Summer Shape Up 2015: Week 2 Workouts and Meal Ideas
Hi friends! Happy Monday, and happy Week 2 of Summer Shape Up!
You are rocking out the challenge so far, and I’ve loved to see your check-ins this past week. Thank you for your enthusiasm and support for each other. You’re the best (but we knew that already). 🙂 Before we get cranking into Week 2, a huge round of applause and gratitude burpees to our 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 week’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 we’re out and about, I can’t help but wonder how well it’s filtered, especially when I fill my bottle from a fountain or a tap. Now, I don’t even have to think about it as these bottles have a charcoal filter built-in. They’re also less bulky than many of my other bottles, and fit well in a purse (and in my small clumsy hands haha).
(For the record, they totally pass the drop test… as I’ve dropped mine a couple of times.)
They have an array of beautiful colors:
and a full product line of self-filtering products, plus fun accessories like tea sticks and coffee presses. I’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! I’ll pick 10 winners from this week’s check-ins who will receive their own bobble to try.
For Week 2, here’s what our schedule looks like! As always, feel free to shuffle and move the workouts around as needed.
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)
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 you’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 you’d like, or switch things up if you choose to follow it again!
Meal ideas featuring whole and healthy eats:
Breakfast:
Banana nut quinoa muffins with plain (or vegan) yogurt
Breakfast cookie dough cereal with fresh berries
Lunch:
Salad in a jar (be sure to add in some protein)
Breakfast for lunch: Perfect protein pancakes
Dinner:
Pesto baked salmon with veggies
The best black bean soup with avocado and a salad
Slow cooker butter chicken with brown rice and salad
Snacks:
Oatmeal raisin protein cookies
Fruit with a tablespoon of almond butter
Plantain flatbread with hummus and veggies
Desserts/treats:
Glass of wine (have one for me!)
Alright! Thumbs up if you’re ready to go after it! Don’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 it’s a freebie!), or you can tweet/Instagram your check-ins (@fitnessista #summershapeup). I’ll pick 5 winners from the blog and 5 winners from Instagram and Twitter.
Cheering for you, as always,
Gina
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Got yesterday’s. HIIT done!
Rest day today. Walk and upper body yesterday
30 minute GRIT class done!
I couldn’t get your site to load this morning, so I did the Yoga Sculpt. I haven’t done yoga in a while, so it felt wonderful! I have sweet potato black bean chili in the crockpot for tonight – one of my favorite fitnessista recipes!
Did Workout 3 + 20min cardio before heading off to New Orleans for the weekend. Hoping to get in Workout 4 and long steady while I’m there and don’t have acces to a gym!
Thursday: 1/2 mile walk with pups + 45 min on treadmill
I wasn’t able to get in my steady state yesterday so this morning at 6 I pulled up the winter shape up 2014 cardio video and sweat my face off to it. 🙂
Steady cardio on the bike for me today!
Monday was my rest day, and it was much needed after a very active weekend.
Tuesday, I woke up early and did 2 rounds of workout 3 and 2 rounds of HIIT. It was intense!
Wednesday, I killed my steady state run with 4.2 miles in 40 minutes!!
Today, I may use as a rest day. My hip flexors are killing me. But if I get home and am feeling ambitious, I may try a few rounds of your barre video.
Did 40 minutes of yoga last night, my core was sore from taking Pound on Tuesday and doing Workout #3 on Monday. Love the burn!
I did workout #4 today-one round. I plan to do some running tomorrow and Saturday and didn’t want to completely kill my legs by repeating it!
Did WO 1 with a 20 min cardio video!
Just finished WO 4 two times through. What a body burner! Loved it. I think some muscles will be sore for a few days. 🙂
Checking in for this week! Monday I did Workout #1×2 wrap up Week 1’s workouts. Tuesday I did steady state for an hour walking to and from work. Wednesday I did Workout #3×2! Hoping to get in Workout #4 tonight!
Followed throuhh with a committment and joined some friends for an hour long beautiful (but hilly) run. Needing a gentle rest day now!!!
