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May 21st, 2013 - 7:20 am § in Exercise, Wellness

Small Space, Rain Workout Solution

I have been home this month for a total of 10 days. This obviously has impacted my workouts and especially training for the ZoomaRun Annapolis Half on June 1st. (At this point, my PR goal is totally gone and I am basically thinking of it as a fun run.)

So this week I am in Paris, and although I am doing a lot of walking both from being a tourist and hunting down media at a medical conference I am starting to feel the effects of not working out. I am lethargic and completely moody (ok that might just be the time change). I planned to go for a tourist run, but the rain is keeping me from doing that.

So Plan B was to do a hotel workout. We are staying in an adorable boutique hotel that unfortunately doesn’t have a gym, so I had to find space in my super tiny-European-standard sized room to workout.

 

Because of that, I decided to do a short little HIIT workout. Each move was done for 30 seconds at a time, and I did it three times through. It was a good workout and made me feel so much better about eating a real croissant.

  • Jumping Jacks
  • Wall Sit
  • Stepups
  • Crunches
  • Pushups
  • Tricep Dips
  • Plank
  • High Knees
  • Lunges
  • Side Plank
  • Pushup Rotation

So that’s how I am keeping my WhatsBeautiful commitment while on the road.

*FTC Disclosure: I am part of the Under Armour/FitFluential What’s Beautiful campaign. All opinions are my own.


May 10th, 2013 - 8:00 am § in Exercise, Wellness

Sweaty is Pretty

*This post is sponsored by Under Armour through FitFluential* Last year when Under Armour Women launched their “What’s Beautiful” campaign I immediately jumped at the chance to sign up. I started knocking off challenges, even taping myself after seriously sweaty work out sessions.Â[...]


May 5th, 2013 - 6:33 pm § in Exercise, Food, Wellness

Can’t Resist: Spring Runs, Chobani and More

I can’t resist running in this weather. I am literally exhausted with tight quads and an aching back and the mid-60 weather and clear blue skies call to me. I am still getting used to running in my Kinvara 4 from Saucony and because the weather was super perfect I ran a bit longer in [...][...]


April 30th, 2013 - 8:30 am § in Exercise, Food, obesity, Wellness

Exercise As A Threat?

Over the last few years we have acclimated to seeing calories next to our favorite food items. At first it seemed to deter some people, but eventually you just shrugged it off and ate it because you wanted that personal-size Uno pizza that is like a  1,400 calories. (Not me, because I just can̵[...]


April 25th, 2013 - 10:09 am § in Wellness

An Evening With Jillian

When I think about spending an evening with Jillian Michaels, I immediately think buckets of sweat and a fierce attitude in your face. So I was skeptical when I heard about her “Maximize Your Life” tour. I know she offers motivation in the form of one-on-one talks on Biggest Loser, but t[...]


April 23rd, 2013 - 10:16 am § in Wellness

Sidelined and Other Ramblings

I am the perfect example of how not to take care of yourself. There are studies out there that show that stress depletes your immune system and once your stress dissipates your immune system is flooded and then you get sick. Well that happened to me last week. I was go, go, going and then I [...][...]


April 19th, 2013 - 8:00 am § in Exercise

Once You Go Minimalist

Can you go back? That’s question I am asking myself now that the Kinvara 4 has entered my life. From the second I opened that fancy shmancy packaging (kickassmus brilliant) I knew I was in for something special.  One they are brilliantly yellow and hot pink. I note this because I’ve bee[...]