Partying + oops + WORKOUT OF THE WEEK!

Someone at work brought in boston baked beans the other day — I always forget about those candies!
LOVE Skye’s little striped outfit — SO CUTE!!
I’m jealous of your warm weather! It’s still so damp and cold here! Come onnnnn, spring!

My struggle with any kind of workout lately is that my work schedule often has me “clopen” (close and then open the next day) so I am very unmotivated to do any workouts BUT I need to do them! Any advice? I love coffee memes, so if you foll W me on instagram I post one each morning. An account that has great coffee memes is the clever bean. Funny! Have a great day!

I love to spin, and cross train. Spin 2-3 times a week and cross train with yoga, pilates, shockwave and barre classes. This week tomorrow will be my hardest workout because I am going out of town for work to DC and staying the weekend. Hoping to see the cherry blossoms this time. Normally Saturdays are my hardest workout days – my favorite instructor teaches 3 classes, and I can’t make up my mind which class I like best so I go to them all – ha!
Podcasts I like are instarunners and runnerbeans- for running inspiration, the Dogist – cause dogs are great, and alexia clark – for exercise ideas (although she is a lot more advanced than I am). And HRG, of course!

I need to be better at cross training. Right now I’m doing a lot of swimming and small strength training stuff. I think my favorite way to cross train is doing hiit or pump classes. Stuff like that.

I am currently cross training 4 times a week: 3 lifting days and one day of a total body circuit. I tried spin and did not love it
My new favorite Instagram account is scarymommy. It’s hilarious!!
While I was pregnant my chest changed so often I ended up buying bras from Kohl’s since I could get them at a cheaper price. And I’m still in love with them. It’s their brand Vanity Fair. I also really love Somas bras.

I do not cross train as much as I should – but every second Wednesday I have Weight Room Supervision duty at school – so I tend to work out on the elliptical and do lots of weights/mobility exercises. Some teachers hate weight room duty – it is my absolute fave!

I like lots of instagrammers, too many to list but maybe you will like thepacinglife, kalynnicholson13, janyandpete, and rebeccaruns (which is totally me – shameless plug :-P)

Your mom looks awesome, her walking is really great. P.S. love that you called Skye, Brooke in the sleeping at church picture. My mother still calls me by my sisters name on occasion :)

You mean snuggle with Skye?? ;)

Ooh, not fantastic at cross training – haven’t gone spinning in a year but I am trying to be better about strength training.

I have speed workouts coming up tuesday/thursday so those will probably be the toughest ones for me.

Favourite instagram account – I don’t have one particular one but I love following athletes and landscape photographers.

Have a great Monday!

I love that people talk about rest days! They are crucial for recovery and overall success! It’s easy to get sucked into the “I have to grind everyday” but rest days are just as important! I took an impromptu rest day on Sunday because I got about 2 hours of sleep Saturday night and I knew my body needed rest more than anything else!

The hubs and I decided to sign up for the Carlsbad 5000 because we coincidentally happen to be in San Diego that weekend :) I may add in a little extra speed this week, probably on Tuesday and Thursday.

X training: i’m skiing a lot, AT (uphill), XC (cross country), and downhill (altho this is probably not all that helpful, except that legs and core get quite the workout). i’m also going to the gym 1x a week but i should really make that 2x a week.

i just started following Allie Kieffer’s instagram – i like it!

hardest run this week? probably a tempo run. i was thinking of using your tempo workout posted a couple weeks back and see where that takes me. then it’s the NYC half on Sunday!

Have you ever tried pushups on the spin bike when you’re out of saddle?

oh no, your TV – what happened? By the way, we had our gender reveal over the weekend, it was SO MUCH FUN and we can’t wait to welcome our little one in just a few months! time is really flying!!!! the party looks like such a blast, i am ready to eat some of those incredible looking strawberries right about now!

Cross training is everything to me. Because of a knee thing, I can only run twice a week right now–as I keep on figuring out how to manage arthritis more and more and gain better stability in the joint, I want to get back to what felt best–three times a week running. That said, I have ALWAYS been big on cross training…and especially spin! With arthritis as part of my life right know, the time I spend on the spincycle is more important than I can say; it allows for awesome low-impact cardio. It was also my first fitness love, tbh.

It’s funny that you posted a spin workout yesterday; I got notification from Les Mills–the exercise company whose programs I really love–that I am now fully certified to teach Les Mills RPM, which is a 45 min intervals-based spin class. Before I began training and preparing for certification, I would do RPM about 3-ish times per week, but now it’s more like I am on that bike 5 days a week! I love it so much! I also do a HIIT class on a spin bike twice a week that’s 30 minutes of intensity and awesomeness–Les Mills Sprint. I try to get in 1 dance fitness class a week (not more, because the jumping dance moves, the lateral moves, and all the twists and turns that can bug my knee), 2 strength sessions per week, and 2-3 Les Mills Body Flow classes per week (I am also certified to teach Flow, so these days that looks like 1 time per week at home on my mat as ‘practice’ and once a week teaching…).

It seems with exercise I am more of a generalist than a specialist! I will leave ‘specialist’ to my main profession (and professional aspirations)!!!

Boston Baked Beans? What is wrong with him?

I am obsessed with your dress…and your hair looks amazing!