What the heck do I do now?

I have not posted in a while, since getting a new job here in Baltimore, and I have not been getting the workouts in as I once was. As I move on in my life and grow older and wiser, I have noticed a change in my body and thus a change in my workouts. When I reflect back, I have achieved every goal I initially pursued, from getting a 30 in vertical, squatting over 400 lbs, benching 300 lbs, and running in 5k and 10k events, but now I am in a state of “what the heck do I do now?”

Recipe of the Week

This recipe serves as a great lunch or snack that is low calorie, high fiber, and high protein. The skin of cucumbers are rich in fiber and hosts a variety of minerals including magnesium, silica, molybdenum, and potassium. This provides a nutrient dense meal that will sustain your energy all day. Try it out!

Nike FuelBand Product Review

Things have been extremely busy for me lately, so I thought I would take some time to sit down and write down some of the things that have been on my mind. I am waiting for spring to come so I can finally workout outside again, but how can you not love those workouts in the cold! I am going to try for my first product review of the Nike Fuelband, and will try not to keep it too long, enjoy!

Metabolism Boosting Workout

This is a workout using the Concept 2 rower, and is great for sport specific or cross training in general. The rower is a great total body cardiovascular weeksout, Always perform 5 minutes of a general warm up before doing the specific warm up or the actual activity your going to perform.

5 minutes rowing warm up
4x500m R= 1 min
2x1000m R= 2 min
1x2000m

*R is rest time between reps
*Rest 5 min between each set
*Cooldown with some light back extensions to restore posture

Try it out and let me know how it is.

Metabolism Boosting Workout

This workout comes from inspiration from yoga and finish practices.

 

Bikram Yoga

Brikram yoga, a discipline of traditional yoga, usually has people workout in a warm to hot room doing various yoga poses, and flows. Finland is known for their spas, saunas, and healthy ways of living. This workout is bascially bodyweight exercises done in the sauna. Benefits of sauna bathing include…

Recipe of the Week

It has been a long time since my last post, the new years resolution crowd has been making it quite busy for me. Despite my time being limited, I was able to escape and find a couple hours to write about a healthy alternative for chips & dip. It is perfect timing with the Superbowl coming up, and I hope you will try this healthy alternative during your festivities or if your not into football just try it anyway.

Recipe of the Week

The amazing Avocado is one of my favorite foods. I have posted before about this amazing fruit before in the Avocado Shrimp Salad Recipe. It is very versatile in the kitchen and packs a punch of nutrients, fiber, and healthy monounsaturated fats. Most people are turned off by the higher fat content, but fat is essential to our diet and gives us a feeling of satiation. I also believe it is not the amount of fat that you get in your diet that is dangerous but, the quality of the fat. In this context you can get either high quality/high amount of fat, high quality/low amount of fat, low quality/high amount of fat, or low quality/low low amount of fat. I advocate a higher quality of fat of moderate quantities.