Check out this Bosu workout that I did in my messy basement this morning for your next sweat swesh. If you don’t have a Bosu ball, no worries, do it on the ground (no excuses)! Happy hump day hotties!
Month: March 2017
Channel your inner ballerina.
How adorable are these grippy socks by Lucky Honey?! Perfect for Pilates, barre, yoga, and sexing up your gym shoes! They even come in pink, which will definitely be my next purchase!
I’m all about supporting women and their business endeavors and if you are too, you’ve got to check out luckyhoney.nyc. What girl doesn’t want to channel their inner ballerina? Happy Friday ladies!
Rocking this look today to train my clients!
Total Body Meltdown
If your looking for a fast and effective workout try one or both of these together! All you need is a set of free weights. It will have you sweating your hot ass off in no time:)
FIRST CIRCUIT:
Do each move for 30 seconds. Try not to rest between exercises. Complete every move on the right side first and then the next time through move to the left side. Repeat 6 times. You got this girl!
SECOND CIRCUIT:
Do each move for 30 seconds. Try not to rest between exercises. Repeat 4 times. Work it sister!
TRX Tuesday
Try these moves for a serious booty burn!
Little White Tank
This Onzie “top crop” in white is adorable! Super soft and comfy for workouts or everyday with jeans. If you haven’t checked out Onzie your missing out! This is my new favorite tank.
Boudoir
A few months ago, I did something that scared the shit out of me and I wanted to share my experience with you girls. I decided to do a boudoir shoot. And let me tell you, it was hands down the most liberating experience! I left feeling so empowered, beautiful, confident, and comfortable in my own skin (and for an hour or so, forgot I was some one’s mom)!
I originally did it as a Christmas gift for my husband. I mean, what says Merry Christmas more than slutty pictures of your wife, but I think subconsciously I was needing to do it for myself. I had been feeling a little lost since the baby. I wasn’t feeling super sexy since giving birth and just wanted to get back in touch with myself a bit. I doubted it at first. It made me feel like somewhat of an imposter. I mean, really, you’re not a model Lindsey. Was it really necessary to do a photo shoot? Yes, yes, and yes!
This shoot helped me embrace my body in all its imperfections and has helped me love myself a bit more. I was the typical girl when looking through my pictures for the first time. I look fat in that one, my tits are too small, oh god, does my ass really look like that, shit, is that a stretch mark?! About the third time looking through, I finally told my ego to shut the fuck up and I really started to see the beauty. I started to think about all the amazing things my body has been through and done for me, why would I be talking bad about it?
I drank champagne, posed in positions that felt silly, and it was so much fun. I really feel I got to know myself a bit better. I will enjoy these pictures for the rest of my life and even better, I get to look back when I’m old as dirt and think, damn you were a hot mama!
It’s so hard to love ourselves sometimes, but these pictures and this experience keep helping me when my mind starts to go to the dark side. We are so hard on ourselves and I think it’s important to stop and appreciate all that we are as women and have some fun with it along the way! Ladies, if you have ever considered doing a boudoir shoot, stop thinking and do. You are beautiful as you are!
I used Hailey with www.carnefixphotography.com and I can’t recommend her enough if you are in Denver. I have known Hailey for years and she is the most amazing women and photographer. She is all about embracing inner beauty and cutting feminine stereotypes of body image.
Strike a pose bitches 🙂
Protein Pancackes
Ok, so I’m not a huge cook. It always seems like more work to me than fun, but I do like eating so everything I make is usually pretty basic. If there are too many ingredients or steps I start to glaze over and move onto something else. I just want to freaking eat not read a damn novel!
This protein pancake is the shit! It’s super easy, and healthy. My little man loves it too, which is an added mom bonus!
INGREDIENTS:
Half of a ripe banana
1 Tbsp of unsweetened almond milk
1 scoop of protein powder (I prefer plant-based proteins)
1/4 cup of egg whites
1 Tbsp of unsweetened coconut chips
1 Tsp of cinnamon
Mash up the banana and almond milk first. Then add everything else in (sometimes I add the coconut flakes to the mixture and sometimes I sprinkle them on top, like pictured below). Cook on medium heat until desired texture. You can put it in a waffle iron as well. I add berries on top and just a tsp of agave or 100% pure maple.
Enjoy!
TRX Tuesday
Happy Tuesday girls!
This TRX pull workout is awesome, it is a quick total body workout and is hard and fun AF! It is a ton of upper body and core, but you get legs and cardio in as well, (can you say tank tops and shorts)!
Start with your straps super short, you need to be able to pull yourself up with a full range of motion. When you do the jump lunges and jump squats make sure you aren’t just using your legs, I want you pulling with your upper body as well. Same goes for the pull ups, your legs are there to assist you, but try to use mostly upper body. If it gets to hard you can back up a bit (like I did towards the end of the chin ups) and it will get a bit easier.
Do each move for 30 seconds (try not to rest between exercises). Rest for 1 minute at end and repeat 5 times through. Get ready to get your sweat on girls!
Mexicoma
Mexicoma or Tropical Depression (noun):
1). The sadness that one feels when it is time to return home after vacationing in Mexico (without kids).
My husband and I took our first vacation by ourselves this last week, and I can’t get back into the groove! Everyone told me “you’ll miss baby so much by day two”, but I’m going to be honest, I survived just fine. I mean of course I missed those chubby cheeks, but I could have easily stayed another 5 days. I know, some may call me a “bad mom”, but this vacation seemed to make me mourn my old non-mom life just a bit. Ever since we have been back, all I can think about is our easy-going days, no plans, drinks on the beach, and sleeping in! I know, I know, first world problems. I’m the girl who always cries when it’s time to leave the beach, but this time was the hardest. Just knowing the responsibility I was coming back to and not knowing when this alone time may happen again put me into a bit of a mini mom meltdown or depression, or what I like to call a “mexicoma”.
It’s been a year and a half since we’ve had our sweet boy and sometimes I still wake up thinking what the fuck are we doing?! I assume this is going to continue, like, forever, but I can’t help thinking sometimes, was I cut out for this, am I an awful mom? I’d like to think I’m not the only mama that feels this way. Even writing about this is tough. It’s always scary to put your honest self out there and risk ridicule, but it feels damn good to get it off my chest!
Being a mom is the most challenging experience I have had thus far. I am growing everyday along with this sweet little boy. I needed this vacation as hard as it has been to come back to reality, to mourn my pre-baby life and I think it is just fine for us mamas to do so.
Peace, Wine, and Pushups 