Happy 4th of July everyone!! The husband and I have to work today, sadly, but we get to go home this weekend and see both of our families! It will be the first time that we have visited our families together since we got married and we are so excited! We will probably leave work a little early today and hit up the pool.
I made us this smoothie this morning to celebrate. Red White & Blue Smoothie: Strawberries, Blueberries, Almond Milk and Protein. Yum!
Thank you to Jenn @ Peas and Crayons for providing this fun link up. Check out her site and link your WIAW up too!
Flavor
For What I Ate Wednesday here are some of my eats from yesterday, I like to do What I Ate Tuesday and share it on Wednesday.
Breakfast: Fage Greek Yogurt + Blueberries + Muesli Snack: Luna Chocolate Dipped Coconut- love this flavor Lunch: Grilled Chicken Greek Salad Snack: Laughing Cow Cheese with Cucumbers Dinner: Cilantro Turkey Burgers with Tomato and Guacamole
WIAW this month is also about Fitness. Over the last month I have tried to be more focused on working different muscle groups on different days of the week. I used to always want to do a little bit of everything everyday, but I have learned that your muscles need to time to recover and centralizing on different muscles on certain days will help you focus on building and defining.
Monday was Cardio + Butt Tuesday was Arms + Cardio
Balance Ball Push-Ups- Balance your feet on a Balance Ball and walk your hands into a plank. Do 12-15 push-ups. ** Do normal push-up if you don’t have a Balance Ball.
Overhead Tricep Extensions: Hold a weight or medicine ball straight up overhead and dip the weight back. Dip back 12-15 times.
SourceBicep Hammer Curls- Hold free weights in your hands by your sides and curl your weights to your shoulders, holding the weight like a hammer.
SourceSquat and One Arm Shoulder Press- Squat down with weight in hand, stand up as you press weight overhead. Do 12-15 reps on one arm. Then repeat on other arm after Bent Over Row.
SourceBent Over Row- Bend knees and bend slightly at the waist. Hold weights by your side, slightly in front of you. Pull weights up by your chest with elbows driving back. Do 12-15 reps.
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What are you doing for the 4th of July? I can’t wait to share our weekend vacation adventures with you next week!
Great workout
I love this!!!
That smoothie looks delicious…and patriotic!
My husband and I have been wanting to buy balance balls to do more core workouts. We’ve been doing ab ripper X from P90X (have you tried it?), and it’s awesome!
I downloaded the ab ripper x on my iphone and its killer! definitely a good one to mix in with your workout!
Love how you incorporated red, white & blue into your smoothie.. adorable! I’m so excited for you and your husband that you can finally take a little vacation home to see both sets of families. I know how hard that can be at times. Enjoy every minute!
Thanks jessie! It will be good to see our families
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Wow. That squat and one arm press looks sick!
And I’m gonna have to remember that burger. I’ve never had turkey and cilantro together.
It definitely works your butt and arms at the same time
and I never had either but cilantro and turkey is a winning combo!
That looks like a great arm workout! And loving the patriotic smoothie, its so cute!
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