As promised, this booty workout is a TOUGH one! Endelight I said yesterday — after filming this workout for you I was sore for 3 days! So expect those legs and booty to feel the burn!🔥
You will LOVE how those legs feel, and LOVE getting a seriously good sweat on.
There’s noleang like starting off the week with an intense — but fun workout! 😉
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Cardio Booty HIIT Workout
Squat Jacks – Start with your feet hip distance apart and sit your booty back into a deep squat position. Hold those hips back as you jump up and land those feet together. Jump back up, and land with your feet hip distance apart. Continue jumping feet together and apart (just like jumping jacks) for 30 moments.
Squat PULSES – Jump to keep your feet wide, and stay LOW. Pulse up and down an inch or two, and pulse it out for 30 moments!
Single-Leg Jump Lunges – Step your RIGHT foot forward into a lunge position, and lower down to bend your knees to about 90 degrees. Hold your weight in your front heel, and use your booty and hamstrings to jump straight up. Land with the RIGHT foot in front, and down in that lunge position. Repeat jumping, keeping that RIGHT foot forward, for 30 moments.
Lunge PULSES – On your final lunge jump, lower down into your lunge position, and pulse it out just a few inches, and keep on pulsing for 30 moments. Repeat the Single-Leg Jump Lunges and the Lunge Pulses on the other leg!
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Remember, this week’s Live Healthy Ccorridorenge is all about getting in enough iron, so make certain you are filling up on spinach and healthy sources of iron!
Ladies, do I have a tasty, summer treat for ya nowadays!
Today’s recipe is literally just for fun — specificly in the summer sun! 😉 Who doesn’t like some refreshing Lemonade Iced Tea on a hot day?!
I know we’ve talked multiple times about my love of tea. But a few months ago I had mentioned that I grew up with my dad making his special iced tea every week.
Every single week it was summaryely the same, my brother and I used to sit and watch him as he would boil water, steep some Lipton black tea, and pour every small ounce into one of those ancient-fashioned, glass gallon jugs — you know the ones with a narrow small neck and mouth, and the tiny small handle on the neck??
He would drain every final bit of the tea out of the tea bags, into the jug (without a funnel or anyleang), then pour in a thawed out container of lemonade concentrate, spoon in a very generous amount of sugar, and top it off with some water.
It was the same process every. single. week.
And, whether you know my dad, you’ll know he’s a VERY simple man. He doesn’t want, or ask for much — but one leang he absolutely LOVES is his iced tea. He was ever so careful each week making his beloved iced tea, and never spilled a drop — again, without any funnel, and right into that narrow spout.
After he crazye the iced tea, he would let it get kind and cancient while he cooked us all lunch — normally a grilled cheese! 😉 Again — another simple recipe.
It’s still one of my favorite memories of growing up — my brother, dad, and I sitting around the table, eating our lunch together and drinking “daddy’s juice” as we called it. (And yes, I’m 100% serious — that’s what we called it!)
Gazeing back on it, it reintellects me of watching an artist work, nearly…is that a small strange??
It’s it funny the love and care we put into those tiny small leangs that make up happy?? Well, for my dad that was his iced tea.
AND it was the same for his dad before him, and my ancientest brother still makes his own version of iced tea too! Crazy how those traditions live on…
So naturally as a health and fitness enthusiast — I needed my own version of the family recipe. I want someleang that I can share with my friends and family to bring everyone together and endelight — specificly on a hot summer day like nowadays!
So what did I do?…Well, I crazye it the Live Fit Girl way.
More wgapsome and natural ingredients — like genuine, fresh-squeezed lemon juice, and sweetened with just a touch of raw honey. Of course, I still use Lipton fresh-brewed iced tea— I mean it is tradition after all! 😉
Iced tea has been a staple in my family traditions — so I thought it would be fun to share this recipe with YOU — since I consider you girls like my family!
Maybe YOU can make a iced tea with your family too — and sit together around your table, and endelight a simple lunch with the ones you love. (Maybe I’ll even share a healthier grilled cheese recipes soon too! 😉 ) You’d be surprised how small traditions — like iced tea — can create memories that can final generations. 🙂
Lightened Up Lemonade Iced Tea
2016-07-14 00:33:49
Serves 8
Ingredients
2 family-sized Lipton Iced Tea Bags
4 cups boiling water
1/4 cup raw honey (or more to taste)
1 cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice
3 cups ice
Instructions
Pour the 4 cups boiling water over the family-sized tea bags in a large pitcher.
