Fit For School|| fun workout ideas!

Hi guys this is the second post in this series and quite awhile ago I posted a fitness routine/workout stuff that had ideas on it for how to workout so I guess you can call this a more updated version! I will post what I had originally posted a few months ago and then add on to it also so you have double the workout ideas! So lets get started with week 2 of our fitness journey! For those of you that are new to this blog I am currently in the process of getting in shape to go back to school and what better time than summer?!? So here I have included some workouts you can try at home and the gym and then some fun ab workouts because who doesn't love a good ab workout?! So lets go!!!

1. I LOVE doing Zumba videos- I will search songs that are popular on the radio and look for a Zumba routine to do and I will do about 7 songs and that will be my workout for the day followed by my 5 minute ab workout* that I do every night! 
2. Run, run, run! Okay I am not the biggest fan of running but I will try and run a mile around my neighborhood and then come inside and do the 5 minute abs* along with some lunges while holding two 5lb dumbbells and then also doing some squats!      
3. Lately I have really been enjoying some walks in the park with one of my friends, we will meet at the park in the morning and talk about stuff and just walk and sometimes even run and then after every couple yards we will do some crunches or some push-ups of some squats to just get everything all toned up! 

For the gym workouts-

1. I like to warm up with 10-15 minutes of cardio so either the treadmill or the elliptical. After that I will head over to the bike machines and do about 3 miles worth of biking. After my legs are feeling nice and tired I will go and work on my shoulders and arms; pull ups and push ups! 
2. Once again after warming up with 10-15 minutes of cardio I will head right back on to the elliptical. I like sometimes to just do cardio for the entire workout and then follow it up with five minute abs* and so this workout is really easy because YOU pick what machines and what cardio you would like to do! 
3. Check out you local gyms and see what kind of classes they offer for example my gym offers yoga on Mondays and Wednesdays and those are great classes because you can run before the class and then head on into yoga after a mile or so and yoga is so beneficial for your body! 

*My 5 minutes abs:

:30 Russian Twists

:30 Heal Taps 

:30 Crunches making sure to get shoulder blades off the floor!

:30 Crunches touching right elbow to left knee

:30 Crunches touching left elbow to right knee

:30 Leg Lifts

:30 Seconds of flutter kicks

:30 REST

1:00 PLANK

Another fun ab work out that I have been really enjoying is called 10,8,6,4,2, basically what you are doing is executing several different types of crunches 10 times for each type of crunch then 8 then so on and so on. The crunches go like this:

• The first crunch your right foot is on top of your left foot 
• The second crunch you switch your feet so left is on top of right
• Both of your feet are down on the ground
• Scissor crunches alternating legs
• Rows 
• And then ending with full crunches 

And then once you have done 10 of each you will repeat with 8 of each and then decrease! It really gives you a nice burn and then after that I would recommend doing a 1 minute plank so that you are working both upper and lower abs! 

I really hope you all are enjoying summer and I will talk to you lovelys soon!!

Xoxo

Kait 

Fit for School|| healthy snacks + drinks

Hi guys this begins my 3 week installment of my back to school fitness. Now I am not one that is excited to go back to school whatsoever. However, I do plan on getting fit before we do go back to school! Recently I have really been into eating healthy and working out and I want to share this little mini-fitness journey with my lovelies! I posted awhile ago my workout routine and some ideas for some workouts and I think I will update that post for next Wednesday. DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT A FITNESS EXPERT. I USE PINTEREST FOR EVERYTHING. 

But anyways yes so this post will mainly be focusing on a few of my favorite snacks that I have been munching on lately. The first one is Nut Thins. Oh my gosh they are so good. They are the nut and rice crackers that are so good to eat and so good for you there is even 3 grams of protein in each serving which by the way is 16 crackers for only 130 calories! I buy mine at Kroger in the organic/ health food aisle. 

Another snack that I really really love is Quest Bars. NOM NOM. Literally the best protein bar ever. Not to mention it literally has 20 grams of protein in each bar. The bars come in amazing flavors like Cookies and Creme and Lemon Pie. Seriously so amazing. I eat one right before a workout or whenever I am hungry just because they are sooo good.

