Last week, much of the Midwest was brought to a grinding halt due to a Polar Vortex. There were record low temperatures that kept many people inside. I spent my 4 years of college in MN, however, so I had been through Continue Reading »
This week is really going to be a test of everyone's commitment to their future. Our week started off with a snow day due to snowfall overnight. My husband was kind enough to let me go to the gym without my kids, and Continue Reading »
So I often tell people the best way to stay committed to the gym is to be a stickler about your workout schedule, and I am a big believer in considering your workouts as appointments that cannot be moved except in case Continue Reading »
While I have mentioned that having a strict training schedule is the key to my continued success at maintaining my motivation to go to the gym, that's only part of the story. When you work out as much as I do for as Continue Reading »
I am truly blessed that my gym offers such a great variety of classes. Since XSport added XIT, my weekly workout has gained so much variety. This is great, because I never get bored with going to the gym. When XIT first Continue Reading »
I was a huge fan of Billy Blanks' Taebo videos while I was in college. I had all the videos and would religiously do them during my down time. Taebo was one of the first workouts I did that was so much fun that it Continue Reading »
So I post a lot of videos of myself working out, and while the grand majority of them are me successfully doing the exercise, I am not afraid to post the fail videos as well. Because there is always some way you can Continue Reading »
Slowly but surely the temperatures in Chicagoland are creeping upward. I, however, am getting impatient to wear all my cute spring/summer clothes. It's been far too long since my legs have seen the light of day. I Continue Reading »
It seems like many people think that doing a million sit-ups is the key to strengthening your core. I don't have the attention span to do hundreds of sit-ups, so I prefer finding other exercises that work my core Continue Reading »
Our final round today was a Spartan round, which means we started with very low reps and added on an additional rep each time we started over. This is actually my second go through as I felt the first was just too Continue Reading »