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Pick-A-Stick Workout

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HERE’S A FUN WAY TO WORKOUT:
CREATE YOUR OWN ROUTINE! 
  1. Have a hard time getting to the gym
  2. Can’t find an hour to workout in the week
  3. Get board of your normal workout routine
  4. Want to learn some new exercises
These are the exercises I have added to my workout.  You should customize your exercises to work with your fitness level, access to equipment, and space.  
thePROGRAM
This can also be customized for YOU!  
Depending on the day, I will commit to
  1. Picking one stick every hour between 7 am and 7 pm.
  2. Picking 3 sticks in the morning and 3 in the evening
You get the idea.  Make this work for you!  
The goal is to stay active, challenge your body beyond its normal load and have fun!

WHAT’S ON MY STICKS…
Standard Squat 50
Squat Jumps 50
Wall Sits 1 minute
Tye4® Legs – demo video here

Calf Raise 15 slow/10 fast/ 3 foot positions

Reverse Lunge 30 each leg!
Walking Lunge 30 
Side Lunge 30

Standard Pushup 25
Military Pushup 25
Diamond Pushup 25
Tye4 Pushup 25
Skateboard Pushup 25

Plank 1 minute 
Tye4 Plank 1 minute
Mountain Climber 30 each leg
Burpees 25
Pilates Roll Up 25
Side Crunch 15
Tye4 Pilates Series – demo video here


Tricep Dips 25
Tye4 Dips 30

 

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Add the NEW TYE4 system to boost your workout.  Check this out for Tye4 exercises and click here for classes and info on the Tye4.
 TYE4 $75 
email ashley@ashleybensonfitness.com

 

Guest post for HYPERWEAR!

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I had the privilege of being a guest blogger for a cool fitness company called
I wrote about 
FINDING HEALTH AS A FAMILY
 
Click HERE to read it!  
See how I engage my family in our health and fitness pursuit and watch a short demo video the kids and I made!  We created a few exercise games using Hyperwear’s awesome SANDBELL!
 
After you check out my post, take a look around Hyperwear!  🙂  
You will get lots of great ideas and encouragement!

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WHO WANTS TO COME ON A FITNESS VACATION WITH ME IN THE FALL?

Keep reading to find out how you can get a 
FREE TRIP!

  I have a few people wanting to book a trip so let me know if you are interested!!! 
Email me
and I will send you all the details.

Check THIS out to see what the St. Augustine trip was like in November.  

If you get a group of 10
 – including yourself – 
signed up for a trip,
THEN YOUR TRIP WILL BE FREE!!!
The house we will stay in!  


 The roof top where we will do all sorts of workouts!  
Oh, we will also enjoy the stars at night from up there as well.  Don’t worry, there is plenty of vacation to be had 🙂
  We will practice pilates on the beach.

 You will learn how to feed your body properly with your exercise…
 pre-and post workout nutrition to support your body as it strengthens and repairs.

 I hope to see you in Florida!

5 Random Things About Ashley

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It’s important for you to know who your trainer is, 
so here goes.

5 RANDOM THINGS ABOUT ME! 

I have 3 plates and 39 screws in my face.  True!  Before I got married I had TMJ surgery.  It was really tough but I’m glad I did it!  After the surgery, I was not allowed to chew for 6 weeks.  During that time, all I wanted was a sandwich.  I could hardly stand it when I saw other people eating sandwiches.  Not sure why, I never really loved them before???  Anyhoo, I had this long list of foods I was going to eat as soon as the doc gave me the go ahead.  Disappointment:  the first bite I had at that point was mashed potatoes… and it hurt!  Needless to say, it took a little time to recover.  Glad I did it, but glad it’s over!  Oh, and incase you are wondering, I don’t have any trouble going through airport security.  The doc did tell me that I might possibly cause the medal detectors to go off!  LOL  So far I’ve made it through just fine!  🙂

I have had 3 broken bones as an adult in the past 7 years :/  
1)  Fracture on the top of my right food when I was pregnant with my son.   2)  Fractured my little toe on my left food by kicking it on the wooden dog bed in the night.   3)  I broke my right hand this past fall.  That was the worst!
Ok, enough about my bones.
I was born on fathers day.
My sister was born on mothers day.
I’m not lying.  

In high school, I decided I was going to be a marine biologist (I love the OCEAN!!!), but then I realized that job might compete with the other job I wanted:  stay-at-home mom!  I’ve been able to work my side jobs around my career as homemaker:  personal training, group fitness classes, 

I get a headache if I sleep past 8 am, 
no matter what time I go to sleep!?!?

Well, there it is.  
I hope you feel like you know me a little better now.

Go check out Tabetha’s blog –  TheClosetIntellectual 
to learn 5 Random Things about other bloggers! 

SLOW-CARB DEVILED EGGS… w/AVOCADO

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My friend, Teresa, brought deviled eggs to the Healthy Food Sampling Party we had at my house last Friday.  They were SO good and I had to try it out myself.  Teresa found this recipe on Pinterest that led to a cute website My Kitchen Of Love.  To make it slow-carb, we left out the mayo and tweaked the seasoning a bit.
My girl Taylor wanted to take this project over last night, so I must give her credit for the eggs “we” made.  SHE actually made them and they were GREAT!
 
what T A Y L O R did…
 
 She made 12 hardboiled eggs and peeled them after they were cool.

She cut the eggs in half length wise, scoop out the egg yoke and put them in a mixing bowl. She smashed the egg yoke, along with an avocado, and seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic powder and olive oil.
Just like traditional deviled eggs…she transferred the mixture to the egg white halves and then sprinkled them with paprika.
We didn’t take the time to make these look pretty, 
but in the end it didn’t matter that much… they were gone in seconds!
Taylor added mustard and loved it.
INGREDIENTS:
12 hard boiled eggs
1 avocado
salt and pepper
garlic powered
olive oil
paprika 
Thank you TAYLOR for helping out in the kitchen!

9 FOODS TO EAT IN JANUARY

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ORGANIC GARDENING put out a list of 
 
9 BEST FOODS TO EAT IN JANUARY.
Be sure to add these IN SEASON foods into your diet!
Click on each food to find out why these foods rock!
  1. GRAPEFRUIT (eat on DGW day)
  2. BEETS
  3. BRUSSELS SPROUTS
  4. TURKEY
  5. CAULIFLOWER
  6. PUMPKIN SEEDS
  7. AVOCADOS
  8. EGGS
  9. YOGURT (eat on DGW day)
 
Let’s build these foods into our meal plan this week!