Archives for April 2016

Sunday Funday Downtown Oklahoma City

April 11, 2016 2 Comments

This Sunday Funday in Downtown Oklahoma City had to be one of the best yet! Do you do Sunday Funday, or just relax? I love to relax some Sundays, but every time I end up getting out there and doing something exciting I wonder why I don’t make every Sunday a Sunday Funday!

I started this morning with some delicious, not guilt-free, lemon poppyseed pancakes. So worth it! They were perfectly zesty, sweet, and exactly how a Sunday Funday should start – delicious! After relaxing with Colton and enjoying a lazy morning, it was finally time for Wine and Workout at the Myriad Gardens in Downtown Oklahoma City with my besties. The day was beautiful and the sun was out! At the time, we happily welcomed the sun, later that evening we were swapping photos of our burned backs. Oops, time to start wearing that high SPF sunscreen.

Wine and Workout was so much fun! The twenty minute workout was super challenging and the yoga after the work was the perfect way to unwind and relax. We also participated in an equally enjoyable way to relax – drinking wine. Water’s Edge Winery provided the wine tasting and we tried 5 different wines. My favorite was their Chardonnay and Merlot, typical. My friend Samantha won a facial and I won the Instagram challenge! The winner of the challenge got to choose their favorite charity to donate 10% of the profit. I chose my friends over at Oklahoma Humane Society, oh and 3 bottles of wine! YES!

sunday funday

Was so happy to meet Tara Nelson, the creator of Wine and Workout Live, she was so sweet and great to workout with. I am completely on the same page with her in the importance of living a healthy life but also living a balanced life. If you don’t allow yourself any of life’s indulgences, you’re missing out! Why not have your workout, and your wine?!

We continued the fun and enjoyed some delicious lattes over at Kitchen 324. I always get my latte with skim or 1 percent milk, sweetened with a drizzle of honey. I love the days where you can just spend time with your sweet friends and appreciate all that you have been blessed with. Today was one of those much needed days and the perfect way to end the weekend and prepare for the week. So thankful for my sweet friends and the support that they give me! Laughing is seriously the best medicine!

Have a great week everyone! Thanks so much for reading! <3

4 Week Workout Series – Core

April 9, 2016 Leave a Comment

Hope everyone had a good week! It’s time for the second video of the 4 Week Workout Series that will focus on the core! What did you think about last week’s arms workout? I hope you felt sore after doing it! Those pulses can get rough by the third set! If you didn’t feel drained by the end, maybe it’s time to get a heavier weight! You go girl 🙂

Core

So as promised, this week we are focusing on toning the core and flattening the belly. It’s important to build strength in your core because you use it in almost every single movement! Building core strength will help you balance and move more efficiently! I am a huge fan of planks and pilates moves over crunches for two reasons. One, people can easily cheat on crunches and strain their neck. I do it too! Secondly, the core shouldn’t be trained as if it’s a prime mover, the core is used to transfer weight, improve movement efficiency and control the force that we have in each movement, so crunches just don’t make much sense. Breaking Muscle goes more in depth into explaining this if you want to learn more!

Besides all the good that doing core exercises are, it also will help you strut in that bikini confidently 🙂

For this workout, you won’t need anything besides determination and a willingness to feel the burn! So lay it on back and join me for this workout!

Four Week Workout Series – Core

:60 Plank Hold
:30 Plank Jacks
Up Downs – 7 on each side
:30 Mountain climbers
:30 Side Plank on left and right
10 Teasers
:30 Single Leg Stretch
:30 Criss Cross
:30 Pilates Hundreds
:30 Hold
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Let me know what you think of the workout. I know that I was definitely feeling it the next day! Have a great Saturday ladies! <3

4 Week Workout Series – Toned Arms

April 2, 2016 2 Comments

The sun is out and it’s time to get our bodies ready for those bikinis! Don’t worry it’s just now April, meaning we have a good month and a half to get to where we want to be! Of course, what you eat is the most important, but secondly, you need to work out to get those muscles showing and looking fierce!

To help in your muscle poppin’ efforts, I have created 4 videos for the month of April, one video will be published each weekend on Saturday morning on my YouTube channel. Each week we will focus on one specific area of the body. First, we will be doing arms, then core, then legs and finally, the glutes! Who doesn’t want a toned bum?

For the first video of the 4 workouts, I thought we would get started with getting those arms tank top ready! There is no better feeling then wearing a tank top and feeling confident with toned arms. Having toned arms can be a challenge, but one that is definitely worth it! I just love feeling strong and capable with some guns 😉

Workout Series – Toned Arms

15 Jumping Jacks

15 (L&R) Arm Circles

10 Bicep Curls, 1o Bicep Pulses – 3x

10 Tricep Extensions, 10 Tricep Pulses – 3x

10 Overhead Presses, 10 Overhead Pulses – 3x

10 Pushups

10 Tricep Pushups

10 Mountain Climbers

Do two more sets!!

Here’s another arm workout for you if you are killing it and want to do more!

Let me know what you think of the workout! Too hard too easy? Are you doing it 1 time, or 3 times through?

Wine + Workout at Myriad Gardens in OKC

April 1, 2016 Leave a Comment

There are only few things in life that I like more then working out and drinking wine. Combine the two and I am there 110 percent. I couldn’t think of a better combination if I had years to come up with a bigger, better idea. So why am I telling you this? Because Wine + Workout.

On April 10, Wine + Workout is coming to OKC and will be hosted at the Myriad Gardens. Wine+Workout is all about finding balance and being a healthy, strong, fulfilled woman. Women who have just worked out and have had a glass of wine, now that’s an unstoppable combination!

Buy your ticket for Wine+Workout.

So what do we do? We will be doing a 20 minute body weight workout (yes you can do it – it won’t be too killer!), finished off with some relaxing yoga to de-stress from our hectic lives and find our inner peace. I don’t know about you, but my inner peace has really good hiding spots, so yoga is a must for me. To add even more fun to the event, there will be a DJ spinning to keep up the excitement.

After the workout, it’s on to the good stuff, like wine. There are 5 different varieties of wine to taste and food pairings for each, so basically you’re in for a treat.

While we “sip” (who are we kidding?!) our delicious wines we’ll play games to win awesome prizes like bottles of wine, free yoga sessions, and more! All thanks to the awesome sponsors like Barre3, Waters Edge Winery, Hidden Dragon Yoga, Moxie Ride, etc.

The event is 11:30 am to 1:30 pm on Sunday, April 10. A perfect opportunity to grab a group of girlfriends, leave the kiddos (or dogs, or fish,… dependent on your current life situation) at home and take some time for you. Because you deserve it. It will be the ultimate #SundayFunday.

Join in on the fun and Buy your ticket for Wine+Workout. Be a sweetie and tell your friends about it too!

Grab your yoga mat, water bottle, (and ID!- no need to print ticket!) and I’ll see you there! 🙂