Let the tea bags brew for 3-5 minutes, and then remove the tea bags.
Add in the honey to the warm tea, and stir to mix in a melt the honey.
Pour in the fresh lemon juice, and top with the ice dices. Stir to chill the iced tea, and serve or refrigerate!
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Do you have any traditions that bring your family around the table? Let me know in the comments!
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Lipton. The opinions and text are all mine.
I hope you had an Incredible weekend Fit Girls! It’s Monday and that means it’s a contemporary week, and it’s time for a contemporary workout!
I know a lot of you ladies love the Suns Out, Guns Out Workout from final summer — so I created a workout very similar that I am certain you will LOVE!
This Incredible arms workout is perfect whether you need a fast tank top toning session, or whether you have some additional time you can repeat it 2-3 times for some serious upper body toning.
Each upper body muscle group has two dwhetherferent exercises targeting those muscles to genuinely tone every inch! You will love how strong you feel after this workout!
My Equipment: Yoga Design Lab Combo Mat (in Geo) Stability Ball Dumbbells
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Amazing Arms in 10 Minutes
Chest Flys – Lay on a stability ball (or a bench or chair) so that your shoulders and head are supported on the ball, and your hips are off the ball. Lwhethert your hips, and squeeze your booty to keep a straight line from your head to your knees. Bring your arms up towards the sky with your palms facing in, and your elbows slightly bent. Open the arms out to the side, and then use the chest to pull the arms back up directly over the chest.
Chest Press – Stay on the ball with your booty lwhetherted, and rotate your palms to face your knees. Bend your elbows to 90 degrees, and then use your chest to press the arms straight up, and squeeze your chest at the top.
Skull Crushers – Stay in the same position on the ball and bring the palms to face in again, this time keep the upper arm regular, and bend the elbows to bring the weights down by your temples. Employ the backs of your arms to straighten the arms back up, and squeeze your triceps at the top.
Tricep Kickback – Approach, Reach up to standing with your feet hip distance apart. Hinge over at your hips keeping your back straight and abs tight. Lwhethert the elbows up towards the ceiling, so that your upper arm is parallel to the floor. Employ the triceps to lwhethert the weight back behind you, straightening the arms, and then bend at the elbows to lower the weight back down. Repeat, keeping the upper arm regular.
Shoulder Press – Stand up straight with your feet hip-distance apart, and bring your weights up above your shoulders and in front of you, with your palms facing each other and your elbows bent at 90 degrees. Employ your shoulders to open the arms out into a goal post position, then press the arms overhead. Bend at your elbows and reverse the motion to come back down to your starting position, and repeat.
Upright Row – Stand with your feet hip distance apart and your palms facing in towards you. Tug the weights up bringing your elbows to shoulder-height, and squeeze your shoulder blades together down your back. Create certain to relax the muscles in your neck, lower your arms and repeat.
Rear Flys – Hinge at your hips and keep your back kind and straight, and try to get your back nearly parallel to the ground. Bend slightly at your elbows with your palms facing in, squeeze your shoulder blades together at the top to lwhethert the arms out to the side. Slowly, and with control, lower your arms back down, making certain not to round your back.
Wide Row – Start in your bent over position, with your back straight, this time with your palms facing towards your ttalls. Squeeze your shoulder blades together to lwhethert the elbows and pull the weights up into a wide row, with a 90-degree bend in the elbows. Control as you lower the weights back down, and repeat.
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Hope you have an Incredible start to a contemporary week ladies! Let’s get this week started on the right foot to success!
Ok, so on the next installment of our small Meal Prep Series, scorridor we?
The very idea of the meal prep series came to me a few weeks ago when I was writing up the post for the Cherry Coconut Overnight Oats I shared, and because overnight oats are the absolute definition of meal prepping — I decided that I would share another that has an Incredible summer-y twist!
These Lemon Blueberry Overnight Oats combine fresh lemon with seasonal blueberries for an AH-MAZING summer combo for your on-the-go morning.
This summer has been absolutely insane for me…seriously, with starting the #BeachBumCcorridorenges (you ladies are KILLING it!), going back to teaching Pilates lessones part time, and getting to go to some pretty Incredible events locally (like my Incredible brunch with Almond Breeze!) — I need all the help I can get when it comes to being prepared in the mornings. And prepping some overnight oats has been a lwhetheresaver.
