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Don’t Skip The Gym On Vacation – Skip Rope

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 12:00:35 +0000

A vacation is a great excuse to leave your responsibilities at home, nothing feels better than turning off the emails and letting your phone go to voicemail while you sip pina coladas by the pool. Am I right? But there’s one thing that shouldn’t take a holiday, and that’s your health and fitness. Taking a week off from working out can throw you off your game, mentally and physically, and it makes it 10x harder to go back to your routine once you return home. Believe me, I have been there! Many people think I am crazy because I make working out such a priority when I am vacationing. Maybe I am crazy but I just find it a whole lot easier to stick with my workout program if I stay consistent. A few days/weeks off and I’m feeling lethargic in the gym or I may not even want to show up at all. So for me, it is much easier to get a few workouts in while I’m vacationing or traveling, so that it doesn’t throw everything off when I return home and back to my normal routine. That doesn’t mean you have to set aside an entire day during your vacation or even find […]

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No Excuse Workouts: HIT For Her

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 12:00:26 +0000

With holiday feasts and hectic travel schedules on the horizon, I thought it would be the perfect time to kick off a new fitness series to keep us feeling good even after we stuff our faces with copious amounts of glazed ham. I teamed up with Reebok Ambassador and Crossfit Coach/Regional Competitor, Andrea Ferry, to create some bad ass workouts that we can all do ANYWHERE we go, no excuses. So that we don’t have to feel guilty for gorging on Mom’s famous pecan pie on Christmas day. Our HIT (High Intensity Training) for Her sweat sesh is a great bodyweight workout to get your whole body moving from the legs to abs to shoulders. This workout was designed to get your heart rate up so that you can burn fat and tone your muscles in the shortest amount of time possible. If any of these exercises are too intense, just scale the number of repetitions or the rounds to find something that works well for you. The more you do these type of workouts, the easier they will become for you to get through. So be patient and stick with it and we promise you will see the results you are […]

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