Training with An Athlete 7/26/11

Yesterday, I trained with my younger brother (former NCAA QB) on upper body and abs (500 reps to be exact). He pushed me, pushed me and pushed me again! It was much needed to relieve some heavy stress and get me back on track with what's most important (my body). I am posting some video and pics for you to check out since I've been gone so long! Feel free to leave any comments, questions or concerns.

Please note.....I will be moving the blog to tumblr soon. I'll keep you posted on that.

My Snack of the week is Red Pepper Hummus w/Sliced Cucumbers-

Missing In Action...

Firstly, Let me apologize for my 3 week delay. I have gotten so unorganized with my schedule, workouts and food. They have been all over the place. I haven't had a phone since my family reunion 2 weekends ago, which I placed in the jaccuzi with me. I typically take a lot of footage with my phone so that was devastating. Myself and 4 other family members completed a gruesome workout in the mountains that morning as well but I lost all the video from it. So proud that more of my family is beginning to enjoy being fit and working out while on vacation. I have been working out and teaching classes but it has honestly not been consistent. My mission is to complete some type of workout or fitness activity everyday. Fitness should be daily just like brushing your teeth. Actually, we're trained to brush more than once a day, so maybe the same should hold true for fitness....hmmmmm. I was stopped by one of my clients a couple weeks ago as she expressed her great appreciation for me posting my journey on the blog, I was so grateful to get such positive feedback and it motivated me to keep pushing through these rough patches. I will be posting my workout from yesterday that I completed alongside my younger brother (a former NCAA Quarterback). All I can say is he wore me out!

3rd Place Again??

I came in 3rd place again but I'm just proud to have completed this Insane time Challenge Workout! I'm definately increasing my strength. This was my workout from this Sunday 7/3/11....Tujuana and Kanela jumped in on this one with me again and challenged me to the end. The workout consisted 4 rounds of 4 exercises, form and balance is key:

 Jump Squat & Touch Down- 20 reps

 Balanced Skater- 15 each/leg

 Reptiles- 20 reps

 One Leg Hop Kick-20 reps

       Kanela 15:25

       Tujuana 15:36

       Miesha 17:25

This was definately a Fat Blaster, when I demonstrated the moves they thought it was easy...well boy were they wrong. LOL Call me crazy but I enjoy conquering difficult things. Try it out and post your times so you can join in on the challenge. Here's a video of the moves...

Finding Time for Fitness

Wow...I have really been in the shoes of my clients these past few weeks. I have been fighting through fatigue, work, family and business to make time to get my workouts in. Although I have been teaching cardio classes, It is still vital for me to get my weight training done. My body craves it and my mind needs it to maintain order. Over these past two weeks, I had my wedding anniversary, brother leaving for college and the holiday. I must admit, I did not lose weight this past week and I know that my diet and lack of planning is the cause of it. So since I do not allow my clients to make excuses neither will I. I ate a few things over these past few weeks that in no way were beneficial to my fitness and diet regime.. and its all about discipline, simply put I didn't exercise that discipline. I am a true believer of practicing what I preach so it's really important to me to be honest with you. Meanwhile, I managed to capture a little footage of me teaching the other day, enjoy!