If you’ve read my blog for any length of time you may have noticed I don’t do many long workouts.  Sure, I enjoy going long hikes, walks, or even an occasional jog but as far as scheduled workouts I prefer them short and intense.  It’s better for my body, for my sanity and I’m not a [...]

Saturday I spent the day at the beach nurturing my latest obsession…kettlebells!  A friend had mentioned she had been reading my blog and wanted to try kettlebells out for herself.  Eager to find someone who wanted to listen to me ramble on about how much fun they are, I offered to help her and her [...]

I hope you didn’t get this twice or more. If so, sorry. We are having some technical difficulties on this end. (I say “we” as in my husband. Email alone can make me want to throw a kettlebell at the screen.) Anyway, I wrote this post yesterday morning but it doesn’t appear to [...]

My cat, Sunny (who I affectionately call Meow Cow), and I watched  the cold rain fall all morning.

While it was cozy inside, it was too cold and wet to exercise outside.  In fact, I didn’t even want to cross the lawn to my garage.  Don’t judge.  :)   So, I took a living room workout [...]

I have had a hard time getting in my workouts the last three weeks.  That’s not to say I didn’t get any exercise because I painted and cleaned for two weeks but I  just only a couple of formal workouts.  I sort of miss them so I have looked ahead and have planned my workouts [...]

Time for another treadmill workout.  I really like this but it’s really hard to emulate on the ground.  If you don’t have a treadmill try this in a park or this sprint workout instead.
20 Minute Interval Treadmill Workout
Warm Up
2 Minute 30 Second – Walk at 15% incline.
Workout
1 Minute: Jog – 15% incline
30 Seconds: Sprint or [...]

If you are like me you don’t have hours to workout every day.  For the last year most of  my strength workouts have lasted 40-60 minutes.  Well I’ve decided to shave some of the time off by  pushing myself a little harder in less time by using the clock for motivation.  I feel like I [...]

What is Tabata training?
For years, I’ve read references to the “Tabata protocol” but it sounded more like a code of conduct for elite special forces than a way to tighten my butt.  People would rave about how great Tabata was and the skeptic in me would think, “4 minutes…yeah right.”  Finally, I decided I had [...]

I have two treadmills.  One I bought and one that was given to me for free.   The one I bought broke.  Go figure.
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a treadmill workout so here ya go.  I like intervals, they make the time go by faster.
20 Minute Interval Treadmill Workout
Warm up
4 Minutes and 30 [...]

Shoulders are one of my favorite body parts.  I love the way sculpted shoulders look in tank tops and halter tops.  For me this has been and still is one of the hardest body parts to build.  The last few months I’ve been using Wednesdays to focus on my shoulders.
This is what I  know about [...]