When I worked at Lifetime Fitness, almost eight years ago, they offered a class called TCX (Total Conditioning Xtreme). TCX was my favorite class to teach and take. It was the perfect blend of strength and cardio for 60 minutes. I like to go through my old workouts from time to time and came across this workout from when I was teaching group fitness at Lifetime. If you don't have a step you do all the exercises on level ground. The only other thing you will need is a set of heavy and medium weights. The workout features six different sets of exercises. For set 1 do the pushups, sit-ups, and burpees, and then rest for 30 seconds before doing another round. Once you have finished all three rounds rest for 60 seconds before starting the next set. This entire workout should take an 45 minutes to an hour to complete. If you only have 20 or 30 minutes pick several sets for a modified version of this workout. If you really want to challenge yourself perform each round at a … [Read more...]
Leg Day Kettlebell & Mobility Workout
Well friends, it has been a week. Between the election, our air conditioner going out, and homeschool, I am so happy it is Friday! We are taking our second week off of school for Fall Break next week. Sometimes you have really good ideas and this was a really good idea to save a week because the weather is supposed to be actual Fall weather and I am ready for it. We took a week off at the very end of September but it was still hot outside. And speaking of homeschool the kids finished their ELA curriculum for the semester this week. I am so proud of them, and me! We are still going to be reading, spelling, and writing until Christmas but it is nice to have this portion of their work done. I am using the same program as their elementary school but I must have paced it differently so we finished it up this week, all 15 weeks of lessons, done. Yay! My workouts this week left me unusually sore. Which I take as a good sign that I am challenging myself. So here is one of the workouts … [Read more...]
Circuit Workout + Our Week Off From Homeschool
Happy first day of fall! We are still over 100 degrees here in Arizona but each new day is one more day closer to cooler temps. Last week we took off from homeschool and tried to spend a few mornings outside before the heat of the day took over. We made it to the lake one day for a swim and also to one of my favorite places in Arizona, Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Other highlights of the past week included Maisie losing two teeth and Caden finished reading Prince Caspian with my mom and we watched the movie to celebrate. Overall it was just a nice change up in our schedule and yesterday we jumped right back into our homeschool curriculum. The kids loved the break and I am happy to report they had great attitudes yesterday when we picked up where we left off. My friend Doug shared a workout on Facebook yesterday and I immediately decided that it would be my workout for the day. I met Doug when I worked at Life Time Fitness and he is an overall great person and a … [Read more...]
TRX Leg Day Workout
I did this workout several weeks ago and I couldn't walk without feeling it for several days after. It was a doozy, but in a good way. I for sure want to go back and do this again at some point and see if my endurance and recovery has improved. This workout was adapted from a Fit Women's Weekly Live workout. Josh had just hung our TRX up in the garage and it had been forever since I had last used my TRX. So I figured I would use the TRX in the workout. Here is what it looked like: You do 3 different sets of exercises. Each set you do on the right and left side as indicated. That is one round. Then you repeat that two more times with both right and left side. I really enjoyed this workout. If you don't have a TRX you can still do this. I think most of the exercises are fairly common except for maybe the first set. Tictocks: lunge going forward followed by immediately stepping that same leg back into a lunge. Split hops: start in a lunge hop up and land in the lunge on … [Read more...]
Cardio Interval Workout
Last week I completed my third week of a 6 week virtual challenge with This Time Fitness. Monday's workout was cardio intervals and left me dripping in sweat and feeling so accomplished. Here is the workout... Most of these exercises don't need any explanation. For the super squats perform a squat jump into a jumping lunge on each leg and back into a squat. It is a burner for sure. I was dripping with sweat at the end. The first round you perform 40 seconds of super squats followed by 90 seconds of jumping rope. The next round perform 40 seconds of super squats, 40 seconds of pike pushups, and 90 seconds of jumping rope. You continue adding on an exercise each round. I am loving all these workouts from Kindal and Dan. If you are interested in their live streaming classes you can reach out to her at [email protected]. This upcoming week I am doing something new to me and taking two virtual cooking classes online! I am so excited! It is also our last … [Read more...]
Arms & Core Workout
Happy Friday! I hope you are all safe and healthy wherever you are reading this from. We have been enjoying our backyard this week even as the heat has started creeping up in Arizona. We have had several 100 degree days already. Here are some pictures of our wildflowers and our blueberries. We have been trucking along on getting school work done, trying to keep our garden alive, disinfecting and cleaning our house, and getting to spend so much quality time together. I am reminding myself daily all we have to be thankful for, which is so much. I did get emotional this week when we drove by a preschool friends house to say happy birthday from the car. I got to see several friends in their cars and it was just such a weird surreal experience. I was so grateful to see them all but gosh it was hard at the same time. I have been trying to workout around 6am before the kids are up for the day. I am so happy to share a workout I did this week. My upper body is so … [Read more...]
