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!

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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. 

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Here’s what Week 2 looks like:

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Links to your workouts:

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Workout #3 (30-minute barre video)

Workout #2 (21-minute HIIT with video)

Upper body workout

Arm shredding supersets

Lower body workout

Lean lovely leg

Workout #1

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:

SPONSORS

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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.

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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.)

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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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527 Comments

  1. Kelly on February 6, 2015 at 6:03 am

    Yesterday was rest day! A true rest day, I didn’t even make my steps goal!

  2. Allison G. on February 6, 2015 at 6:12 am

    Taking a rest day

  3. Katie on February 6, 2015 at 6:35 am

    i did the Barre workout and totally felt the burn in my quads! Hoping to get in some cardio tonight and do the upper body workout.

  4. Sara on February 6, 2015 at 6:40 am

    I am going to enjoy my rest day tonight with a roaring fire in the fire place and a nice glass of red over dinner! Happy Friday 🙂

  5. Andrea B on February 6, 2015 at 6:44 am

    I did workout #3 last night – it was awesome and I definitely felt the burn!!!

  6. Jennifer L. on February 6, 2015 at 6:54 am

    Warmup on elliptical for 10 minutes + Lower Body Workout (3x) + Workout #5 (20 minutes: shortened the warm-up and cool-down portions). Sweaty!

  7. Kim B on February 6, 2015 at 6:56 am

    Yay..rest day…will just take dogs for a walk after work!

  8. Kara on February 6, 2015 at 7:58 am

    Today is barre for me.

  9. bridget on February 6, 2015 at 8:25 am

    leg burner & added an extra 35 minutes steady on elliptical

  10. Kara H. on February 6, 2015 at 8:57 am

    Today I did the Workout #2 and the arm burner. Baby was jumping around during the side to side hops.

  11. Tracy on February 6, 2015 at 9:09 am

    I practiced hot vinyasa for active rest today 🙂

  12. Amanda on February 6, 2015 at 10:02 am

    Today I did a killer arm workout!!

  13. Nicole on February 6, 2015 at 10:26 am

    Got in 30 minutes of steady state (with some intervals thrown in :)) and an ab workout!

  14. Marissa on February 6, 2015 at 10:42 am

    45 min spin class!

  15. Bethany on February 6, 2015 at 11:04 am

    treadmill warm up and 3 sweaty rounds of leg burner this morning – walking tomorrow will be difficult

  16. Carly on February 6, 2015 at 11:08 am

    I changed my rest day to yesterday, so today was steady state + leg burner!

  17. Megan Anderson on February 6, 2015 at 11:14 am

    I’m 2 days behind, but I did workout 2 and upper body workout first thing this morning. Felt good to have it done for the day. Now, bring on the weekend!

  18. Paige Callahan on February 6, 2015 at 11:14 am

    Lots off stretching today!

  19. Anna on February 6, 2015 at 11:19 am

    Hoping to get in some foam rolling later today. My body could use it!

  20. Heather on February 6, 2015 at 11:40 am

    rest day for me today!

  21. Liz on February 6, 2015 at 12:03 pm

    Rest day today!

  22. Amanda on February 6, 2015 at 12:04 pm

    Treadmill with Downton Abbey this morning; yoga after work.

  23. Sandra F. on February 6, 2015 at 12:09 pm

    Even though today is a rest day, I usually go to the gym on Friday mornings (me time!) so I couldn’t stay home lol…just did a 30 minute run on the treadmill and some stretching. Felt good!

    • Sandra F. on February 6, 2015 at 12:11 pm

      PS: I made your brownie batter balls — OH. MY. Hopefully, I don’t eat them all in a day! hahahaha

  24. Alli O'Neill on February 6, 2015 at 12:16 pm

    snuck in a workout on my busy day!

  25. Lynora on February 6, 2015 at 12:34 pm

    My legs are burning! Fast and effective leg workout.

  26. Katie G on February 6, 2015 at 12:37 pm

    My legs are aching after yesterday’s leg burner! I followed it up with one of your ab burners.

  27. masala girl on February 6, 2015 at 12:42 pm

    Today is my rest day! full day of claas :*( then going home 🙂

  28. Allison on February 6, 2015 at 12:47 pm

    Before a long day ahead, I woke up to do 60 minutes of yoga… It’s so good for the soul (and body)!

  29. Crystal on February 6, 2015 at 12:59 pm

    Rest day! Much needed though I am itching to workout. A new feeling for me!

  30. Leah on February 6, 2015 at 1:03 pm

    A much needed rest day!

  31. Allie on February 6, 2015 at 1:13 pm

    2 hours of pick up soccer! Feels so good to get back on the field!

  32. Catherine on February 6, 2015 at 1:49 pm

    Today I did the leg burner and workout #1 (3 times through). Between those and the TRX class I took last night, I am hurting a bit (but in a good way!). I may rest tomorrow but might try to squeeze in something quick. I’m going to afternoon tea tomorrow and want to earn my scones :)!

  33. Ashley V on February 6, 2015 at 1:58 pm

    I just completed w/o 2 and the arm shredding. Whoa, baby!

  34. Kate on February 6, 2015 at 2:02 pm

    I work out with Blogilates and I have tried out today’s work out! Not really tense, but pretty hard cardio!

    I’m eating blueberries 🙂

  35. amber conger on February 6, 2015 at 2:17 pm

    Finished an hour long insanity class!

  36. Keri on February 6, 2015 at 2:44 pm

    Doing the upper and lower body workouts today

  37. Nour @ kale and coconuts on February 6, 2015 at 2:44 pm

    Did the lower body workout today. Quads are screaming!

  38. Jessie R on February 6, 2015 at 2:57 pm

    Quick weights circuit and some slow steady cardio!

  39. Cayla on February 6, 2015 at 4:04 pm

    5.5 mile run with speed intervals + foam rolling and yoga to relax.

  40. Vicki L. on February 6, 2015 at 4:17 pm

    Got in the workout today!!

  41. Katie O on February 6, 2015 at 4:24 pm

    My legs are on fire and I’ve renamed that cute little section “one minute jump squats/lunges” to its proper name: one minute leg torture! 😉 burns so good! Following with the arm burner for fun!

  42. Diane on February 6, 2015 at 4:40 pm

    Yoga and foam rolling!

  43. Lauren on February 6, 2015 at 5:10 pm

    A head cold forced me to rest today

  44. Samantha on February 6, 2015 at 5:19 pm

    I did the lower body workout tonight plus some abs and cardio!

  45. Jessica B on February 6, 2015 at 5:38 pm

    A little late to the party but I loved workout #1!

  46. michelle a. on February 6, 2015 at 6:01 pm

    Lower body workout is awesome!

  47. Samantha on February 6, 2015 at 6:43 pm

    That arm burner was no joke!! Wow. Super great workout today!

  48. Lea on February 6, 2015 at 7:17 pm

    Workout #1 again! Woo.

  49. Laura on February 6, 2015 at 8:08 pm

    Did workout #1×3 tonight. Going to get out and run tomorrow!

  50. Jessica C on February 6, 2015 at 9:05 pm

    Today was a lower body day + 10 mins steady state. Good sweat to start the day.

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