Get Your Workout While It’s Fresh

Tonight I'm pulling a semi all-nighter as a volunteer at a Safe and Sober Grad Night for our local high school.  After my 12:30am to 3:30am shift I'll go home, drink coffee, watch bad tv and then teach class at 5:30am.  By 7:00am I expect to be comatose in my bed for a few hours. …

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Smart Snacks

I need an afternoon snack around 3:30 or 4:00pm.  By this time, my lunch has run out and I start to prowl the kitchen. Here are some quick, go-to snacks that are healthy and filling enough to keep me for a few hours until dinner. A container of low or nonfat yogurt (plain or light) …

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Focus For Better Results

Here's a tip to make your workout more effective.  Focus carefully on the muscles that you are working with each exercise.  Doing so increases the intensity of your workout and you'll get a better workout. Here's how it works on a few basic exercises: When squatting, narrow your focus on tightening your quads, hamstrings and pressing …

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Monday’s Challenge Workout Is Available

Your Day 8 Bodyweight Express Challenge Workout is here!  Click it.  Do it.  And then you're ready for your day. Now let's move on to some meal planning.  Here are 2 things to make and have available in you fridge. A large fruit salad A large green or grain-based salad   Your green or grain-based …

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Wakey, Wakey, Take a Breaky

Love them or hate them we all need a rest day! If you've been following the challenge faithfully this week you've earned it. If you started late on the bandwagon, feel free to take today to catch up on one or even two workouts that you've missed. Now go run! Keli 🙂

Homework Assignment

Here's a homework assignment for you. Part 1 Write down the names of people who are totally in your corner.   These are the people who support your decision to take a walk instead of meeting for a drink and buffalo wings. The ones who don't mind your sharing what you ate for the day or …

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Friday is a Fun Day

Happy Friday! I hope you are starting to get into the groove of the workouts and are realizing that they aren't as scary as you feared! Here's your workout for today!  Day 5 Bodyweight Express Challenge Workout Ok, that's your workout covered.  Now let's talk healthy eating. Weekends lend themselves to slacking off on your healthy …

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Are YOU All In?

Here's what I know.  Unless we are held accountable in some way, shape or form, we won't push yourself as hard as we should. So if you started our June Bodyweight Express Challenge  but have already started to slip, take a minute to recommit.  Set this as your priority.  Go all in. And if you need someone that will …

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