New Personal Best Chin Ups- My Best Exercise!

June 11, 2009

I am proud to say that all my years at the gym, I am one of only 2 women I’ve seen do chin ups- non assisted, the real deal. Can you tell I’m proud?
I started on a dare when someone dared my to do 5… of course back then I couldn’t even do 1 and [...]

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My Best Workout… Or Close To It

June 8, 2009

So it might have not been my all time best workout, but my workout this morning was great! I pushed myself hard, adding new weight and pushing for that one extra rep for each exercise.
Every time I enter a gym I go in with the goal to push myself more than the time before and [...]

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My Favorite High Protein Breakfast In 62 Seconds!

June 5, 2009

I can’t keep this a secret any more… it’s delicious! I am the biggest breakfast eater, I haven’t missed a breakfast probably EVER. My mom tells me that even when I was a kid the first thing I would do in the morning was eat my cereal. Things haven’t changed much and I love that [...]

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Two Best Arm Exercises For Women

June 4, 2009

Today was my upper body workout… I don’t break my workouts up into true split routines because I really love working total body and doing big, calorie burning strength training moves. You just don’t get the same fat burning, muscle building results from doing bicep curls as you would from doing a bench press.
So, to [...]

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Sunburn Messed Up My Workout… In A Good Way

June 3, 2009

This past weekend, I got fried! I went out on the boat with my favorite two men: my boyfriend and my dad. Before we left I put on sunscreen and even while out on the water I reapplied a few times but I still got way to much sun.
Monday morning rolled around and I was [...]

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Stomach Exercises That Work

June 2, 2009

Here are my favorite stomach exercises from my personal workout journals. They are awesome for toning up the entire core which is what you need of you want a flat, toned stomach. Doing these stomach exercises every other day 2-3 times per week is a great idea.
1. V-Sit up: Tagets the lower and upper abs [...]

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Should Women Use Whey Protein?

June 1, 2009

If you’re a woman looking for a well balanced diet, trying to get a great toned body or looking for a way to get protein into your diet without consuming meat than the answer is YES…
Women should use whey protein. Protein isn’t for just the body builders, its a great way to make sure you [...]

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My Newest Fitness Challenge

May 31, 2009

I am always trying to push myself when it comes to my workouts, my goals, and my activities. When it comes to me getting great results it really helps for my to have something to work towards… sometimes its a figure competition, sometimes a personal event and now I am adding a 1/2 marathon!
Because of [...]

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Today I Said: “No Cardio, Thank You”

May 29, 2009

Pretty much for the past year of my life I have finished every weight lifting workout with a cardio workout. Whether for 10 minutes of 45 minutes I have been on those cardio machines without fail… that is until today.
I had a great lifting workout, I was in the weight lifting mode and really pushing [...]

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The Importance Of Keeping A Workout Journal

May 27, 2009

Did you know that no two workouts should be the same? Thats right… even if you’re doing the same exercises every workout should progress. That means adding 1 more rep than you did for a particular exercise the workout before or adding more weight to your exercises.
This progression is what keeps your body seeing results [...]

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