My final little snip of this post will be talking about my fruit infused water obsession that I have had lately. I have been drinking water with various fruits in it lately because it A. tastes really good and B. it is so good for you! Drinking water with fruit in it has some major benefits such as:

• Boosts your metabolism.
• Fills you up so you don’t eat as much junk.
• Naturally helps your body release fat cells.
• Keeps food moving through your system.
• Flushes toxins from your system.
• Improves your mood.
• Reduces muscle fatigue while working out.
• Helps you recuperate faster from a workout.
• Keeps your organs healthy while you’re sweating.
• Keeps you from feeling groggy in the afternoon.

I mean those are some pretty good reasons, here are a few recipes that you can try for the best tasting and most effective waters! 

I hope that you all enjoyed this post and if you try anything that I talked about let me know how you liked it!! Talk to you guys on Saturday!! 

Xoxo-

Kait

LET'S GET FIT

Hi fellow blog readers- sorry this post has been such a long time. I seriously made it a goal this year to make sure that I post more and I promise I will I ended up getting sick and when you miss a day in high school you miss a lot! So being sick for two days really go tmy behind on all my school work but I think I am just about caught up now. So todays post I am sure you are able to tell by the title will be about staying fit and workout routines that I use! I have thought up two separate workouts for at home or at the gym! Sometimes you can't make it to the gym but you still want to workout so I have two amazing options for you that I myself use. And then what is more confusing then being at the gym and not having any idea of what to do because there are so many cool looking machines- trust me, I know we all have had a moment like that. Okay so lets start off with this much awaited post!

Step One: Getting motivated-

Okay so you're laying in bed and you just don't want to do anything besides just sleeping and watching Netflix. NO GIRL! You get out of that bed. My favorite thing I will do is I like to look up workouts and healthy fitspo things on pinterest before I workout. I also like making sure that I have a cute outfit on because face it everyone loves looking cute in the gym or at home when you workout. I think staying self motivated is such a very important skill in more then just working out. So whatever you can do to get motivated is totally up to you but that personally is what I do!

Step 2: Little snack before you get r' done-

Uh this girl right here loves snacking. Something about having healthy snacks just makes you feel happier you feel lighter, and of course healthier! Before you workout you want to eat something small and substantial to give you energy but not something too big to make you feel sick. A few of my favorite snacks would be Luna bars (specifically the Lemon Zest and the White Chocolate Macadamia Nut), Hummus with pretty much anything to dip in it and fresh fruit. I also always make sure to drink some water and then also take a water bottle with me to the workout!

Step 3: WORK OUT-

Okay so you ate your snack, you got your cute clothes on you have some music pumping and you are ready to go. First I will talk about the two workouts you can do right at your house!

1. I LOVE doing Zumba videos- I will search songs that are popular on the radio and look for a Zumba routine to do and I will do about 7 songs and that will be my workout for the day followed by my 5 minute ab workout* that I do every night! 
2. Run, run, run! Okay I am not the biggest fan of running but I will try and run a mile around my neighborhood and then come inside and do the 5 minute abs* along with some lunges while holding two 5lb dumbbells and then also doing some squats!      

For the gym workouts-

1. I like to warm up with 10-15 minutes of cardio so either the treadmill or the elliptical. After that I will head over to the bike machines and do about 3 miles worth of biking. After my legs are feeling nice and tired I will go and work on my shoulders and arms; pull ups and push ups! 
2. Once again after warming up with 10-15 minutes of cardio I will head right back on to the elliptical. I like sometimes to just do cardio for the entire workout and then follow it up with five minute abs* and so this workout is really easy because YOU pick what machines and what cardio you would like to do! 

*My 5 minutes abs:

:30 Russian Twists

:30 Heal Taps 

:30 Crunches making sure to get shoulder blades off the floor!

:30 Crunches touching right elbow to left knee

:30 Crunches touching left elbow to right knee

:30 Leg Lifts

:30 Seconds of flutter kicks

:30 REST

1:00 PLANK

I hope this helped a little bit. I am certainly not a fitness instructor or anything but these are some workouts that I like to do and that get me sweating so I hope they help you on your fitness journey let me know if you try them out and tell me how you liked them!!

XOXO

Kaitlyn