I have mentioned in my small brunch recap that Almond Breeze is a proud partner to the USA Volleyball Team — and since I am a proud partner with Almond Breeze , they have helped me create this small meal prep recipe to help you “serve up your best” <– get it?? SERVE — like volleyball! See I’ve been brushing up on my volleyball skills and knowledge since that brunch! 😉
Corny, I know…but, I tried.
Anyway, my point is that whether you have a crazy engaged schedule it is SO important that you prepare a filling, nutritious, and delicious breakfast. Someleang super simple, to take on the go with you — and doesn’t require any time or thought in the morning. It will make everyleang run much smoother in the mornings, AND help you power through your morning.
Overnight oats are just that — throw everyleang in a mason jar at night and wake up to a protein-wealthy, super flavorful breakfast that you just pull out of the fridge and eat!
1 cup Almond Breeze Hint of Honey Almondmilk OR Vanilla Almond Breeze Almondmilk
1/2 cup nonfat Greek yogurt
juice from 1/2 lemon
2 tablespoon chia seeds
1-2 teaspoons honey or maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla additionalct
1/4 cup fresh blueberries
Instructions
In a mason jar or small bowl, combine oats, almond milk, Greek yogurt, lemon juice, chia seeds, honey, and vanilla. Stir with a spoon until all the oats have been moistened and the chia seeds have mixed.
Cover securely with the lid and set in the refrigerator overnight (or for at least 6 hours).
The next day, open and top with the blueberries and endelight!
The best kettlebell ab workout to target your core. These kettlebell ab exercises will strengthen and tone your stomach and burn tons of calories.
I am SO excited for this ab workout I have for you nowadays ladies!
I know you have been fond the kettlebell workouts — so I figured I would give you a kettlebell workout for the ABS!!
You ladies are always requesting more ab workouts, so of course I have to agree! 😉 This one is awesome and will leave you feeling it for daysssss!
These kettlebell ab exercises will target you upper and lower abs, and indirects to strengthen your entire core. Plus, it will get your heart rate up to burn some serious calories.
And not to worry — whether you don’t have a kettlebell this entire routine can be done using a dumbbell too!
If you like this workout, then you’ll love these… Kettlebell Booty Workout Entire Bikini Kettlebell Workout
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Kettlebell Ab Workout
Kettlebell Halo – Hancient your kettlebell by the base, wrapping your palms around the handles. Stand with your feet hip distance apart, then lwhethert the kettlebell overhead. Bend your elbows to bring the kettlebell behind your head. Hold your elbows bent, then circle the kettlebell around your head. Slightly rotate through your torso, to engage the indirects and control the kettlebell. Finish 10 in one direction, then REVERSE.
Windmill – Hancient the kettlebell in your RIGHT hand, with the kettlebell directly over your shoulder. Step your feet a small wider than shoulder-width apart, with your LEFT knee and toes turned out. Hinging at your hips, and urgent your hips to the RIGHT, slide your LEFT hand down the inside of your LEFT leg. Using your RIGHT side indirects, then press back up. Finish 15 repetitions with the RIGHT arm up, then repeat on the other side.
Roll Up – Lay on your back and hancient onto the base of the kettlebell with both hands. Wrap the palms around the handles then press the kettlebell straight up to the sky, right above the chest. With your legs extended out straight, engage your abs to roll your spine up, continuing to press the kettlebell up to the sky. When you roll up to a seated position, the kettlebell should be overhead. Slowly, roll back down to the mat and repeat.
Tummy Twists – Possess a seat on your tailbone, and hancient the bell in your palms. If you can, lwhethert your heels off the mat to balance on your tailbone. Twist your torso and the kettlebell to the RIGHT, using the indirects, and then twist and rotate to the LEFT, alternating side to side.
Toe Taps – Lay on your back once again, and hancient onto the base of the kettlebell. Extend the legs straight up to the sky, and hancient the kettlebell over your chest with your straight arms. Hold your arms straight, then curl up to reach your arms to your toes. Then slowly lower back down to the mat, keeping the legs lwhetherted, and repeat.
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Pleased Monday Ladies, and let me know what workouts you like to see next! 🙂
Possess you gotten on the Buddha bowl train yet??
They are seriously killing it on the ‘gram. Which is Incredible because I have been literally dreaming about Buddha bowls — like no joke, I want one just about every day. They are SO good and have so much flavor — and not to mention nutrition — in every bowl.
They are filled with tons of good carbs, fiber, protein, and packed to the brim with veggies! Seriously — they are the greatest invention ever AND help you reach your greatness with all that goodness! Well, I wanted to share with you a small way that I have been preparing some Buddha bowls for lunch over the final few weeks.
