Boxing Workout

I did the most fun boxing workout with my girlfriend today at a gym she teaches at with a great trainer. It was fast, fun and fantastic!

We started out warming up our lower body with lateral lunges, then we loosened up our hips (I'll be showing this all in a video clip, coming soon) on our toes moving side to side and up and down, if you think of going high and low i.e., how low can you go!  That's the idea.  Then we each had one minute of:

20 lb KB around the head - 30 secs to the right and 30 to the left
Plank lateral walks through a latter (on the floor) for one minute
Bosu pushups using gliding discs

Then we put on our gloves and while one person was doing punching work with the trainer, the other was hitting the heavy bag - upper cuts for 1 min - we did three round of this

Next we jump rope for 1 min, jab/cross on the heavy bag for 1 min x 3

Next we sparred with the trainer while the other person did side to side pushups on Bosu for 30 seconds and then KB OH Presses - ouch! x 3

Super Fun & different, loved it!

Kids & Healthy Habits

Eating healthy starts early.  My mom was a nurse and was always cognizant of what she fed us.  It was always a balanced diet.  She never bought dessert, she'd always make it from scratch.  There were five of us, so it couldn't have been easy!  With just two little ones at home and food allergies (not my kids, but kids at school) you have to be careful what you are feeding your kids.  Here is a sample of what I put in their lunch boxes for pre-school.

So, what is the "key" to looking like this:

PLANNING! Food prep.  What happens when you have the best of intentions to start new and eat well, you are gung ho and ready to go but you don't have your food prepared? You eat breakfast and then a couple of hours later you are hungry but you ignore it and then lunch time comes and goes and by the time you know it, it's time for dinner, you go home and you eat EVERYTHING in site - sound familiar?  If you had prepared your meals ahead of time and had them with you, all you would need to do was eat what you had prepared and you would be good to go.  So make a list and take it with you to the grocery store.  Never shop on an empty stomach!  Pick one day during the week (Sunday's work best for me) and prep all of your food for the week.  Then all you have to do is eat what you have prepared and you will be happy and healthy!  That's it, it's not rocket science, go give it a try ;-)

Happy 2014!  It's been way too long! I'm back, oh boy am I back! Well, what is new with me?!
I have a 3 year old and soon to be 5 year old that are keeping me soooooooooo busy!  I have neglected this blog and I do regret it, so here is hoping that I can start posting on a continual basis with some great information that will help you all achieve your exercise and fitness goals!  Here's a little photo summery of my year in 2013...

Now onto fitness!  I had hip surgery this past fall so I froze my gym membership and have been working out at home ever since.  I have to say, I'm LOVING it!  It is SO nice to wake up early (5 am) and get my workout over with and still have time to feed the kids/dogs, shower and drive them to pre-school. That leaves me with a few hours to do housework and grocery shop and do the things I need to do alone - so nice!  So am I missing driving to the gym every morning and spending nearly two hours there - not so much!  I miss my trainer and my friends but I see my friends every week and this is a nice break for me.  I have been able to focus on healthy eating and doing the workouts I enjoy which consist of:
Spinnervals The Pain Cave
Spinnervals Hillacious
Spinnervals Sweating Buckets
Cathe's Pedal Power
Cathe's STS
Cathe's X10
Susan Chung's Rapid Fire
and many, many more!

Am I doing my own dvds you ask?  No, but tomorrow I plan on doing Cardio Kickbox Challenge and I'm really looking forward to it!

So what is the secret to staying healthy and keeping the pounds off?  Come back tomorrow and I'll share ;-)