Find Love in Fitness

Hi friends! I know I have been MIA from the blog lately and only God knows what I have been doing- a little bit of everything. Life has been crazy busy but I would not have it any other way. This post is going to be filled with all sorts of random fitness stuff. Exciting Updates: I want to start by saying that one of my 2016 goals was to make this my fittest year yet. I am happy to report that I reached this goal. Thank you pregnancy, childbirth and being a mom for making me more motivated than ever before. A separate post to come on this :) I did 5 pull ups this week. That's right- 5 unassisted pull ups. I always do assisted but this week I just tried without assistance and BAM. Did it. I just scheduled some exciting fitness certification classes for March--more to come on this but 2017 will be filled with new coaching opportunities. My workouts lately: Man.. they have been all over the place. Between teaching, working, Jake working out, and Scarlett being ...

I have always been a big fan of running hills. It all started back in the day growing up in Bloomington. I often worked out at local places such as the Tri North sledding hill, and Memorial Stadium for great hill/incline workouts. Since moving to the Indy area I noticed there are NO hills. This place is so flat. Last year a wonderful park opened up just around the corner with a huge sledding/workout hill and a .5 mile paved trail. I have been going usually once a week in the evenings after Scarlett goes to bed and once on the weekends for my workouts. Below is what I like to do: 1/2 mile warm up 3 hill sprints 50 hallow hold tucks Repeat 3 times On another note, I have added a second class to my group exercise schedule! In additional to my Monday evening Sculpt and Tone, I will now be teaching Friday evening Cardio and Tone at 5:30. This class will be very similar to sculpt and tone except more cardio which I love. Here is what our first workout looked l...

What's been up the last few weeks? Lots of fitness that is for sure! Sculpt and Tone Classes: Attendance has been high, classes have been hard, and my people have been working their butts off! Here is a glimpse of Saturday's workout: Warm up Lunge, Lunge, Squat- 1 minute Air squat, powerpunch x 2- 1 minute Worm push ups -1 minute Squat, hip flexor, power press- 45 seconds High power punch- 20 seconds Mid power punch- 20 seconds Low power punch-20 seconds X2 Sit up- 30 seconds Russian Twist- 30 seconds Plank- 30 seconds X2 Squat diagonal shoulder raise R- 30 seconds Squat diagonal should raise L- 30 seconds Arm Sprint-30 seconds Right arm dumbbell squat swing Right arm curl Right arm dip press Left arm X2 Cool down Stretch After my class Saturday I went and ran sprints at Flat Fort Creek. Very steep hill= painful and amazing. I did 10 sprints up the hill, jogged down and rested for 1 minute at the bottom.   Aside from teaching classe...

Whew! This last week has been a complete whirlwind- but I would not have it any other way. I feel so grateful that I am so busy- even if it gets stressful. Saturday I had the opportunity to teach a Boot Camp at Athleta in Keystone Mall. It was open to the public and free. I had about 18 people come and it was fun! Below I will recap what our workout was. Monday I had my normal Sculpt and Tone class and tonight I knocked out a 3 mile run and a garage workout. These last few days have looked a lot like this: 5:30am wake up--->work-->home to cram in mom & family stuff-->do my own workout after Scarlett goes to bed while Jake makes dinner-->run JJ-->work a little more-->Netflix-->Bed @ 10:30. Side note that JJ is on a strict workout schedule to shed some lbs. Big boy has gained some since Scarlett has arrived.... so Jake walks AND runs him in the morning, we take a family walk before dinner and usually I run him after my workout. Boot Camp Saturday: War...

