It’s Fitness Tuesday! I am constantly trying to find things to share with you all especially when it comes to fitness. I was watching an recorded episode of Ellen DeGeneres with Khloe Kardashian as a guest and of course she talked about her fitness journey. She is honestly one of my fitness idols currently for obvious reasons, but mostly because she is realistic with her goals. Khloe believes that you need to take things at your own pace and don’t push yourself too hard, but just hard enough. She was promoting her new show on E! called Revenge Body and Ellen as always asked her to play a game. The difference with this game was Khloe had to do different exercises while answering questions. One of the things that stood out to me was how great she was at jumping rope and how great of a work out it was. I remember my Dad telling me that it was something a lot of boxers do before they have a fight. So I wanted to see what all the fuss was about and honestly I am still unsure. I thought I was coordinated having done gymnastics as a child through my teens and playing basketball, but I learned that I am not as coordinated as I thought. My suggestion to anyone that is just starting to do this themselves is don’t try the fancy tricks you see in the videos. I tried to do the criss cross trick while jumping rope and I tripped and fell in the gym. Not a pretty sight, but now I know that I can’t do that :-). No need to get a fancy jump rope if you are unsure if this will be something you will do frequently. Check out Amazon and find a simple jump rope or if you are like me and are super short then the kids jump ropes in the toy section work perfectly! Hope everyone enjoys the last day of February! Crazy!
Fitness Tuesday – The Perfect Sock
Happy Fitness Tuesday everyone! Now I love my KB socks from Costco more than the next person, but when it came to working out I realized that I needed to get a more supportive sock. I tried at first to double up my KB socks because I am going to be honest I didn’t want to have to buy all new socks. However, when I ran the Brooklyn Half Marathon back in the spring of 2014 I was told by multiple people who ran a lot and also worked out way more than I have ever still to this day recommended that I get something different. Now some socks I have learned even though they say prevent blisters doesn’t mean you still won’t get one. If you get a sock and you hate it don’t write off the company automatically. For example I am obsessed with are the Fitsok CF2 cushion low cut sock and I swear to you it is honestly the greatest pair of socks I have ever owned. Now I have tried other types of socks from the same company and I wasn’t that thrilled with them when it came to working out. This style of Fitsoks are not too thick that your shoes then stretch out, but aren’t too thin that you get blisters every time you work out and wear them. I bought my first pair of these back when I ran the Brooklyn Half Marathon and personally now my entire sock drawer is only them. They are also great for during the winter when you are walking around in those winter booties and want a thicker sock and also want to prevent potential blisters. These are truly my go to all year round socks for any activity. I will say that I still do have some of my KB socks left that I just wear around my apartment from time to time, but only for when I am at home. They sell the Fitsoks on Amazon in a 3 pack and you can also find them at your local running stores. Hope everyone has a great rest of their Tuesday! <3
Here is the Link for them on Amazon
Fitness Tuesday- Bagels & Squats
Happy Tuesday Everyone! Can not believe that November is almost over and it’s now officially Holiday Season! As I have previously posted one of my favorite new workouts that I go to at least once a week is Fhitting Room. I love that every time I go it is something different. Even if you do the same exercise again like the rowing machine they always find a way to change it up. Now since Fhitting room is currently only in New York I found a video posted by Bagels & Squats that shows 12 different ways to work out your arms without the use of any weights! As I was watching the video I said to my mom sitting next to me that these were all workouts I did in my Fhitting Room classes. Then low and behold at the end of the video it says that the exercises were provided by Emily Cook Harris an instructor at The Fhitting Room. The video was posted by Self Magazine as well. If you go to Bagels & Squats facebook page here the video was posted on June 6th of this year. Hope everyone has a great day and did a lot of good shopping yesterday on Cyber Monday. Some of the sites are even continuing their sales today so if you didn’t snag an item that you forgot yesterday check and see if they are still offering Cyber Monday sales on the site. <3
Here is the link to the Facebook Page for Bagels & Squats