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Friday Five Link Up: Fitness Snapshots

7/10/2014

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Another Friday, another great linkup! I had so much fun last week, I am coming back for more!
Thanks to our amazing hostesses with the mostesses (yes, I just made up a word!): the DC Trifecta Bloggers (Courtney from Eat Pray Run DC, Mar from Mar on the Run, and Cynthia from You Signed Up For What?!)

So we are supposed to talk about 5 Fitness Snapshots, well I am a hot mess when I work out (my clothes don't match, I'm sleepy, my hair is a mess, not to mention they would all be selfies if I took pics) so instead of posting pics of me actually working out, I am going to review a new Core Workout I have created based off of the 30 day Ab Challenge I did last month and linking to videos of correct form and then show you some fitness shots too! I saw great results very quickly from the 30 day Challenge so I am adding this to my routine every day and hopefully will see small results by my Vegas trip next week!

It involves 5 separate exercises: 
  • Squats
  • Crunches
  • Russian Twists
  • Planks
  • Leg raises

Overall, it is a pretty simple routine:
  • 50 squats (with 5 lb weights)
  • 50 crunches
  • 50 oblique crunches (25 each side)
  • 50 Russian Twists (with 1 5 lb weight)
  • 30 sec plank
  • 15 sec side plank (both left and right)
  • 30 leg raises

My goal is to be able to do all of these back to back without stopping, however I am not there yet. I have to stop in between each exercise for a rest (no one ever said working out is easy!) Hopefully I can get there soon! Once that becomes easy, I will be upping the reps of all exercises. 

So I attached videos to all of the moves so you can review what those terms mean and proper form. 

I personally do this routine at night while watching television. it keeps me from being a bum on the couch, and in reality keeps me from falling asleep too early. 

So give it a try and let me know what you think!! 

But so I don't get kicked out of the fun party, here are 5 fitness related snapshots from the week!

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Workout clothes! Notice the theme ;)
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My best friends for the week. My rollers haven't left my side yet
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My other friends of the week. Trying to get back into weights. 5lbs is a good starting weight
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Where I do most of my long runs. I did 9.5 miles there on Sunday (1 lap is 3.1 miles)
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My fitbit. I'm getting pretty good steps this week (95,000+ but that is including my 9.5 mile run on Sunday so it's a bit inflated)
12 Comments
M @readeatwriterun link
7/10/2014 08:00:00 pm

Running at the Rose Bowl must be so cool!

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Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner link
7/10/2014 10:29:19 pm

Sounds like you are in a good place. Have a great weekend

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John @ run. geek. run(disney. link
7/10/2014 11:01:54 pm

Love the pics. I'd love to go running at the Rose Bowl. Very cool.

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Mar @ Mar on the Run link
7/11/2014 12:29:28 am

running at the Rose Bowl - nice!!

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Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC link
7/11/2014 01:14:28 am

running at the rose bowl is awesome! and no worries about getting kicked out of the party -- following the theme is optional :)

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Haley @ Running with Diapers link
7/11/2014 01:16:43 am

That's so awesome that you run at the Rose Bowl.
good luck with your adapted fitness routine and have fun in Vegas!!!

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Juliana Calhoun
7/11/2014 03:18:56 am

It is! But it can get tricky on weekends with events as they won't allow you to run before concerts and football games (UCLA plays there)

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Juliana Calhoun
7/11/2014 03:19:42 am

It's so motivating to see everyone else running and walking and biking too!

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Juliana Calhoun
7/11/2014 03:20:19 am

I like the theme though-too bad the pics I took, I looked a mess haha

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Momshomerun link
7/12/2014 05:28:11 pm

I've been thinking about getting one of those bands to count my steps. Do they really work accurately? I know you're supposed to take at least 10.000 steps per day.

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Jennifer link
7/13/2014 12:31:26 am

So cool you can run at the Rose Bowl!

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Juliana Calhoun
7/13/2014 01:54:57 am

I really like mine but I'm not totally sure how accurate it is for mileage. Steps seems to be good though. For example, I did a 3.1 mile run on Thursday but it only says I did 2.7.

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