Squaterday and PLYOS!

Happy Squaterday fit fam!! Killed quads and glutes today at the gym and I'm happy to welcome my new trainee and coworker Shannon to the fit fam! She killed quads and glutes today for her squaterday and I'm so excited to be training someone so driven and motivated! :)

Finally starting to see definition coming back to my quads, whoop whoop!! Loved the "sweat today smile tomorrow" but I thought it was more suiting to sweat today, smile today :) 

Later.... 

I decided to do some much needed plyos, what a sweaty mess!!! Had to train to beat the rain ;) trying to get rid of some of this water weight before vacation, ahhh!! Plyos we shall be friends ;) 

Hope you all had a happy Monday!! :)

Running...

Welp, today started my week of coaching with some of the most amazing coaches in the nation, including Olympic USA Setter, Donald Suxho, 2-time All American Levi Cabral, and former USC Head Coach Turhan Douglas! How lucky am I?!

To start the morning before camp I decided to do some fasted cardio and go for a run. I've now decided that I would rather rip my nails off than run in the Southwest Florida morning humidity! Yuck! It was miserable. For those of you that like running, like my momma, kuddos to you! I have so much respect for you, butttttt running for fun is just not my thing I don't think. I'll stick to my HIIT and Heavy lifting for cardio ;)

Motivational Monday!

Hey Guys!

So I know typically Mondays are Squaterday, but I hurt my hamstring, so it needs some rest which means..... Today is Ab Day!!

So for today's ab routine, I did my typical alternating pairs like for my other ab routines, but between each pair I jumped roped 200 times. So.... 

50 Crunches

20 Leg Lifts

200 Jumps! 

20 Rotating Leg Extensions Each Side

20 Sit Ups with 10lbs Weight

200 Jumps! 

45 Second 6 Inch Holds

20 V-Ups

200 Jumps!

15 Barbell Oblique Side Bends Each Side

20 Oblique V-Ups Each Side

200 Jumps! 

Remember, Each of those pairs is gone through twice with no breaks! Get after it! ;) 

Here are some clean eats from the week! 

Giant Omelet! In the omelet is sausage, red peppers, green peppers, and onions. 

Here is Grilled Chicken Seasoned with Salt Free Mrs. Dash's Seasoning. Also with brown rice, white and yellow corn, and fruit! 

Here we have turkey burger with squash, zuchinni, orange peppers, and red peppers. Also apples! 

Here is a post workout breakfast and protein shake! Eggs, turkey bacon, oatmeal, and fruit greek yogurt and    vanilla whey protein shake. 

Happy Motivational Monday! :) 

So So Behind!!

Wow, so I've been back at school since August 1st, and we still don't have internet at our house, which makes it super difficult to update my blog. I'm so bummed that I haven't been up to date on it, but once we get internet it'll be a different story!!

So as always, lets play some catch up! And my "some", I mean a TON!!!

Lets see, so while I've been back at school, I'll be the first to admit that I am not proud what so ever of my eating choices. I had just been seeing friends and family a lot, and going out for lunch and dinner, and not keeping my eating clean, and my body was (and still is) suffering. I've been better recently, but I'm still working to get back what I had over the summer because I feel like I've completely lost everything I worked so hard for.

Many people have been asking for my workout routines, so I'm going to post my workouts for each day!

Let the catch up Begin!!

Legs Legs Legs Legs!!

So I changed up my workouts a little bit. I've always had "Squaterday" and "Beast Mode" Days, but I really tried to Isolate muscles a little more now. Break up my muscles instead of trying to do my whole lower half twice a week. So on Squaterday, I hit quads and calves after squats, and on Beast Mode, I hit hamstrings and glutes.

So these two are after Squaterdays! Pumped up quads for sure! 

Here is my Squaterday routine:

Hit the Squat rack for 95 lbs for 15 reps

135 lbs for 10 reps

165 lbs for 8 reps

185 lbs for 6 reps

200 lbs for 4

and 210 lbs - 225 lbs (depending on how my legs are feeling) for a minimum of 2 reps, but max out if I can do more. 

135 lbs for 10 to wind down.

Walking Dumb bell Lunges 2 sets of 20 each leg. 

 Backward Dumb bell Lunges 2 sets of 20 each leg.

Lateral Dumb bell lunges 2 sets of 20 each leg.

Leg Press 3 sets of 12 (Heavy) 

3 way weighted calf raises on the floor, and on a ledge. 2 sets of 20 each way.

Sneaky Lunges 2 sets of 20 each leg.

Dumb bell Split Squats 3 sets of 12 each leg. 

Quad Extension Burnouts 2 times. HEAVY. 

Don't be afraid to go heavy! You'll like the results ;) 

Knee was a little sore after really deep squats, but this is for Beast Mode days. Sweat it out guys! 

My back side (Back, Glutes, Hamstrings, Calves) are not my strong point, so I'm really trying to work them out. Trying to get this little bum to grow!! 

For Beast Mode, I do the same kind of pyramid I do for Squats, just for Deadlifts. Go HEAVY!!

