Tag Archives: thesecurves

Motivation Monday- what a difference a week makes

So this first video is from my boxing class a week ago, and is the first time I've been able to do more than a couple reverse crunches without having to return to the ground between each rep. Anyone who has ever done Continue Reading »

Fitness Friday- work on your balance by removing your arms from the equation

I'm pretty I've done more jump squats and plyo lunges than the average person does in a lifetime, so both of these moves are pretty standard for me at this point. This was the first time, however, that I've done Continue Reading »

Motivation Monday- throwing ‘bows

Today was the first opportunity we had to just throw alternating elbows. Usually elbows are part of a larger combination and you don't even need to come into contact with the bag. This was pretty challenging because Continue Reading »

Motivation Monday- strike a pose

We started off boxing today holding a kick for 30 seconds on each side. While these videos are not as exciting as most of my other boxing videos, holding this position is an amazing glute exercise. Although having Continue Reading »

Motivation Monday- friends make workouts so much better

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 »

Wardrobe Wednesday- May the St. Patrick’s Day Force be with you

So proud of myself for finding a way to toe my love of Star Wars into my St. Patrick's Day celebrations. I was beyond thrilled to find this top at Target when searching fort my something green. Of course, I had to Continue Reading »

Motivation Monday- my introduction to The Nerd Gym ( & partner fast/slow supersets)

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 »

Fitness Friday- step outside your comfort zone

I don't often get videos of me on the rower, because I usually choose to run on the treadmill instead of rowing. Since rowing involves sitting down, my heart rate usually ends up dropping too quickly for me to achieve Continue Reading »

Motivation Monday- shaking is a sign you’re working hard

You have to really push your body pretty hard to be visibly shaking. I can often feel my muscles shaking when I'm lifting heavy, but it's not always visible to bystanders. Today, we were challenged to hold a push-up Continue Reading »

Motivation Monday- getting fancy with the jump rope

We've been using the jump rope as one of our conditioning exercises more during boxing class. I'm still not talented to do the "boxer skip" side to side jump rope, but I have been trying to up my jump rope game in Continue Reading »