really is my life that boring.....

It is kind of sad when you want to blog but you have nothing to blog about. There are those people who can post about like 5 things at a time because there lives are so busy, and then there is me. It has been over a week and I can't come up with one witty or entertaining thing to blog about. Maybe that is a sign that i shouldn't have a blog, but too bad you are stuck with me!

So here are some things that have been occupying me and my mind lately!

*jon and kate plus 8. Ok I know it is a reality show but I am devastated by it. Seriously why can't they just get it together? Poor kids!

*St. George. I love that place this time of year and I miss it. I wish I was there right now, on a bike ride, eating golden spoon, or just laying in the sun!

*Only one more month until i get out of my blasted apartment and into my new HOUSE. I am so excited and could not feel more blessed that things worked out for the best and we are getting into our dream home...Guess what that means??? VISITORS PLEASE....

*Tommorow is our last day of seminary, mixed emotions...YES. I am so excited to not have to wake up at the crack of dawn, but I am going to miss those girls and their sweet spirits and the intelligent questions they ask at 6a.m. that make you stay on your toes. I guess I better start studying for next year.

*My sister Adrien is in Hawaii right now and I am Jealous, oh well maybe next year will be my turn!

Anyhoo here is my post because I felt like posting...hope you enjoyed!

E's FIT TIP OF THE WEEK!

FIT TIP #2
LETS HAVE A BALL
(my cute boss)

Most of us have all used a fit ball in some capacity and possibly even own one ourselves. Well I am here to tell you that they are for far more then just bouncing around and a play toy for the kids. A FIT BALL is a great inexpensive piece of equipment that you can get and use for a complete full body strength training workout. While we have traditionally used them for ABS, it can be used for MUCH MUCH MORE. Here are just a few ideas below. If you want an entire 1 hour workout using only the ball that will kick your butt please let me know!

LEGS:

Exercise #1: Booty Lifters
Seen in this picture demonstrated by my collegue Jacqui, place you foot on the ball laces down balancing on the opposite foot. Once in the position Jacqui is showing pull the knee of the foot on the ball rolling it in to meet your other knee, roll it back out into position one. Do at least 15 reps on each side and you will feel the booty lift!

Exercise #2: Squats

Get up against the wall with the ball between you and the wall resting in the small of you back. Use the ball for support and begin to do squats, the ball allows you to get a much deeper squat then you would normally do. Vary tempos and pulse at the bottom, you will feel the burn.

ARMS:

Exercise #1: Mountain Climbers

Get to where you are face down tummy on the ball and roll out to where your hands are in pushup position your body is in plank position with your toes on the ball, laces face down. From here go into a pushup and come back up. (Note: the less of your legs that are on the ball i.e toes the harder it will be, to make it easier have your shins on the ball)

Exercise#2: Shoulder press

Hold the ball with two hands in front of you, just like you would do with weights raise your arms above you head into a shoulder press, while it may seem easy at first after a few reps you will start to feel it. Want to make it harder? Squat as you are pressing up!

ABS:

Exercise#1: Plank w/ leg lift
Option #1
Option #2

Exercise#2: Balancing Crunches

Get near a wall. Lay face up on the ball where the majority of your back is on the ball, lift your feet so that they are lifted in a 90 degree angle and against the wall (therefore you are completely off the ground. Your feet are balancing you by being on the wall and your body is on the ball) From here crunch up, you can also work the obliques by doing zig zags.

now everbody is ready to have a BALL!!!

WEEKEND AWAY!!!

This past weekend Hank and I decided that we needed some time away so we took off to Edmonton. We slept in, went for a great run, visited the famous West Edmonton Mall and ate good food. The best part of all was just being together for the weekend with no distractions! Hopefully we can get another weekend away soon!

Chillin in the HOTEL...

The mall has a waterpark...it is pretty crazy!

A little GLOW IN THE DARK PUTT PUTT never hurt anyone!

Edmonton Mini Temple!!

E's Fit Tip of the Week!

So I have decided to use some of my knowledge and passion for fitness and do a Fit tip of the week on my blog. If you have questions or frustrations regarding health and fitness please feel free to leave them in the comments and I will make sure to address them in my next fit tip! I just thought this would be something fun for me as well as spice up the blog. I am hoping to soon have a whole website devoted to fitness and good health in the general but that is still in the works so this will have to do for now!!!




Fit Tip #1

Get UNCOMFORTABLE



You may or may not have heard this before but I like to use this term in my classes (espcially bootcamp style classes) to give people a metaphor of how hard they should be working in order to get results!


Don't get me wrong it is great to get out there and move, doing cardio and strength training in any capacity is FABULOUS, however, if you are feeling like your stuck in a rut a good way to get out is to GET UNCOMFORTABLE...so what does this mean?


This point is different for everyone but we all know how hard we can push it. Running at a consistent speed is great but your body will start to get comfortable, you will get in a rythmn and you will feel good. Getting uncomfortable is taking it up that notch sprinting for 2 minutes and then coming back to your comfortable speed or going up a hill and keeping your pace. Whatever you do to get uncomfortable try to sustain it until you can't take it and go back to comfortable, get your heart rate back to normal and start all over again.
Another example would be in strength training, do not let yourself stop when you feel tired push past it, do a few reps when you feel uncomfortable and then stop, those last few efforts when you are pushing past your normal capacity will bring great results!

Obviously if you work out a lot this is not new to you and you understand the concept, but I have found in my classes that people who are new to health and fitness get scared of feeling uncomfortable. Don't let that be you, embrace uncomfortable and push past it!

WANT TO GET UNCOMFORTABLE...TRY THIS
Sprint the short side of a soccer field, get down do 15 pushups, stand up and go back in the direction you came doing high knees, when you get to your starting point to 10 BURPEES (jump up go down to your stomach and jump back up)
REPEAT!!!!

I promise you will feel uncomfortable. You can do this indoors just sprint the length of a fitness room twice for every length of field!

FITNESS IS A PICNIC

So I don't have any cute kids or pets to write about, therefore I resort to WORK!

This week I turned into a kindergarten teacher and loved it! We are doing a promotion at work called "Fitness is a Pinic" and we have had a blast coming up with puns using food and fitness. RELISH in Fitness, Downward HOT DOG yoga, Ant in your Pants Cardio!!! Anyhoo I had to make a board to advertise for the promotion and after all my arts and crafts skills kicked in I felt like it turned out pretty cute.

So I can't post a pic of a cute kid but I can post a pic of my boards (they may look simple but I'm not going to lie they took a lot of work)


Hope you are all as excited as I am for Summer Picnics, we are not even close to having them up here but back home I hear the weather is amazing!


(please disregard the Fork one...remember we are not in Utah anymore and things get a little racy!!!! I didn't come up with it, but it is funny!)