A Chick with a Plan

I'm all about the plan.  Want to get something done?  Get a plan.  Or at least know what your first step is and go from there.  Actually, it's ok to start moving forward without having all of your steps mapped out.  Sound crazy? Maybe not so much. Many people get stuck in the planning phase and …

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Tapping Into Previous Successes

So how was your 2016? Did you reach a goal, make a change, improve in some way?  Did you spend more time with your kids, less time at work, or did you walk away from an unhealthy or unsafe situation?  Did you make a new good friend, drop a negative or toxic one or broaden …

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Your Final Holiday Hustle Workouts

We're going to make life a little easier for you in case you're traveling, working hard before the holiday or out and about.  Here are your next 4 days of workouts.  Keeping it short and sweet so you have NO excuses to get something done. Wednesday 12/21:  10 Pushups, 10 Squats, 10  Jumping Jacks - …

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Catch Up Day

Today's catch up day!  If you’ve missed a day or two of the Holiday Hustle 25 Day Challenge today’s your chance to get caught up. Pick one or two workouts from the  Holiday Hustle Challenge Calendar  and consider yourself back on track. For those of you with perfect attendance drop your happy self into a …

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Starting Off on the Right Foot

Following the Holiday Hustle?  Click on the holiday-hustle-calendar  for today's and all of the workouts so far.  Didn't have a chance to jump in on December 1st?  Now is just as good a time as any.  Good luck. Motivate Your Monday Monday's are universally known as the first day of staring 'X'.  From exercise programs, …

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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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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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Forward to Friday

Welcome to Day 2 of the Holiday Hustle!  Today we're only doing one move.  It's yoga but don't freak out. Standing Forward Bend It's a surprisingly simple move with great benefits; spinal decompression, balance and improves flexibility and more. First let's get you into the proper standing pose Stand with your feet hip distance apart, knees …

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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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