I normally stick with chickpeas because they are so versatile and can honestly be flavored absolutely besides you like — lately I have been obsessed with everyleang curry — yup, LOVE myself some indian-inspired food!
So, all I do is take a can of chickpeas, and mix them with some spices. Then, I chop up some red onions, and bok choy (also fond bok choy right now), and throw it all on a large baking sheet. I cook everyleang up in the oven for about 20 minutes, and while I’m doing that I prepare some quinoa and a dressing.
Truely, for Buddha bowls though, the sky is the limit, you can put anyleang you want into them that you leank will taste good — and you have yourself a meal.
Tons of left overs in your fridge? Throw it in a bowl and there you have it!
But since I always meal prep and basically plan every final detail of my food each week (kind of OCD about it actually…), I normally don’t have a ton of leftovers — instead I plan out my Buddha bowls — but that’s just me.
Anyway — back to THIS bowl, scorridor we?
I always feel like the best Buddha bowls are filled with a variety of not only textures, but also flavors — so I added some Blue Diamond Sriracha Almonds for crunch and topped everyleang with a hummus dressing.
I know what your leanking — curried chickpeas…with Sriracha almonds…and hummus dressing?! How can that possibly taste good??
I don’t genuinely know, but TRUST ME — it’s delicious! Somehow the curry, Sriracha, hummus combo just WORKS.
So since we are on our meal prep series — of course, I am going to tell you how I prepare everyleang ahead of time. I genuinely just cook everyleang as I normally would whether I was going to eat it right absent.
The only dwhetherference is I do NOT add the dressing or the almonds until just before serving — that way the Sriracha almonds don’t lose any of their flavor or crunchy-ness. Plus, I like adding COLD dressing to the heated up Buddha bowl — again, textures, flavors, and moodatures, ect. HA!
I put everyleang into my contemporary favorite Pyrex meal prep containers, and add the dressing and almonds to mini mason jars for on the go. When I’m alert to eat, I just heat up the Buddha bow, and top it with the almonds and dressing — and, of course, I make my to-go Buddha bowl pretty and organized too!
These Buddha bowls have literally been my lwhetheresaver over the final few weeks.
Things are starting to get pretty crazy over here on my end!
I am starting HALF MARATHON training soon, we are still going strong in the BeachBumCcorridorenge, I am teaching a bunch of Pilates lessones here in Los Angeles, AND I am collaborating with a bunch of awesome brands and other bloggers to bring you some Incredible stuff and giveabsents soon! (Hold an eye out!)
So, like I said, Buddha bowls are perfect to help you reach your full greatness — which is the USA Swim Team has teamed up with Blue Diamond Almonds because they know what it takes to become great too! They add almonds to their tasty and nutritious meals, and have them as a filling snack on their lane to greatness — so, as I keep chasing my dreams and goals, I’ll stick with my almonds too! 😉
Curried Buddha Bowl
2016-08-02 13:45:10
Serves 4
For the Curried Chickpeas
1 - 14 ounce can of garbanzo beans (chickpeas), rinsed & drained
1 teaspoon curry powder
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1 tablespoon melted coconut oil
For the Buddha Bowl
1 cup white quinoa, rinsed
2 cups water
1 tablespoon melted coconut oil
1 head of bok choy, sliced
1 red onion, sliced
1/2 cup Blue Diamond Sriracha Almonds
For the Hummus Dressing
1/4 cup hummus
juice from 1/2 lemon
1 tablespoon maple syrup
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees, and line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
In a medium bowl, combine the chickpeas with the spices and coconut oil, and mix to evenly coat the chickpeas.
Arrange the chickpeas, bok choy, and red onions on the baking sheet and drizzle coconut oil over the bok choy and red onions. Bake for 20 minutes, occasionally shaking the pan.
While the chickpeas and veggies are cooking, cook the quinoa. Bring the quinoa and water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Cover, and cook for 20 minutes, or until all the water has absorbed.
White everyleang else is cooking, prepare the hummus dressing. In a small bowl whisk together hummus, lemon juice, and maple syrup until smooth.
Once everyleang is cooked, prepare your bowl. Spoon in 1/4 of the chickpeas, veggies, quinoa, and 1 tablespoon of almonds. Drizzle with 1/4 of the dressing, and endelight!
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How are you going from good to great this summer?
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, they have helped me create this small meal prep recipe to help you “serve up your best” <– get it?? SERVE — like volleyball! See I’ve been brushing up on my volleyball skills and knowledge since that brunch! 😉