I am a little behind with posting last and this week's Sculpt and Tone workouts. The exciting part is that I taught THREE classes last week and so far one this week. Monday, Wednesday,Saturday and Monday. So I have lots to share BUT I am only going to share Monday for now. I will share more later :) Monday: Warm up Lower body: Side to side squats with free weights- 1 minute Air squats with free weights at chest level- 1 minute Alt. lunges with free weights- 1 minute Calves with free weights- 1 minute 2x Core: Sit ups (straight legs, tap behind the head then by calves) - 1 minute Side plank-1 minute Side plank- 1 minute Bicycle (opposite knee opposite elbow)- 1 minute 2x Arms: Delt raises- 1 minute Curls- 1 minute Forearms- 1 minute 2x Shoulders: Shrug- 1 minute Diagonal right- 1 minute Diagonal left- 1 minute Dip press- 1 minute 2x Back: Flies- 1 minute Power punch- 1 minute Super man- 1 minute Row- 1 minute 2x Cool down and stretch   EXC...

The following was written by my husband, Jake :) Read below!   On a regular basis, I get asked if I'm running with Krista. The answer is usually a simple, "no." Although I like to run a few races with her a year or run a couple times a week, it's not my favorite exercise. For those of you who follow this blog, I'd like to think I'm just as active as Krista, but in a different way, and we like to workout at different times. For this post, I'll talk about my routine, workouts, and why this works for me.  First off, I am an early riser and am definitely more of a morning person these days. I also don't like to have the idea of needing to work out linger all day in my head, especially when the schedule is usually already full. It most likely won't happen if that's the case. Therefore, I like to work out in the morning. I won't scare anyone by saying when I actually wake up.... Nevertheless, there are a number of other reasons I workout b...

Jake wakes up at 430am every day and walks JJ and worksout. I usually watch some of his workout if he is in the garage and it motivates me for the day. I also sometimes steal his workout and use it as mine later that day. Yesterday was one of those days but I altered mine a little bit. Jake: 20 minute bike 10 snatches 10 push-ups 10cals on bike  10 times Me: 8 squats-105 lbs 8 push ups 8 times It sucked. But it was a quick and great workout. I tried not to rest too much between sets. I also did a 3 mile run when Scarlett went to bed. 1 of those miles was with JJ. Next up on the blog a guest post from Jake!!

Here is last nights' Sculpt and Tone workout! It was a full class and a challenging workout. I ran a mile before and after to get my cardio in. Warm up: Arm circles front Arm circles back Cross body arm swings Shoulder shrugs forward Shoulder shrugs backward Neck roll side to side High knees walking in place Glute kicks Air squats Split calves right Split calves left Slow motion burpees with a push up- 1 minute Air squat- 30 seconds Repeat 2 times Plank tower: Hand plank- 30 seconds Traditional plank- 30 seconds Hallow hold- 30 seconds Repeat 3 times Air squats- 30 seconds Dip press- 30 seconds Dip press squats- 30 seconds Repeat 3 times Band curls- 30 seconds Alt lunges with band behind head- 30 seconds Repeat 3 times Double curl, double punch- 30 seconds Shrugs with free weights- 30 seconds Repeat 3 times Hand plank: foot to hand- 30 seconds Russian twist with free weight- 30 seconds Repeat 3 times Opposite curl-30 seconds Diagonal shoul...

We did it! Yesterday Jake and I completed the Indianapolis Sprint Duathlon. It was my birthday present from Jake- and if you ask me it was the BEST birthday present. It was my 3rd duathlon and Jake's 1st. Competing it together was awesome and we can't wait to do more. My parent's drove up at 5am to watch Scarlett for us- which we were so thankful for. It would have been a long morning for her at the race. THANKS MIMI AND PA! Here is a recap of how it all went down! 5:00am UP Jake walked JJ and I had coffee and a banana and watched the news 6:15am: My parents arrived 6:30am: Headed out 7:00am: Arrived at Eagle Creek and set up 8:00AM Start 2 Mile run Krista: 15.14 Jake: 16.05 Jake and I started together and I sped ahead. We both knew I would push it harder than I should in the first run and Jake likes to take it easy at the beginning. I felt really good during this run so I decided just to give it all I had. I blew past all the girls at the end a...