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I love pomegranates. They taste great and are so nutritious. The problem is that they are not the easiest fruit to eat. I have tried several ways to get the seeds out of them. This is the easiest, cleanest and quickest way I have found to do it. || Read more
This workout is made up of 5 parts. It has 3 plateau parts, each with a 2 minute dip station sequence and 2 peak parts, where you climb a mountain of body weight exercises for time. The 2 time challenge rounds are a mix of real classic and fun body weight exercises. I found it just challenging enough to really push through it but thankful it was done by the end. It was a good challenge and I was ready to try to beat my time for the 2nd peak round. See how you do and how long it takes you to tackle the twin peaks!
This salad is surprisingly delicious. Surprising because it has 2 ingredients that are not so appealing to a lot of people, both of which are very good for you! One is Nappa cabbage which actually has a very light crisp taste, not bad at all..just being in the cabbage family it gets a bad rap and the other is cilantro, which turns some people off.. but before I go further, let me tell you that the cilantro gets lost in the salad and many who don’t normally like cilantro love it in here. Cilantro is also incredible for you. It is one of the best detoxifying leafy greens and is known for its special ability to draw heavy metals out of the body. We want this and this is a great way to get it!! || Read more
This 12 minute workout is designed to work on our legs, abs and butt. It is made up of 3 Tabata intervals, each one alternating 2 different exercises. One of the exercises in each directly targets the butt and the other is builds your core strength and ab muscles. Each exercises provides some relief from the other so you get the most reps and the most benefit out of each interval period. So, get your timer out and ready to blast that butt! || Read more
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is a way of exercising in which you alternate short periods of intense bursts of activity with shorter periods of rest for recovery. HIIT workouts are usually short intense workouts lasting anywhere from 4 to 20 minutes. They have been proven to improve athletic ability as well as glucose metabolism and fat burning! They are a great strategy to use to lose weight as with these workouts you lose weight from fat, but not muscle. In fact, these can be effective in building muscle also. HIIT is an excellent way to build and strengthen your cardiovascular system and help you build a healthier heart. You will become healthier all around as driving oxygen into your body benefits all of your organs and systems. || Read more
Ok, it’s a virtual cocoon. I don’t really own this but would love to try it out! I used to be an installation sculpture artists and I have a thing for experiencing different spaces and perspectives. I imagine that the actual feeling once you are in it is very much of a cocoon as we have a ball chair from the 60’s here at home and it is amazing how it changes the way you feel when you sit in it. You don’t hear or feel the outside world so much sitting in it and it is also feels very much like a cocoon. || Read more
This 20 minute upper body workout is filled with lots of push ups, a few burpees and some fun new plank exercises. I loved the two variations of plank twist overs. It also has the tiger push up.. a new push up for me that is like a combination of a diamond and a pike push up; it is great for triceps and more challenging than it looks.. look closely and you will see my arms trembling at the end. I think there is a good balance between the different types of exercises to give give some relief from the more challenging ones and make a good flow overall. Get ready to enter the adventurous world of the ..hidden burpee planking tiger. || Read more
