Boot Camp 7

This week it was pretty straight forward workouts. Basically work as hard as you can, as hard as you can..for as long as you can and stay standing. Haha.

First Workout:

As Many Rounds As Possible for 30 Min. (AMRAP)

15 Kettle Bell Swings (KBS)

13 Release Push ups

11 Lateral Burpees

9 Body Bar squat press

7 Medicine Ball Jump 

5 laps

3 Pull ups

1 Bag push

Whew..that was a doosey.

Workout #2

KBS        Sit Ups      Jump Squats      Push- Ups    Burpees      

50               45               40                     35                 30

               45               40               35                     30                 25               

40               35               30                     25                 20

35               30               25                     20                 15

30               25               20                     15                 10

If you do this workout or any of these workouts let me know what you think!

Portobello mushroom caprese pizza

Tonight I was inspired by my husbands favorite side dish, caprese salad. I love how light it is, but it could not be a dinner by itself so I decided to add a little substance to it. A portobello mushroom!


What you will need:

• 4 portobello mushroom caps
• Fresh basil
• 1 cup of fresh mozzarella
• 1 tbs of olive oil
• 3/4 cup of fire roasted pizza sauce
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp

                                                    Step 1

Pre-heat the oven to 375 degrees.Wash and de-stem your mushrooms. Make a aluminum foil elevated ring. You do this in order to prop up the mushroom so it does not get soggy while it is baking in the oven. Mushrooms have a lot of water in them, so you want to make sure that your dinner isn't floppy.

Step 2

Place the mushrooms on top of the aluminum elevated rings. 

Drizzle the olive oil and add the salt and pepper.

Step 3

Add the rest of the ingredients. First the pizza sauce. Then the mozzarella, cherry tomato, and last the basil. 

 Step 4

Place the mushrooms in the oven for 25-30 minutes. The mushrooms should be soft and the cheese should be melted completely. 

The Result:
My husband loved it! He said it was probably the best thing that I had ever made for him. :D

Eating fresh fruits and vegetables during Fall and Winter

        My favorite food season is summer. I have access to affordable fresh fruits and vegetables that are at the peak of freshness, which means that its a the peak of nutrition as well. Now that Fall and Winter are here it is hard to eat the same as we did in the summer. Sometimes we try to eat the same, which means that we are eating fruits and vegetables that are not picked at the peak of freshness and nutrition. We are now eating more expensive fruits and vegetables that are not as nutritionally sound as we think. These fruits and vegetables are picked from a more tropical location...then packed...then shipped...THEN put on the floor of the grocery store.

So here are a list of fruits and vegetables that are at the peak of freshness per season:

Fall

Vegetables pumpkins winter squash sweet potatoes broccoli mushrooms spinach

Fruit cranberries oranges tangerines pears pomegranates

Winter

Vegetables cabbages leeks broccoli cauliflower

Fruits oranges grapefruit tangerines tangelos lemons papayas

Spring

Vegetables okra zucchini rhubarb artichokes asparagus spring peas broccoli lettuce

Fruit cherries pineapples apricots mangoes

Summer

Vegetables cucumbers corn eggplant tomatoes summer squash green beans lettuce

Fruits watermelon strawberries cantaloupe blueberries peaches apricots kiwi raspberries plums

As you can see once Fall comes around the variety of fresh fruits and vegetables are limited. So how can you keep that same variety and still get fresh fruits and vegetables without changing your normal diet? I was able to do this by adding Juice Plus to my diet. Juice Plus is whole food nutrition.It is simply juiced, dried, and encapsulated fruits and vegetables in the ratios of nutrition that nature intended. In contrast, vitamins are man-made chemicals that are often way off of nature’s balance, and do not have the natural synergistic effect of nature’s food.


There at 17 fruits and vegetables that are used at Juice Plus are picked at the peak of freshness! The fruits and vegetables that are included are: 

• Apple • Orange • Pineapple • Cranberry • Peach • Acerola Cherry • Papaya • Carrot • Parsley • Beet • Kale • Broccoli • Cabbage • Spinach • Tomato • Oat Bran • Brown Rice Bran

Boot Camp 6 - The Countdown!!

I love workouts that you are able to do that is really high intensity that is a small amount of time. With this 'countdown' workout you really can do it as fast as you can for more cardio, or take more time and add more weight and do harder versions of the same workout.

Equipment:
Medium weight kettle bell
Box for box jumps

The Countdown

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Box Jump Burpees

Push-Ups

Box Dips

Kettle bell Squats

Kettle bell Swings

With this workout you do all of these activites 10 times through. With the first round being 10 times, the second 9 times, the third 8 and so on. 

Box jump burpees- Jump up on a box/step up box with both feet. Jump back with both feet. Go down into a pushup burpee.

Box Dips- Regular triceps dips using the box

Kettle bell squats- Take the kettle bell in both of your hands right at your chest and squat while holding the kettle bell.

Workout #2

You will need a partner. You will be doing workouts about 25 yards apart from each other in a straight line.  Pick who will be partner A and who will be partner B. Partner A will be doing the stationary workout on one side while the partner B will be sprinting to the other side to do the first workout. 

A

1. Floor sprints
2. Push-up row
3. Frog jumps
4. Lunge row
5. Jumping Jacks
6. Cherry Pickers

Sprint to other side in between each workout from A 

B

1. Jump Squats
2. Plank triceps extension
3. Split squat, lateral raise
4. Overhead Y lunge
5. Sit up
6. Push up

Rear sumo to A.