Over the last few years, I've put most of my focus on increasing my strength instead of losing weight. It has been amazing to see just how strong I truly am. I very quickly discovered that I was especially strong when Continue Reading »
I had the pleasure of getting to do two different workouts with one of my oldest friends while on vacation last week. I post a blog post about our first workout and this one will focus on the second workout. This Continue Reading »
My family is out of town this week for spring break, but that doesn't mean no workouts for me. Since we're spending our vacation in my hometown, I got the awesome opportunity to work out with me best friend since Continue Reading »
The hatred that used to be reserved for burpees has now been redirected towards inch worm push-ups. For anyone who had never done an inch worm push-up, you start in a standing position and then you place your hands on Continue Reading »
I've done many straight legged deadlifts with kettlebells or dumbbells, but until yesterday I had never done a conventional deadlift with a barbell. I've seen a lot of videos of people doing it recently and wanted to Continue Reading »
This is a great exercise to add into your routine, because its an AMAZING workout that requires 0 equipment. All you do is put your hands behind your head while you lower into a kneeling position and then return to Continue Reading »
Sometimes even though I've changed out of my workout clothes, I find myself in a different set of workout clothes. Not only are these clothes super comfortable, but I love the graphics and sayings that are on these Continue Reading »
This week, my trainer and I decided that it would be fun to do plié squats with a big 45# plate instead of using dumbbells. Very quickly, however, we had to get creative. The reason we've been using dumbbells for Continue Reading »
I regularly work our 5-6 days a week, which has become my norm due to years of following pretty much the same workout routines. As a result, there are many moves that I do over and over again. In order to keep getting Continue Reading »
I've always had a complicated relationship with burpees. Back in my rugby playing days, burpees were used as a form of punishment whenever someone messed up during practice. This could be anything from dropping the Continue Reading »