaway is sponsored by Livi and Bella- the winner will be chosen tonight at midnight EST and announced tomorrow am.
To sweeten the deal:
Hope you have an amazing humpday!
See ya later with a Family post.
xoxo
G
********In the spirit of sharing the love, if you would like, please take a second to click “like” to support a family with a unique and challenging situation. The Westlakes were blessed with a beautiful baby girl who has Harlequin Ichthyosis, a rare and severe skin disorder. More details can be found on their blog, but the Westlakes created this video through the Marble Road Rare Children’s Storybook Project to promote rare diseases. The contributor with the highest amounts of “likes” and comments on this video will receive some money to cover medical costs and potential publication. Sending so much love to the Westlakes and little Brenna- they are in my prayers <3
*******************This giveaway has ended as of 12:24 EST on 3/8/12. Thank you so much to everyone for entering and stay tuned for more giveaways in the future!
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so far the only at home work out I’ve done has been beach body’s Brazilian butt lift
I really like the Jillian Michaels DVD’s, they were a decent price and they work you hard! I loved her Banish Fat Boost Metabolism workout, as well as the yoga meltdown.
I love to do yoga at home! It is such a nice way to unwind after a long and, possibly, stressful day. 😀
My favorite “at-home” workout encompasses doing pushups, crunches, squats, lunges, calf raises, and jumping jacks. No equipment needed!
Jillian Michaels and random workouts I find in magazines and in blogs. 🙂 I’d love to try Turbofire!
My fav workout is my old turbo dvds. I’ve been wanting to try turbo fire for soooo long!!!
I love doing yoga at home!
I’ve found that you can’t go wrong with any Biggest Loser DVD…yoga, bootcamp…they are all great!
My fave is cardio boxing. My own routine . and YOGA!
My fav at home workouts are random tabata sessions including burpees, jumping jacks, squats, etc.
I also love to run around our neighborhood with Sophia in her jogging stroller to get some fresh air!
Hiiii
Ive done insanity a few times but I lost the dvds in a move 🙁
turbo fire also looks like a good workout.
my favorite at home workout is either insanity or hard moves like push ups, squats, burpees, jumping jacks. with no equipment.
Aw, how sweet is Mara! I bet that pizza was delish… I’ve never had deep-dish, but my Chicago friends (Chicagoan?) refuse to let me try it at UNO.
My favorite workout at home is yoga, and I just tried a good lower-body routine from last month’s Women’s Health that I really liked.
Thanks for the giveaway! Hope all is well with you and your GORGEOUS family, lady love.
My favorite at home workouts are circuits!
Have been wanting to try one of these but can’t justify cost on top of gym! Winning it would be great!!!!
I like to run in my neighborhood and then do lunges, crunches, push-ups, planks, etc. on my front porch. No fancy equiptment, no driving anywhere and it’s a good way to say hi to my neighbors as they’re coming home from work 😉 I have wanted to try Insanity for the longest time!!! Based on your review, it sounds like such a good way to shake things up right before bikini season!
I like 30 day shred because it is quick when I am in a hurry.
I like yoga podcasts at home. Either of these would be a great way to get my boyfriend to work out with me!
My fave at home workout is (power) yoga. After getting bored of the classes, then videos, which took a surprising amount of time actually, I learned what poses feel the best for stretching + strength training for me. So I put on whatever music I am in the mood for and challenge myself to hold the hardest poses for as long as I can. I can skip the talking and keep myself working hard for at least an hour, and feel fabulous + “noodle-y” afterwards. Yoga, for me, is best when I train myself.
Thanks to lovely Livi and Bella for sponsoring such a great giveaway! (And you for being rockstar enough to want to make strangers ‘roons again!)
I absolutely LOVE P90X! It has done wonders for my fitness and health. I’ve been wanting to try Insanity for a while now.
Anything Jillian Michaels! I love her 30 day shred especially! Thanks for the giveaway!!!
