Fit Miss TV

The camera is working again, WOOHOO!!! I know that it's hard to imagine what the workouts should look like, so I'm happy to be able to provide some visuals again for you guys. :) And I just couldn't help continuing with the beach theme... this is from one of my favorite moments with Daniel when we went on our 10 year anniversary vacation to Hawaii. We were the only ones on the beach, and the weather was perfect. I took this picture so that I would always remember the view that we had from our spot on the beach - and what you see shows that there was nobody around us for miles. :)

This is an old workout that I'd done almost 2 years ago to the date, I had done it just before I'd started this blog but I really loved it so I'm happy to be able to share it with you guys here... even thought he second ladder is KILLER!!! It had my heart racing and sweat was pouring off of me, loveloveloved it! For me this workout was less than 20 minutes, but I am willing to bet at least an hour's worth of work was done!

I am going to give you the workout breakdown and then explain to you how I did it:

1. Couplet Ladder:

• Kettlebell High Pulls
• Push-Ups with alternating leg lifts (squeezing those glutes!)

1. Triplet Ladder:

• Jump Thrusts
• Thrusters w/ single 'bell
• Slam Balls (***for a substitution you can skip rope, but do 100, 90, 80, etc.)

How a ladder works: you work it like a circuit, so you are alternating exercises started at 10 reps for each, then you move down the ladder doing 9, 8, 7, .... until you do only 1 rep for all exercises. I did take breaks, especially during the second ladder, but my goal was to finish a full circuit before I would allow myself a rest... but I did have to take breaks in the middle of the circuit :o)... IT WAS DIFFICULT! For the KBHPs and Thrusters, I used the heaviest bell I possibly could without losing form. In the second ladder, you can see that I was using a few 'bells - I started with 12kg and as the reps got lower I raised the weight to 14kg, and then ended the last 4 rungs with 16kg. In the first ladder I didn't move up in weight because 16kg was killing me even at 3 reps... I was not expecting that! You do not need kettlebells for this workout so if you don't have them it's okay, but it works best and really amps up calorie-burn if you have something heavy that you can use in place of them.

1. Just a few notes:

• ***really drive through the hips on the High Pulls and Thrusters!!!!
• ***keep core engaged and tight on push-ups, if you feel your waist caving in take out the leg lifts and just do push-ups
• ***squeeze butt whenever possible - just because it feels good!!! :p

Don't be shy!!! I want to know what you think about this workout, or other workouts, what you'd like to see, what your favorite exercises are - basically, I would just love to hear from you your thoughts and opinions! :)

Have an awesome week everyone! The Superbowl is in town and we are planning to go downtown and join in the festivities by the weekend. I promise to take lots of good pictures and share them with you... any Giants or Patriot fans out there? My husband is a die-hard Brady fan, but I am rooting for Eli Manning... gotta have one of the Mannings with the SB when it's in town! ;-)