The last day! Go us! (Um, next year, I think we’ll be back to 100 reps. I don’t think I quite knew what I was getting myself into ). Hears to a lovely past year and lots of goodness to come in the New Year. 20 Stability Ball Shoulder Stabilizations (targets the back and shoulders) [...]
It’s been a few months since our last month-long nutrition challenge, which was veganism. To kick off the New Year, we’re going for a brand new month-long nutrition challenge: a raw food diet! What is a Raw Food Diet? A raw food diet is a way of eating which includes only real, whole foods that [...]
20 Inner Thigh Lying Abductor Raises (targets the inner thighs) 20 Stability Ball Pikes (targets the abs and shoulders) Perform this set ten times for a total of 200 Inner Thigh Lying Abductor Raises and 200 Stability Ball Pikes! For the Inner Thigh Lying Abductor Raises: 1. Lie on a mat on your right side. [...]
And the winner of the Musselman’s Applesauce Holiday Giftbasket is… Mary! She of the comment: My son, who is working on his master’s degree in anatomy, says that applesauce is the perfect pre and post workout food since it has simple carbs and natural sugar. It is my plan to try to lose 65 pounds [...]
20 Contralateral Limb Raises (targets the back, butt/hips, and shoulders) 20 Plank with Knee Raise (targets the abs) Perform this set ten times for a total of 200 Contralateral Limb Raises and 200 Planks with Knee Raises! For the Contralateral Limb Raises: 1. Lie flat on your stomach on a mat with your legs stretched [...]
20 Leg Presses (targets the glutes, quads, and hamstrings) 20 Pike Presses (targets the shoulders) Perform this set ten times for a total of 200 Leg Presses and 200 Pike Presses! For the Leg Presses: 1. Lie on your back on a mat, bringing your knees up to your chest so that your legs are [...]
I hope that everyone is having a lovely holiday, regardless of whether you’re celebrating Christmas! This year I’ve had a tough time getting really excited about Christmas. The sisterroommate, as most of you know, is travelling and living in Cambodia right now with the father dear. While the father dear has been away during holidays [...]
20 Outer Thigh Lying Abductor Raises (targets the glutes and outer thigh muscles) 20 Seated Dumbbell Trunk Rotations (targets the rectus abdominus and transverse abdominus) Perform this set ten times for a total of 200 Outer Thigh Lying Abductor Raises and 200 Seated Dumbbell Trunk Rotations! For the Outer Thigh Lying Abductor Raises: 1. Lie [...]
Don’t forget to enter my Holiday Giftbasket Giveaway! (Non-)Winterized Biking Up until a few weeks ago, I was still biking to and from work every day. Through snow and wind and -25 degrees, Harriette and I kept on truckin’. I wrapped myself up warm in long johns and scarves and toques and mittens and boots [...]
20 Nose Breakers (targets the triceps) 20 Sumo Squats (targets the quads, glutes, inner thigh muscles, and hamstrings) Perform this set ten times for a total of 200 Nose Breakers and 200 Sumo Squats! For the Nose Breakers: 1. Lie down on your back on a bench with your feet flat on the ground, bending [...]
