Your Weekend Hustle

Hey, hey, it's the weekend!  Here's your Weekend Hustle so get to it! Day 10 (Saturday)- Total Body Blast 25 repetitions of each (1 or 2 times through) Jumping Jacks Squats Pushups   Day 11 (Sunday) – Middle of the Road Plank to Plank Jacks - 10 second plank/10 second Plank Jacks  Roman Twists - …

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The CIM – A Recap

Do you want to know what was running through my head at Mile 19 on the marathon?  "Wow!  19 already?" And here's what was running through my head at Mile 23. "Thank God I don't ever have to do this again". It's funny how your thought process can shift in 4 short miles.  But that, my …

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Plank Triple Shot

Hustle your holiday s(elf) down to the floor and let's plank it out. The plank is one of the best exercises for core conditioning but it also works your glutes and hamstrings, supports proper posture, and improves balance. Today we're doing a Plank Triple Shot.  Enjoy!   Alternating Reach Plank - 30 seconds Side Plank …

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No Equipment. No Excuses.

The Holiday Hustle continues!  Today's workout is one of those quick workouts that you can do anywhere.  On the beach, at Grandma's house, in a small hotel room or at your local park.  No equipment.  No excuses. Half Jumping Jacks Close Grip Pushups Bodyweight Squats Side Leg Lifts Kick Backs Tripod Hold (30 seconds) Do …

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The Planning is the Thing

Today your Hustle is a planning day.  Sit down for a few minutes and figure out your workouts for the week.  Schedule 3 or 4 cardio sessions and 2-3 strength sessions. Let's have a full week of consistency and no excuses.  Have an early start to your day, get up 30 minutes early.  Party plans …

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Holiday Hustle Weekend Edition

I'm on my way to Sacramento, CA so I can run the California Intl Marathon on Sunday.  And since I'll kind of be out of pocket I'm posting Saturday and Sunday's Holiday Hustle Challenge Workouts today. Day 3 - Total Body Blast (Saturday 12/3) 25 repetitions of each (1 or 2 times through) Jumping Jacks …

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Race Ready

By the time I step to the starting line this Sunday morning I will have logged close to 500 miles in training. I've never actually tracked my training mileage before so it was kind of a surprise when I tallied it up. In the beginning of my training I ran with friends who helped me …

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Welcome to the Holiday Hustle

The holidays are prime for falling off the health and fitness wagon.  Parties, late nights, egg nog, cookies, cool or downright cold weather, you name it, it's coming. . Hence the Holiday Hustle.  A 25 day challenge to provide some healthy structure to an unstructured time of year. Contrary to what you may be expecting it's not …

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Final Full Week of Training

My final, full week of training is done. The Plan I had to do some jiggering with my schedule  this week since I was not going to do a tempo run on Thanksgiving Day.  As everyone knows, that day is reserved for our Annual Turkey Trot.   I pushed that run to Friday morning and then …

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A Turkey Trot Success

      Thank you to everyone who came out to the turkey trot yesterday!  And for braving the chilly temps, fog and muck along the levee.   You guys are awesome. Enjoy your holiday weekend and I look forward to seeing you at next year's event. Now go run! Keli 🙂