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Ways to stay fit when traveling

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Ways to stay fit when traveling …or just lazy and don’t want to go to the gym.

Seriously folks. I am completely blown away at technology these days. I probably sound like a granny talking about when I was a child… but seriously. The things that companies come up with are just genius.

I noticed that Chatelaine has fitness app (for free!) that only takes 10 minutes. Everyone has time for 10 minutes. Don’t tell me you don’t because you’re just making excuses now.

Traveling? Bring your ipad. Set up the fitness app. Get goin’. You’re walked through a video of a woman explaining on how to do all the movements and takes you from basic, to advanced abilities.allstar-moves

Here I’m learning about the squat. Which I’m no stranger to thanks to CrossFit.Chatelaine-10-min-fitness-a

Then it gives you 2 minutes to do each workout you select. You got it!2mins

You won’t go to CrossFit and not do a squat. I feel like such a pro at them now, ha ha.squats
Perhaps you’re not traveling but just a little lazy and don’t want to go to the gym. Set it up in your living room and work out in your underwear if you have to. Or in my case, out on the balcony on a rainy summer’s evening!
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It was just launched in May and it’s already been downloaded 100,000 times.

HOLY. That’s a lot of people working up a sweat.standing-in-workout-gear

Basically it’s like having your own personal trainer on speed dial. On the days that I don’t want to go to CrossFit (because I seriously cannot handle 7 straight workouts in 7 days of it — c’mon… it’s kinda nuts) I do the Chatelaine 10 minute fitness app.

Following the videos!lunges

Here’s how it works…

The Chatelaine 10-Minute Fitness App includes:

  •     More than 100 expert-approved exercises
  •     Chatelaine’s all-star workout free
  •     Easy, healthy meal plans and recipes
  •     7-day detox diet and calorie-counting tool
  •     Use Apple TV and Airplay to workout on your TV
  •     Save your favourite moves
  •     Build your own personalized custom workouts
  •     Schedule your workouts and get reminders
  •     Share your progress with friends via Twitter or Facebook

Chatelaine 10-Minute Fitness app is now available in the iTunes store. Get it at itunes.apple.com/us/app/chatelaine-10-minute-fitness. Note that the first set of All-Star Moves (12 in total) are free, but if you move onto Flat Abs Fast, Cardio Blast or any of the other 14 chapters (as I’ll call them) are $1.99 each. Boo.dollarninetynine

But hey, it’s cheaper than a gym membership if you don’t own one, right?

*This is not a paid or sponsored post. Just sharing the love of the Chatelaine app!

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My new tattoo

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It’s time to do some laundry tonight. Sometimes I let it pile up and take up all of the washers available in our apartment complex.

It’s funny, because we usually only have athletic wear and towels to wash mostly. I know when I run out of my favorite workout tops from Under Armour, MPG Sport, and Lululemon, it’s time to do laundry. I need my favorite items to work out in!

workout-clothesHey. Gotta have some visual interest in a blog post, right? :)

The boyf is training very hard for his upcoming Ironman in Mont Tremblant in August, so he’s going through laundry like it’s a hot potato. Sorry, couldn’t think of a better description than that. It’s incredible the work outs he puts in. For instance on Saturday & Sunday he ran 20km, Monday he biked 210km, Tuesday he ran 32 at a “slow” pace of what my fast pace is: 5:15min/km’s. Ya. His slow runs are my going full-tilt so that’s why we don’t train together ;) I don’t want to feel like I’m slowing him down even though he’s always up for going out on a run with me regardless of the speed.

CrossFit WodsI’m taking the night off CrossFit. I’ll be going 4x this week (Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri) and tonight I’m going to do a little work out at home from my iPad.

chatelaine all star movesI downloaded the Chatelaine 10-minute fitness app. I’ve been using it for a few days but tomorrow I’ll let you know how it all works.

I’ve been going to my pedicure lady for the past few years and last weekend she had a going away party since her family is moving to Cambodia, where I got this new tattoo of mine. Don’t freak out Mom and Dad – it’s fake. Who would’ve guessed? It’s a stencil which she painted body glue on, then brushed glitter of my choice. It won’t budge. It’s been on since the weekend.

fish tattooI thought it was “just a fish” until I was told it was finding nemo. Oops. I’ve never seen the movie, can you believe it?

I sure will miss that sweet Sophie. I get regular pedicures in the summer because even though I rarely I don’t wear opened toed shoes often because I’m cold pretty much constantly. I do like to have my feet pretty. Especially now that I have had a black toe nail RIGHT before summer started, and this happened last year as well. What luck, huh? Especially it being on my big honkin’ toe, too. TMI for you all? Sorry!

I’m out! Have a good night all.

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My CrossFit Journal Year 2 Week 21

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I’ve been on a self guilt trip for the last few weeks. I’ve only been working out twice a week and have been having stomach issues almost everyday. I plan to blog about why I’m thinking of going off paleo. To put it simply … It’s giving me a leaky gut and I just cannot live like that. The full 30 days I was doing the Paleo challenge at CrossFit it was every.single.day. A leaky gut! It was dreadful. So now I feel guilty about going to CrossFit because I won, and everyone’s always asking me how Paleo is going. Well. It’s not going. Unless it’s going through me, you mean.

I’m still thinking about not really eating carbs that often. Just incorporating natural foods, nothing processed. But for now I’m allowing myself any cheats on whatever days whenever I feel the need. I think I just need to amp up my workouts because twice a week isn’t really cutting it.

[older crossfit journal entries]

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year 2, week 21, day 1

Front Squat
3 @ 70% (I used 70lbs)
3 @ 75% (I used 75lbs)
3 @ 80% (I used 80lbs)
2 @ 85% (I used 85lbs)
1 @ 90% (I used 95lbs)
3×1 @ 90-95% I couldn’t go past 95lbs!

WOD:5 Rounds
5 Clean to Thrusters
10 True (ring) pushups

I completed the five rounds in 11:52 and I think I used 55lbs for the workout.

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year 2, week 21, day 2

Pullups: 10 minutes of kipping

WOD:
1km run
10KB swing (32/24kg)
10 T2B
400m run
20KB swing
20 T2B
1km run
10KB swings
10 T2B

We had a 20 minute time limit. My first kilometer run was 5:15 and I headed into the kettlebell swings and used 16kg. Since it was only a 20 min WOD I didn’t finish it. I ended up going out on my last run at 15 minute-something and when I got back the buzzer had already beeped so it was the end. I was still pretty proud!

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