Winter Shape Up 2015: Week 2
Hi friends! Welcome to Week 2 of the Winter Shape Up! Anne and I are loving all of your amazing check-ins and posts. Keep up the great work! Remember, you already did the hardest part, which is getting started. Keep the momentum going!
Just like this cute little powerful penguin 🙂
You can jump into the Shape Up at any time, and please feel free to shuffle around the workouts to work with your schedule/life. Let me know if you need help or have any questions. As always, check with a doc before making any fitness changes, and honor your body. These workouts are designed for women who have a solid steady state cardio base (at least 30 minutes most days of the week), and are comfortable lifting weights. If you’re just beginning your fitness journey, or getting back in the game, join in the for strength training (use light weights to begin and progress from there), and instead of the Tabata and HIIT intervals, do steady state cardio. You can complete this on the treadmill (walking or jogging), stairclimber, rowing machine, or bike.
Be sure to send in your sweaty pics on Twitter and Instagram, or check out our WSU Facebook group.
Here’s what Week 2 looks like:
Links to your workouts:
Workout #3 (30-minute barre video)
Workout #2 (21-minute HIIT with video)
For this year’s Shape Up, I designed the plan so that we would have TONS of variety. You have 6 Winter Shape Up-specific workouts (HIIT, Strength, Tabata, Barre), with different upper body, lower body, ab work, and cardio workouts sprinkled in. Variety is the spice of workout life, right? 🙂 I’m so stoked that you’re enjoying the workouts so far!
A very special thanks to this year’s Winter Shape Up sponsors:
Wild Blueberries / Cabot / Sabra / Sizzlefish / About Time / Fitfluential
Congratulations to the Week 1 giveaway winner, who will receive a Jump Start pack from our friends at About Time. (Whey protein powder and various workout fuel in delicious flavors, sweetened with Stevia.)
Kelsey!
(The lucky winner has been emailed!)
Our Week 2 sponsor is Wild Blueberries, which I love to purchase for smoothies, breakfast cookie dough cereal, and blueberry breakfast bakes. They have amazing flavor, and are the perfect size. I usually find them at Sprouts or Whole Foods.
You may not know this, but not all blueberries are created equal. Wild Blueberries have a more intense flavor, double the antioxidants and fiber, and a deeper blue pigment, which makes them serious nutritional superstars when compared to the regular ones you find in the produce section. The reason they have more fiber is due to the higher skin-to-pulp ratio than their larger cultivated counterparts. As for the antioxidants, they have a greater concentration of the flavonoid anthocyanin, a phytochemical found in blue-pigmented fruit. Because they grow in such harsh conditions, the antioxidants protect them from hash sunlight and rigorous conditions. We get to reap the cell-protecting benefits. 🙂
Wild Blueberries are also smaller than regular blueberries, which makes them the ideal size for baking and cooking. Because Wild Blueberries haven’t been modified by man, they’re not meant to travel great distances fresh, so you’ll find them in the freezer section of your grocery store. Just be sure to look for “Wild Blueberries” on the label. Check out this link to find Wild Blueberries near you!
Our friends at Wild Blueberries generously offered a $25 Whole Foods gift card + a Wild Blueberries infused water bottle. (One reader will be chosen from my site, and one from Anne’s.)
To enter, simply leave a comment below each time you complete a workout this week. You already have a freebie entry from yesterday (rest day!), and an additional one if you’ve already worked out today.
Let’s hit week 2 with a bang!
xoxo
Gina
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That barre workout kicked my butt!
Oh gosh, just finished workout #3. So much shaking.
Yesterday was a 1 hour steady state run.
Today was a rest day.
HIIT workout yesterday!
yesterday was a glorious rest day!
Crossfit this morning! Bench press and barbell rows followed by 30 cal row, 30 lateral burpees over the bar, and 30 hang cleans at 83lbs
Boot camp this morning to work off some Superbowl goodies!
Just completed workout #3 and 15 minutes of steady state cardio. Loved the barre video! For once I feel like I actually did the pretzel correctly; thanks for the great instruction!
the barre workout killed my legs in the best way! btw, love the 30 minute video!
I did a trampoline workout, I love it! I know its so 80’s but its fun! 🙂
workout #3 this morning!
Finished workout 3! I was shaking! Did 10 minutes elliptical also.
So glad I did this… Was feeling so tired after being up with sick child in night. Feeling better now that I got movin’!
Wowzer that barre workout was awesome!
Yesterday was definitely a rest day…it was snowing like crazy so we stayed in haha
I did body pump this morning–hurts so good
Woo, shoveled some heavy snow and walked in one degree weather for about 2.5 miles. Unfortunately that was it…roads are too bad to drive to the gym like I planned 🙁
I just finished 45 minutes of Pilates and then 15 minutes of TRX squats/lunges. I can’t wait to try the barre workouts!
Today was a rest day as I ran 9 miles yesterday
Workout #2 today!!! Wow sweaty!
Woohooo Barre workout! Shaking and loving it. Steady state was a nice 4 mike walk today in the California sunshine!
I did a 6am body pump class this morning! I felt extra special since it was a later than normal evening last night watching the Superbowl!
I think the barre workout was amazing and horrible all at once. So much shaking!
combined barre and old workout #1 for today because of my later schedule–feeling it!
Just completed workout #3 and did a 10 minute run. My legs are burningggggg.
Loved the longer barre video! Went for a quick 10 minute jog after…I am really loving the variety in this years shape up!! Keeps things fun and exciting 🙂 thanks so much!
let’s go week 2!
I am excited to start week 2! Today was a run day for me
I took advantage of the rest day yesterday while indulging in some treats during the Super Bowl 🙂
Amazing Barre workout!! My legs started shaking in the beginning, but loved the burn throughout the whole thing. Followed it with a 20 minute HIIT workout
My legs are definitely shaking! Workout #3 done!
Monday workout done! Leg buuurner!. This was a nice change to the workouts.
No rest for me yesterday – got in a quick run
Love getting in a great workout after a crappy Monday!
Loved the barre workout today!
so excited!
Took my off day yesterday, and just went for a 20 min walk in the snow followed by today’s workout #3. Good start to the week!
I did WO 3 and then WO 2 as my cardio. 🙂
Yesterday I did WO 5!
I took a RPM class this evening! Lurve!
Used an hr of shoveling for my steady state!
did workout #3…ouch!
I took my rest day on Saturday and completed workout 1 yesterday before the Super Bowl festivities. What a sweat sesh!
30 minutes of steady state for me today! Looking forward to workout #3 tomorrow evening!!!
I have been so terrible about checking in, but I completed week #1 and already going strong on week #2!
I rocked workout #3 + 10 minutes of Gina’s zumba videos today and it was great. I’ve not been super interested in barre before as I didn’t see it as difficult as weighed or HIIT workouts. I didn’t get a crazy sweat session like I like, but man, my legs were screaming by the time I got to the glute work. Holy. Cow. I’m glad I gave it a try.
I also got my 10K steps today running around the office. Bonus.
Thanks for the Shape Up Gina!
Workout #3 done. holy hips on fire! This is only my second ever barre workout and yeow! Thanks for the booty burn… I think i’ll be walking funny tomorrow 😉
Workout #3 and 45 minutes treadmill. Oh. My. God.
Gonna hurt tomorrow….. 😉
workout #3 done! I am definitely going to feel it in my booty tomorrow!
Workout 3 had me shaking! Can’t wait to feel the burn tomorrow!
Wow, workout 3 is a burner! Thanks Gina!