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Motivation Monday- control is key

Power has never been a problem for me. In fact, I've come pretty close to breaking these mirrors with the bags on several occasions (mainly while kicking) which has resulted in the training placing dumbbells in Continue Reading »

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 »

Fitness Friday- push-ups for all fitness levels

Push-ups are a great chest and shoulder exercise that can literally be done anywhere. But I know a lot of people don't do them because they feel the can't do traditional push-ups. Well I am here to let you know that Continue Reading »

Motivation Monday- Learn to Tabata Your Cardio

Tabata is a form of high intensity interval training (HIIT) and consists of 8 intervals of 20 seconds of high intensity followed by 10 seconds of rest. In this case, we had a quick session of Tabata cardio in between 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 »

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 »

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- 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 »