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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Check this out

On Mark's Daily Apple today there was an article about how we may be secretly sabotaging our weight loss efforts inadvertantly...check it out, is this you? 

There was another interesting article in The Sydney Morning Herald about coconut oil and coconut water.  Read up and let us know what you think.  Do you use coconut oil and/or coconut water?  Where do you buy yours, which is your favorite?

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

This Week's Workouts 10/27-11/3/12

Long Hike/Walk

1 Hour or longer

Lift Day

10 Burpee Box Jumps

10 Push Press with Dumbbells

10 Sumo Deadlift High Pulls with Kettlebell

As many rounds as possible in 10 min.

Long Hike/Walk

1 Hour or longer

Lift Day


Tabata: 20 seconds work, 10 seconds rest, 5 moves, 2 minutes each move

Jump Squats

Sit-Ups

Triceps Dips

Jumping Lunges

Push Ups

Sprints

Find a long set of stairs and go up as fast as you can, walk down
walk until you have caught your breath
go up as fast as you can again, walk down

10 min. or longer depending on how long the set of stairs is

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

This Week's Workouts 10/21-10/27/12

Long Hike/Walk

1 Hour or longer

Sprints

Stair Sprints
Warm up by quickly going up the stairs and walk down, twice
Quick steps up, walk down, twice
Bound or skep steps up, walk down, twice
Hop with both feet together up, walk down, once
Hop on left foot up, walk down, once
Finish by doing quick steps up, and walk down

Long Hike/Walk

1 Hour or longer

Lift Day


10 Knees to Elbows (See link for instructions - you can adapt this by lying on a mat on your back, arms above your head and pull your knees up to your elbows or as high as possible)

10 Handstand Push Ups (See link for adaptations - we used knees on a box/chair)

10 Box Jumps (See link for adaptations - we use a landscape irrigation box for ours)

As many rounds as possible in 10 minutes

*We are repeating this workout this week because none of us got to do it last week, we all had something else going on.

Long Hike/Walk

1 Hour or longer

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Check this out

Here is an interesting article about parenting.  It discusses some of the very things Anne-Marie and I were talking about on one of our recent hikes.  We all hope we are doing the best job we can with our kids and that they will turn out alright.  Maybe this article will allow us to be less stressed about parenting and know that we are...Raising Successful Children

Another related video that Anne-Marie stumbled on this week talks about The Surprise Benefits of the Paleo Diet, check it out.

There is a good Jump Rope Workout video there as well.

This Week's Workouts 10/14-10/20/12

Long Hike/Walk

1 Hour or longer

Sprints

Sprint between landmarks (streetlights, mailboxed, trees, etc.) up a hill
Sprint to one, walk to the next
Walk back down the hill

Repeat for 10 minutes

Lift Day

10 Knees to Elbows
10 Handstand Push Ups
10 Box Jumps

As many rounds as possible in 10 minutes

Long Hike/Walk
1 Hour or longer

Lift Day

10 Hang Cleans with Dumbbells
10 Push Press with Dumbbells
10 Front Squats with Dumbbells

4 rounds or 10 minutes of work
 

Thursday, October 11, 2012

This Week's Workouts 10/7-10/13/12

Long Hike/Walk

1 Hour or longer

Sprints

Sprint between landmarks (streetlights, mailboxed, trees, etc.) up a hill
Sprint to one, walk to the next
Walk back down the hill

Repeat for 10 minutes

Lift Day

10 Sit Ups
2 Pull-Ups
10 Broad Jumps

As many rounds as possible in 10 minutes

Long Hike/Walk

1 Hour or longer

Lift Day

Tabata Jump Rope
Jump for 20 seconds, rest for 10 seconds
Alternate with left foot only, right foot only, alternating feet, double unders

Repeat for 10 minutes

Check this out

Here are some articles that caught our attention this week:

Mark Sisson's Why You Shouldn't Burn More Burn More Than 4,000 Calories a Week Through Exercise

CBS This Morning report Modern wheat a "perfect, chronic poison," doctor says

Chris Kresser's The Nitrate and Nitrite Myth: Another Reason not to Fear Bacon and The Gluten-Thyroid Connection

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Dinner Last Night

Last night I made two recipes out of Sarah Fragoso's new book Everyday Paleo Family Cookbook.  I made the Best Ever Chicken Wings (I substituted drumsticks) and Riced Cauliflower.  The chicken had a glaze of ginger, soy sauce (Bragg Liquid Aminos) and sesame oil.  It was crispy and delicious.  The rice was more like traditional fried rice and both were super easy and super tasty!

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Excuse of the Week

I don't have time to exercise.

This Week's Workouts 9/30 - 10/6/12

Long Hike/Walk

1 Hour or longer

Sprints

Sprint the length of an open field
Walk back
Sprint up the stairs
Walk back

Repeat for 10 minutes

Lift Day

10 Sit-Ups
2 Pull-Ups
10 Broad Jumps

As many rounds as possible in 10 minutes

Long Hike/Walk

1 Hour or longer

Lift Day

10 Kettlebell Swings
5 Pull-Ups
10 Box Jumps
10 Air Squats
10 Elbow Dips

3 rounds or 10 minutes