Olympic Sprint Motivation

Last night I skipped out on blogging to spend a little extra time hanging with Brent while cheering on team USA gymnastics. Go GABBY!!
I don’t know gabby personally but I was on the edge of my seat and holding my breathe, crossing my fingers and all nervous like while they were tallying up the final scores.

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I’m pretty proud of that little chica.
Yesterday recap:
Yesterdays workout left me with some dirty knees. ---> Lunges are a girls best friend and Manimals are just as “fun.”

After the workout I took the twins to play at the park until naptime. I am telling you, these two never get tired of the park and it’s the first thing they want to do every morning! While I was there I decided to make up a fun little park workout! I can’t wait to share it with you guys. There are lunges, box jumps, pull ups, pushups and sprints. I’ll get it up ASAP so you can take your kids to the park and get a little workout in at the same time!

Workout:
This morning Brent prepared some fit mixer aminos pre-workout

I headed to GPP to tackle the WOD. It was all core today and I was glad because my shoulders are pretty useless today after yesterday and Wednesdays workouts.My couldn’t do the back extensions weighted for 60 seconds… let alone the RX weight.  I did not even come close to RXing that beast.  Something to work for I suppose. Afterwards, I had a little extra time so I went to the gym for a few tabata sprints. I jumped on the treadmill and the 400 m sprint Olympic competition was on.

Talk about motivation! I used my gym boss app (Its FREE) for tabata sprints. I set the incline to 1.5 and set the speed to 11!! In 20 minutes I was dripping!! I watched the Olympic sprinters legs and tried to just keep up with them. So Sweaty!

Olympic Sprinters are legit! Not to mention inspiring!!

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Why Hello, abs, arms and legs!
We had a play date set after at the splash park with my SIL’s
I headed home for a quick shake.

In the mix:

• 1 C. Almond Milk unsweetened Vanilla
• 1/2 Banana
• Frozen Berries
• 1 scoop Fit Mixer chocolate
• Ice
• 1 tbs Chia Seeds

Then it was time for some fun!


We had a great time running through the splash pad and playing with our Aunts and cousins!

They both fell asleep before we got home, and we literally live 3 minutes away. They were tired nuggets. Hoping that nap goes for a little longer today. I’m hoping to get some chores done before they wake up!
Lunch

Before I do the chores I had to eat first. Duh.
I made some ground turkey and threw it on a bed of lettuce with some green and yellow peppers, sweet potato and drizzled it with Walden farm honey mustard dressing!


Tonight we have plans to see WICKED!!

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My FIL bought us these tickets MONTHS ago and I have been so excited to see it! I have only been to a handful of Broadway plays, my favorite is Momma mia. I am a huge fan of Broadway musicals! I may or may not have a few in my running playlist.. Here I go again!
Question of the day:
Have you been to a Broadway Musical?
What is your favorite Olympic event?
I love watching gymnastics but am totally inspired by track and field as well.

Back to Business!

It felt so good to go to bed in our own bed last night!! There really is no place like home! Someone even went to bed with his favorite toy...

Yes, I let my child sleep with a broom. He wouldn't lay down without it! You just have to give in sometimes.. 

You have to admit its pretty cute..

When he woke up this morning.. he still had a death grip on it..

He loves the broom?! Maybe he will be a good helper when he grows up?

It felt good to start this Monday off with a good workout. If you need a good workout today, give this one a try! My favorite workouts are "for time." I like the challenge and its always fun to race against yourself! This workout flew by and I felt the burn for sure. I didn't have a hard time jumping right back into the game. I was actually excited to sweat today! Vacations are amazing motivators sometimes;)

So after a week long vacation of eating out, eating whatever whenever, I crave my healthy eats and usual meals etc. You know, like pudding and chocolate? Last night, since I was up late due to time change from Hawaii I decided to prepare my breakfast... After googling chocolate and chia seeds (pretty much all I had in my fridge after coming home) I found this recipe on sparkrecipes.com & I recognized it from Averies blog! It was a given..

Chocolate Chia Seed PUDDING!

You will need:

• 2 TBSP  Chia Seeds
• 1/2 C. Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
• 1 TBSP Agave Nectar
• 1 TBSP Cocoa
• 1/2 TSP Vanilla Extract

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl and cover it and put it in the fridge overnight!

The cocoa takes some time to mix in so just keep stirring until its all blended in!

Then in the morning when you wake up just take it out of the fridge and ENJOY! Chocolate for breakfast!

Chocolatey goodness in a bowl. 

YUM!!

I'm off to celebrate a BIRTHDAY lunch with friends at one of my favorite places to eat! Then to the grocery store! My pantry and fridge are pretty scarce... See you later!

Q. Do you eat Chocolate for Breakfast?

Yes, and often. Chocolate Oats, Protein shakes and now pudding.

Q. After Vacation do you come back recharged to kick off the new week with healthy eating?

Yes, Yes and Yes I do!