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Fitness Friday- single leg KB crossbody deadlifts 

Lots of exercises can be modified to isolate one side of your body. This allows you to work on strengthening your non-dominant side (leg, arm, etc). Everyone knows that their dominant hand is due to handwriting, but Continue Reading »

Motivation Monday- compound movements

​​Anyone who works out regularly has probably done their fair share of lunges. Lord knows that I have, so it becomes important to find ways to mix up this basic exercise to keep it challenging. This can be done Continue Reading »

Motivation Monday- boxing plus

​​  After missing boxing last week due to our family vacation, I was super excited to get back to my routine. I am a complete creature of habit, so I try really hard not to vary from my normal workouts too Continue Reading »

Motivation Monday- jump board

Pilates involves a lot of core work, but with moves other than just crunches. Even with something like the jump board  exercises shown below​, you control your movement with your core more than your legs. While Continue Reading »

Fitness Friday- I ❤️ compound moves

​​ Since I spend so much time in the gym, it can be hard to keep things fresh. I need to mix things up in order to not get bored. I've shown many different variations of simple exercises such as squats, lunges, Continue Reading »

Fitness Friday- taking it up a notch

Every day this week, I have continued to feel better. I went into XIT this week pretty sure that I would end up having to walk out early, because I was still too weak. Not only did I complete the workout, but I was able Continue Reading »

Motivation Monday 

 I just couldn't pick from my two videos from my leg day last Thursday, so I've decide to share both with you this week. It was a particularly good training workout on Thursday with a pretty high calorie burn. I Continue Reading »

Stress lifting- even better than stress eating

Like many people, I tend to binge on comfort foods when I get stressed out. It  has not been unheard of for me to eat ice cream straight out of the carton or polish off at least half of a pizza when I get bad news. Continue Reading »