Saturday night for us is date night. Sometimes we stick to places we know, sometimes we go somewhere new, recently one of those new places was Islands Restaurant. Not that new to our area but new to us. I actually fancied going to Red Robin, craving burger and fries, and Bob suggested we try Islands as somewhere new :) So off we went! We'd had a long day and it was date night which meant: BEER! I had the pale ale, Bob had the dark ale. Yes I had the bigger one ;) Bob was driving! Upon looking …
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Workout Wednesday – WoWDi AMRAP #1
Today we are switching things up with a workout. We’re doing 4 exercises, 20 reps of each (right AND left where appropriate) and doing as many rounds of work as possible in the time given. That's what AMRAP means, it's an acronym: As Many Rounds As Possible. As 20 minute workouts are my goal I stuck with the AMRAP for 20 minutes :) As always add on a few minutes for a warm up/cooldown! Feel free to tweak the reps (I did part way through for the push plank pull through!). If 10 reps is more your …
Spinning playlist #5
It's been a while since I posted a spinning playlist so I figured it was overdue! I've linked up the playlist to iTunes at the bottom of the post but if you can't wait then just CLICK HERE to go listen and see what you think :) You can also find my other playlists via this link :) The one track I had trouble finding was track 4 "I need a hero", I have a remix but I don't know the exact remix (I think it's Soul Sister? So many remixes!!!), so I just linked up one that sounds similar :) Feel free …
Food Friday Tip – prepare your food (sandwich thins)
As it's Food Friday, today I have a tip for you. As I mentioned Sunday in my review we hardly use bread anymore. I don't eat it at all, and Bob has wraps mostly. The only buns he ate were sesame burger buns from Trader Joes. However I've finally managed to switch him to these Oroweat Sandwich Thins. For those that don't know these have less than HALF the calories of a regular burger bun! Yes they don't have the same substance, but generally most of the calories from a burger come from the BUN, …
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Workout Wednesday – WoWDi #5
This weeks workout goes back to cardio/conditioning circuit training. Today we are switching things up with a different timing intervals. We’re doing 20 seconds of work with 10 seconds of rest for all exercises, this is because two of the exercise we are going to alternate right/left. So we split the routine into Two Sets with 2 exercises in each set. You'll do set 1 for 10 minutes and then Set 2 for 10 minutes for a total of a 20 minute workout, as always add on a few minutes for a warm …
Review: Trader Joes Cultured Coconut Milk
Todays post I thought I would do a review of a product I picked up recently at my grocery store mecca (Trader Joes). Anyone else love that place as much as I do? Seriously, much love!!! Anyway as we've been trying to make a few changes at home to a more vegan way of eating (more on that at the end of the month when I do a recap) I was in full lookie loo mode grocery shopping last week and spied these 'new' products in the chiller cabinet! Well they were new to me, I guess if you don't look for …
BodyPump & CXworx – 1 year at Golds Gym!
It's the one year anniversary of Golds Gym Los Angeles getting the Les Mills group fitness programs: BodyPump and CXworx. So I've had a full year to assess the program, and I figure it's good time to give an overview of my thoughts about the programs and to provide a recap of the release I trained on (Bodypump 78 and CXworx 3). Initial thoughts 2011 When I heard that Golds Gym was bringing in the Les Mills formats I talked it over with my girlfriend Julie and told her that I would go to the …
Workout Wednesday WoWDi #4
This weeks workout goes back to cardio/conditioning circuit training. Again we’re doing 45 seconds of work with 15 seconds of rest for all exercises, as there are 5 exercises today repeat the whole thing 4 times for a total of a 20 minute workout, add on a few minutes for a warm up/cooldown! As always feel free to tweak the times/sets. Video embedded below, both regular and low impact/beginner versions :) WoWDi #4 – Regular Version I do almost the whole workout with you, my camera …
Workouts – interval timer apps
One question I keep getting from friends, family and blog readers is about the intervals workouts on my blog: I don't have a timer, how do I know I'm doing the intervals right? Simple, you download an iPhone app! I'm sure there are apps for other phones but as I have an iPhone I'm more comfortable posting about those. Two free apps I use are Gymboss and Interval Timer. Yes that's right FREE, no excuses! Download them today and get working out! GYMBOSS iPhone app Gymboss is an app I used …