It has been said that March first is the January first of the undisciplined. If this happens to be you, now is the time to re-train yourself in a way that will work for a lifetime and not just a week or a month.
Yesterday I began the Advocare 24 Day Challenge and talk about going back to basics! The first 10 days of the challenge are a cleanse consisting of a fiber shake with breakfast, clean eating (no sugar, booze, or caffiene), and herbal cleanse supplements at night. The first thing I always notice is how much I miss sugar. 4pm rolls around and i get that ache for something sweet (sugar is a drug!). Having done this challenge before I know in a week this will not be an issue because my body will have reset itself, but that feeling of having a clean functioning body is something that we should feel all the time! Our food is so full of additives, preservatives, coloring, “natural flavors”, etc, no wonder our society is the most obese, unhealthy, and addicted in the world!
If you are looking to make a change, start by geting rid of things in your pantry that have more than 7 ingredients to them! If you food contains ingredients you can pronounce… chances are it is not meant to go into your body. For more info on the 24 Day Challenge, visit www.advocare.com/120719131 .
The same principals apply to working out. With workout crazes coming and going on a regular basis, you can always count on some basic moves to get you the results you need:
1. Lunges- Actions multiple muscles to strengthen and tone your quads, hamstrings, glutes, and calves.
2.Pushups- Upper body strengthener, utilizing shoulders, chest, back and core.
3.Pullups- Challenges upper body to lift the weight of the whole body. Strengthens back, shoulders, biceps, and core.
4. Crunches- Strengthens core muscles, trims waistline.
5. Burpees- Cardio. Challenges the body in a verticle plane starting with a jump, dropping to the ground in a squat, and sending legs back to a high plank, then reverse!
6. Tricep Dips – Strengthens triceps, tones arms.
7. Squats – Similar to a lunge, Squats help to strengthen the entire lower body
8.Plank – Core stabalizer. Strengthens abs, back and shoulders.
Combining any of these using only your body weight or adding resistance like free weights or TRX traning will make for a quick, effective workout.
Todays Workout: Timed 3 Rounds.
- 1 Minute Plank
- 30 Walking lunges
- 15 Pushups
- 15 Burpees
- 1 Minute Plank
- 30 Squats
- 15 Tricep Dips
- 10 Pullups / or 20 TRX High rows
- 15 Full Sit Ups
- 15 Alternating Toe Touches
- 15 Leg Raises
- 15 side crunches/ ea side
Repete 3x
Have a great Monday!
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