HIIT Training: Set Your Metabolism on FIRE

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Set your metabolism on FIRE and melt the fat away with HIIT training.  Q: What does HIIT stand for?                        A: High Instensity Interval Training HIIT is the concept of training in intervals of differing speeds. The key is to never allow your body to adjust to one specific intensity level.  To be the most effective, push your heart rate to the max during the high intensity interval then lower your heart rate during the low intensity intervals. So in simple terms, work {Read More}

The Shakeology Cleanse

Many of you ask me about the cleanse I do every couple of months.  I follow one that utilizes Shakeology, a product of Beachbody.  Before I get into what the actual Shakeology Cleanse plan looks like, lets understand what the cleanse is. It is a 3 day calorie-restricting, nutrient dense eating plan.  It’s intended to flush toxins from the body. It is most commonly used to “jump start” a new nutrition plan or “break through” a current plateau in regards to {Read More}

Shakeology; The Healthiest Meal of the Day

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Food log recap 01.05.2012

In an attempt to make myself more accountable to you and also in an attempt to provide you some inspiration for food selection I will add food log recaps periodically. I hope you find the content useful in applying to your everyday. You will see that I am a Grazer, which is eating smaller more frequent meals through the day. I also aim to drink half my body weight in ounces of water daily. 01.05.2012 Meal 1: medium banana black {Read More}

INSPIRATION PIECE

I am a huge believer of using rewards and inspiration pieces to help meet a goal. Just recently I was de-cluttering my closet when I stumbled on a pair of jeans that I received from my adorable, fit, tiny sister-in-law. I’ve always loved the look of the jeans but couldn’t even get them past my thighs. Something made me think that one day I will wear them so I hung them in the closet. Well 6 months later while I was de-cluttering they were {Read More}

P90x2: Are you ready to bring it AGAIN?

Tony Horton is back in your living room for round 2! The highly anticipated and eagerly awaited follow-up program to the best-selling home fitness program P90x is finally here…P90x2. P90x2 is a 90 day cutting edge fitness program that takes the methods of muscle confusion to a new level. P90x2 is not a cardio program as much as it will focus on strength, balance, mobility and explosive power. It has been developed by a world-class team of fitness experts to {Read More}