Wednesday I did an old school cardio video that I found in my closet! So much fun and I was laughing the entire time…made it go by super fast 🙂
Today, I started with workout #4 (ummm can you say leg shake?!) follwed by a steady treadmill run.
WO#4 and steady done! Everytime I do a barre workout, I can never get through the leg portion without rising up for a second or two! That’s my motivation to work my legs harder and complete it! Thanks for the workout, Gina!
I’m getting back into running again, so last night I did 5K steady run and today I scheduled Workout #4.
still nursing that strained muscle pull I have so I hit the pool today. We received a ton or rain last night so the outdoor pool at the club was pretty buggy. I transferred into the indoor pool like a sissy but I didn’t enjoy the black beetles swimming with me. LOL
Ello! Yesterday I did three rounds of the total body bosu burner workout. http://fitnessista.com/2015/03/total-body-bosu-burner/
Uh-huh. 🙂 With a two lap run to warm up, then a one lap sprint in between each round. Four laps = 1/4 mile (I’m building up to running…)
Today after work, I am going to Zumba and doing the plank burner! Plank burner that was posted on last week’s cal.
Went for a 35 minute run yesterday morning. Taking a rest day today.
took a class today!
Monday: 5 miles (done)
Tuesday workout 3 + 3 mile run (done)
Wednesday 4 miles (done)
Thursday workout 3 + 20 min steady state (done)
Friday: rest/yoga (planned)
Saturday: long run + abs (planned)
Sunday: workout 4 (planned)
Loving these workouts!
For some reason your blog wouldn’t load on my laptop this morning (grrr!), so I did Jillian Michaels Ripped in 30 dvd instead. After work I’ll attempt to get Workout #4 done, plus the 20 min steady cardio.
I had a great yoga session this morning!
The breakfast cookie dough cereal is the best! 🙂
1 mile warmup run and then stadium run this morning!
Just did workout 4 followed by the Barre Ab Burner two times through each! Such a good workout, it burned and I can’t believe how much my legs were shaking!! Thanks for the videos, loved them both!!!
I did zumba instead of the hiit workout with #3, and I had to see what all the hype was about, so I did it yesterday. Unfortunately, I realized half way through that I I was doing it incorrectly. 🙁 Instead of slow, fast, slow, fast, etc., I did slow, break, fast, break, etc. Still got a good sweat in, and I’m looking forward to trying it the real way. haha
Did 2 rounds of #4 today (loved the video!) + a 20 minute incline walk.
Loved the barre video! Did it twice today!
Workout 3 today with 3 mile run. Tough but satisfying!!!
4 mile run yesterday!
Workout 2 on Tuesday. It was tough!!!! Super sweaty!
Did 30 min steady state today!
An hour of running in the rain today!
Did workout #3 and 10 minutes on the stairmaster! Woo
Today is rest day for me…I just wish it wasn’t also dentist appointment day. 🙂
Checking in for wo#4. Love the video!
Quite exhausted after 6am workout yesterday and staying up late to watch the College World Series National Champ Game (WAHOOWA!!) so today became a rest day. Ready to be back at it with a 5mi run in the morning since it’s supposed to be a little cooler!
Workout #4 x 2 this morning. Ready for a rest day tomorrow!
Workout 4 and 20 minutes of cardio done! Didn’t get my longer steady in yesterday…it was pouring and I just couldn’t bring myself to get on the treadmill. Unless walking around for 30 minutes in Target with bullseye for eyeballs buying allthethings that I don’t need for my house counts as easy cardio? If so, consider this a checkin for yesterday too 😉
Workout 4 and a 2 mile run
20 min hiit today! And a long walk!
I posted earlier that I was going to zumba and do the plank burner after work today I think. I don’t think I can. 🙁 My boyfriend is my voice of reason right now – if I were going to fit that in after work, I wouldn’t get to bed until 11p without any break in between! We are going through some house stuff with my landlord and I have to do a DEEP cleaning tonight (he’s in Hawaii right now, so it’s just me). Can that count as my check in? 🙂 I’ll be moving around a lot and lifting things… 😀
I’ll be back at it tomorrow morning! I can’t wait to try out workout #4 too. Never done barre!