My favorite AT HOME workout would probably be the Plyometrics DVD from P90X.. I don’t do it very often, though.. It’s CHALLENGING but fun! 🙂 GREAT give away!
I love going out for a run, especially since we are starting to get nice spring weather!
My (current) favorite at-home workout is Jillian’s 30 day shred. It’s only 20 minutes but always leaves me totally sweaty and is a major calorie burner!
I would say my favorite workout would be anything that I can do with my favorite workout partner, my fiance. And plus, I love having my face licked by my dog when I do planks <3
My fav workout at home is def p90x legs!
My favorite at home workouts are yoga podcasts!
My favorite at home workout is things I can do without equipment- lunges, squats, pushups, tri-cep dips (with a kitchen chair), jumping jacks, etc!
I’d LOVE to try Insanity!
I would love to try Turbofrire. I love doing Zumba, kick boxing, and yoga at home!
What a wonderful thing to give away!
Right now I am in the Push month of Chalean Extreme and I. LOVE. IT! Chalene is awesome, she’s so motivating and happy and not a drill sergeant like some other people (ahem, Jillian, who I got tired of very quickly – her style just wasn’t for me). I am definitely noticing some muscle growth and definition and I actually look forward to my workouts – that, to me, makes it worthwhile and therefore my favourite at-home workout program.
Hugs to Livi and Bella for the giveaway 😉
If I workout at home I usually do Jillian Michaels…I would love to try Turbo Fire!
I’m traveling a lot for work so i’m practicing my yoga headstands and handstands in my hotel room! a good way to mix it up from the boring snoring elliptical in the hotel gym 🙂
I love doing yoga podcasts at home!
I love Shred & other Jillian Michaels videos!!
I would love to try Turbo Fire! If I work out at home I do Jillian Michaels kettle bells for find work outs on youtube to always try something new.
I love power yoga with Brian jones!!! 🙂
I love workout DVDs! P90X is great for days when I don’t feel like leaving the house. A quick yoga session is always fun too!
i do a lot of different videos to work out at home since that’s my only option right now. i am in need of something new though so this would be wonderful!
What an awesome surprise from your friends! I like doing Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shred at home.
I bought the greatest HITTS dvd from Amazon (addicted amazon shopper!) and I LOVE it! Great 20 min cardio session when I want to get in something quickly and efficiently!
My favorite at home workout is squeezing in a 3 mile treadmill walk while my 5 week Old snoozes.
I love yoga videos or Jillian Michael’s workouts from On Demand. I have been dying to try out insanity!! PLEASE let random.org pick me!!!
I just started the physique 57 and am loving it. My muscles have never burned so much!!!!
If you have Comcast, there a hundreds of free workouts on demand in all different lengths of time and levels.
How sweet of you! Right now I think my favorite at home workout is Jillian’s Yoga Meltdown, because it’s one of the only videos I’ll actually bust out instead of just thinking about it. I know I’d LOVE TurboFire and Insanity though!
You are so right – the random acts of kindness are totally contagious, and I love it.
I love my Jillian Michaels “No More Trouble Zones” DVD. It goes by fast and gives me a great at home workout.
My favorite at home workout is turbojam!
I don’t workout at home often, but when I do I keep going back to my good old Billy Blanks Tae Bo DVDs! So I guess they’re my fav. I have recently done a few of the BodyRock ones. I like that they are intense but relatively short. Maybe its time to try something new.
Lately I’ve been doing Lindsay Brin’s Post Natal Bootcamp and 10 minute Pilates videos as well as walking daily with the little one in the Beko carrier or in his stroller. I am 6 weeks postpartum as of today, so am thinking I am ready to take it up a notch.
I use yoga and pilates videos when I’m not feeling motivated to go to a class. I would love either of the above!!
I love Jillian Michael’s DVDs, the Tone It Up Girl’s workouts & BodyRock.TV 🙂 … Mmmmm Macaroons !!!