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Today’s Workout

35 minutes on the bike

It was just enough to work up a sweat and get blood and stagnation moving, but not so intense that I am going to burn out.

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Today is Day 9 and suddenly I am doing much more physical activity than my body is used to. I want to make sure I am being wise and thinking about sustainability and finishing this challenge with success.

The first thing I did to ensure that I could complete this challenge was to start with a rather easy goal, which was to just get 30 minutes of exercise in a day. If you have been reading my daily blogs you can see that I am by far exceeding that goal.

Here is the funny thing, when you make the goal a mini goal it gives confidence that it can be completed. Then, once you get moving it feels like…”Hey, I can go a little bit longer”, and so you do. That is an exhilarating feeling.

Here is a potential downside to be aware of: BURN OUT!!! If you are constantly GO GO GO…  you can potentially injure yourself, exhaust yourself, or just give up on the goal altogether because you are pushing too hard too soon. The best way to remedy that possibility is to give yourself an active recovery day.

Active meaning that you are still moving your body, but the intensity and/or duration is reduced. The average guideline for a recovery day is approximately once a week. However, for some it may be more frequent and for others less often.  Each person is unique and their level of fitness recovery varies GREATLY. This is a very personal and intuitive choice. Only you know what the right recovery is for you.

Here are some suggestions to stay active while still allowing you muscles to recover via easy exercise:

• easy swimming
• walking
• leisure biking
• gardening
• light housework
• turning up the music and casual free style dancing

The point is: You can still move and take it easy on a recovery day! In addition to mild physical activity there are other modalities that can really support and accelerate the recovery process.

Here are My Top 10 personal favorite ways to enhance my workout recovery

• An easy walk
• A hot soak in the jacuzzi
• Sauna
• Massage
• Easy stretching
• Lots of water
• Green Juice
• Eating 80/10/10 style (especially laying off fat and salt)
• Getting an extra hour of rest
• lounging by the pool soaking up some sun (this just feels sooooo healing)

Today just felt like it was best to do an active recovery day and I just took it easy. Sometimes, when you give yourself permission to take it easy you find yourself fired up for the following day and eager to get moving again. Plus I know that tomorrow is an intense workout day and I want to be fresh and ready!

What ways do you like to support your workout recovery?

Back to school and doing my ABC’s all over again in a whole new way! Instead of the pencil and paper I am using my body! 😉

I chose to focus on cardio today because I still felt pretty sore from the workouts earlier in the week. I feel it is important to flush the body with circulation to workout all the lactic acid and to bring blood flow to all the sore muscles so they can heal faster.

In the video I shared that I wrote out a brainstorming list of all the fun ways I wanted to move and exercise my body. I thought I’d share some of the things that were on my list here.

1. Pilates
2. Power Yoga
3. 5 K race with my kids
4. Zumba (there is a local upcoming event called Zumba in da Club that I might hit up too)
5. Kettlebell (did this with Naim on Day 5)
6. Rollerskating (did that with Julia on Day 2)
7. Surfing (I practiced in the pool on Day 4)
8. Bike riding along the beach
9. Hiking (while the weather is amazing) even better if it is a wild edibles hike 😉
10. Playing on my kids Ripstik
11. Belly dance
12. Gymnastics
13. Play on the rings and bars on Santa Monica beach
14. Kayak
15. Hula hoop workout (this sounds silly, but I loved doing it as a child and I have no idea how a hula hoop workout looks like)
16. Strip tease/pole
17. Acro yoga/ Partner Yoga ( I like using my kids on some of the acro yoga poses, but they insist they are too grown up to play like that)
18. Pussycat Dolls Workout/ Burlesque style dancing
19. Athletic Sex/Tantra  (this one is on a waiting list until I am in a committed relationship)
20. Climb the Stairs in Laguna Beach
21. Boot camp
22. Obstacle Course
23. Capeoira
24. Brazilian Booty (I wanna do this with my friend, Teresa Jordan who says she goes to THE BEST class for this)
25. Swing on a Trapeze (I may save this for when my muscles are stronger and I can do more)
26. Kite surf
27. Wind surf
28. Wake board
29. Snowboard (this will have to wait until the season is calling my name)
30. JUST dance …swing, salsa, bollywood, etc…. any or all of the above I am DOWN!!!

Today’s Workout:
60 min elliptical
60 min belly dancing class
30 min walk

What did you do today?

See  ya!

Lori

Dancing is ABSOLUTELY my favorite way to get in a cardio workout! The Pussycat Dolls Workout is something that I can see my girlfriends and I getting together and having a good laugh while we learn the moves to this workout.

I love the sexy hot bodies, I love the music, I love the cocky vibe, I love the skimpy outfits that show long and lean muscles.

This workout screams, “I am sexy and I know it!” It really has a lot to do with your attitude and how confident you are in your own skin. Body confidence is something I have struggled with over the years and just this workout alone seems to get me FEELING like a hot mama!

I love that this is a home workout that I can practice in the privacy of my own home without feeling that eyes are on me. I get to just let go, be goofy and enjoy my own sexiness. This workout is huge on cardio, coordination and rhythm.

Today’s Workout
30 min walk w/ my son, Alex and dog, Hailee.
Pussycat Dolls Workout

What did you do today?

Until tomorrow,

Lori

10 Reasons Why I LOVE Yoga! 

1. It is super efficient by incorporating cardio, flexibility, and strength all in one workout
2. It can never be mastered, there is always another level
3. It is appropriate for every stage of life. I see myself practicing yoga for the rest of my life.
4. It requires presence which stops the mental chatter
5. Each session completes with a feeling of peace and over-all well being
6. It balances my body from other athletic activities and even makes me better at all the activities and sports I do
7. It heals injuries, and gives you deep muscle work that no massage therapist could ever get to the degree that you can in a pose.
8. It opens me up physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
9. It takes the “fight” out of me and I feel resilient to outside influences.
10. It has integrity and the focus is not on looking good, but FEELING GOOD.

I absolutely love efficiency and I was thrilled to learn that kettle bell training hits cardio, flexibility, and strength training all in one awesome workout. PERFECT! I was amazed by how challenging the cardio was and I will find out how sore I am tomorrow! 😉

Training indoors couldn’t have happened on a better day considering it was gloomy. We had thunder and raining throughout the day.

Today is also a holiday and many of you have the day off with family. Rather than sit down and binge on food all day, how many of you are out being active? I am considering making fitness challenges for all my typical holiday celebrations (like Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, etc)  to get the focus off food and onto healthy fun! I am turning a new leaf on family tradition and starting my own!

Today’s Workout

Kettlebell Training Session with Naim Tinahui
Walk up the the hill 5x

I absolutely love training with Naim. He is gentle, yet tough. He doesn’t give into my whimpering and always follows it up with a positive affirmation that I CAN DO IT! A stellar trait of any personal trainer!

If you have any questions regarding this type of training or any physical training hit him up on the link above! He is down to answer your questions!

What did you do today? Post your workout below!

See ya tomorrow,

Lori