RDL's 2 sets of 20 

Good Mornings 3 sets of 20

Dumb Bell Single Leg RDL's 3 set of 12

Dumb Bell Bulgarian Split Squats 3 sets of 20 each leg

Weighted Bridges 3 sets of 8. Go HEAVY

Sumo Squats with plates on benches 3 sets of 20

Hamstring Curl Burnouts

Soo those are my recent lifts, still modifying them. I definitely need more glute workouts, but I'm working on it! I'm going to switch glutes to Squaterday and Calves to Beast Mode, It makes more sense. 

Let's do Abs next! So for Waisted Wednesda/ys and Ab Day Swag Day I have my workout partner Ashley :) She is on the left in the blue spandex in this bottom picture with me! So FITFLUENTIAL. I'm actually going to post her ab workout, so credit is to her! This one will kick your butt!!

So she runs her circuits like I do, with running through each pair of exercises twice, with no break. Here, we, go!

- 1min plank on Physio ball

- plank dips (15 per side)

-30 reg crunches

-30 v-ups

-weighted russian twists (20 per side)

-Barbell oblique crunch (15 per side)

-Pulse ups (heels to heaven) 25x

-Hip Rock Raise (make legs in diamond shape) 25x

-crunch frog 25x

-reverse crunch off flat bench 25x

-alt. Bosu ball crunch 30x (15 per side)

-Decline ball throw 30x (15 per side)

-punching plank 15x (or until fail)

-Knee tucks w/ physio ball 20x

-Weighted Decline Negative 10x

-sit ups 30x

And here is post workout after Ashley's workout!

Get after it guys! :) 

Next are my upper body days, like Tear It Up Tuesday!

Finally seeing gains in my noodle arms and weak back! They're getting bigger and stronger, finally! Hard work pays off!

Two weeks later, biceps are looking even better! Yay! :)

So my upper body days consist of...

Cable bicep curls 3 sets of 8 heavy

Tricep extensions 3 sets of 10 heavy

Dumb bell Over Head Press 5 sets of 5, increasing weight

Dumb bell bench 5 sets of 5, increasing weight

Pull ups 3 sets until fail

Chin Ups 3 sets until fail

Lat pull down 3 sets of 12

Single Arm High Pull 3 sets of 12

3 way Flys 3 sets of 10

Upright Rows 3 sets of 8 heavy

Seated cable rows 3 sets of 8 heavy

Heavy hammer curls 2 sets until fail

Hanging Tricep Dips 2 sets until fail

50 push up finisher! 

Well, I think I covered everything. Sorry it's taken so long for the posts! I promise we'll get internet soon! 

Kill your workouts everyone! :) 

Catch up!

Okay so I've missed a couple days blogging, so I'm going to catch up in this post. So I have two ab days I missed, and a leg day from yesterday.. I'm not going to lie, I'm a little upset that instagram crashed. But just because that is down doesn't mean the blog is! So first of all, happy Ab Day Swag Day! :) I Hope you all are going to kill your workouts today!

Killed abs and cardio really early this morning. So a lot of people have been asking what I do for my an workouts, so I'm going to post my ab circuit from today. Mind you, my routine changes every time I do abs, so this was just for today. First I want to say that no matter how many core workouts you do,you will see no results if you don't eat clean.I am the biggest supporter of eating clean and training dirty. I use to work out and train hard, but eat whatever I wanted to, and didn't see much results, but as soon as I started eating clean and lean, the results were great. Also cardio is a major part in seeing results. So remember, abs are made in the kitchen!






 So my workout today was a 2 mile run for cardio, and here's my circuit. When I do each one, I pair it with another exercise, and alternate them four times non stop, then take a minute break and start on the next pair of exercises four times.
 1st pair
50 crunches
20 leg lifts

2nd pair
1 min plank
1 min boat

3rd pair
40 bicycles each side
20 oblique twists

 4th pair 20 straight leg V ups
25 straight leg hip raises

5th pair
30 physio ball oblique crunches each side
25 lateral barbell bends each side

6th pair
15 physio ball pass offs with weight ball
20 physio ball knee to chest rolls

Finish with a minute and 30 second plank.

So that was my an circuit from this morning, got those abs cookin'! Try it if you're up for it!

 Here is a clean eat for you guys to try. It's a great post workout meal! So the protein shake is vanilla whey Protein, peanut butter, flaxseed, oatmeal, natural honey, skim milk and ice.So good, and full of protein, good fats, and complex carbs. The bowl is steamed Brown rice for more complex carbs, then Greek yogurt with almonds (more protein and good fat), and water in my straw cup. Clean eats for training dirty!

Ab day and cardio!

So this morning was my 3.5 mile run for cardio and of course my ab workout. Definitely had those abs burnin! On the right is a new protein shake I tried and I loved it. Protein packed! So I put a scoop of my new Titan vanilla whey protein, two tsp of natural honey, literally from the bee hive down the street, 2 tsp of peanut butter, and a scoop of flaxseed. It might be my new favorite protein shake! If you're craving ice cream or anything, this will definitely help your craving because it tastes like dessert, but is 100% healthy :) Kill your workouts today!

My challenge for today!

So after my abs and arms, I needed to do cardio. What better way then sprints! I, did 6 110 yard sprints, and then pushrf my car to finish up cardio, so we did! :) This is not only cardio, but a full body workout. Throw your car in neutral and try it! For an extra challenge, you can push it up the drive way like I did, the incline makes it much harder! Enjoy! :)