Tag Archives: #legday

Motivation Wednesday- working towards a new leg press PR

https://youtu.be/cOwR-1gV_Io https://youtu.be/D0y7TE8t07o My current leg press PR is 1040 pounds, which is 22 45 pound plates and 2 25 pound plates. I was able to do 6 reps at this wait, but it was a struggle. My goal Continue Reading »

Fitness Friday- don’t neglect to do single leg exercises

My legs are very strong and I really pride myself on being able to leg press over 1000 pounds. Just like with hands, however, we have a dominant leg, which tends to be stronger and pick up the slack for the weaker Continue Reading »

Fitness Friday- jump up jump up and get down

While weights are really what I love most about the gym, I do my fair amount of body weight exercises as well. Probably the most fun to do is the big box jumps. Even though they don't look that difficult, it takes a Continue Reading »

Fitness Friday- Beast Mode Activated

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 »

Fitness Friday- expanding my repertoire

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 »

Fitness Friday-prisoner get-ups

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 »

Fitness Friday-getting creative as your fitness level increases

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 »

Motivation Monday- TRX single leg squats

One legged squats are probably my most exercise to do with the TRX bands. I love that it's possible to get so deep of a squat with one leg crossed over the other. This move is so great for opening up tight hips, which Continue Reading »

Motivation Monday- don’t be afraid of the big weights 

Like many women, I spent years only utilizing 25 pound  or lighter dumbbells. I was told that it really wasn’t necessary to go above 25 pounds unless I wanted to become bulky. The key instead was to increase the 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 »