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SUMMER 2015 – GoPro

We’ve had a great summer.  It’s been H.O.T. so most of the time there was some kind of water involved to keep us cool.  And when there’s water, it’s a great idea to keep a GoPro camera close.  Even better, let your kids be in control of the camera and enjoy some fun shots!  Take a look at a few of our summer highlights…

doTERRA OILS IN MY GYM BAG!!!

 

A few week ago I published the GYM BAG ESSENTIALS video on Youtube → see it here!  showing some staple items I love having with me to enhance my workouts.  Now I’ll be going into more detail about some of my favorites!

LET’S SEE HOW ESSENTIAL OILS CAN ADD VALUE TO OUR GYM LIFE…

First favorite gym bag essential:  DEODORANT!!! We should ALWAYS have it in our bag 🙂 hehe. I use to buy a travel size store brand to keep in my bag ‘just in case’, but why ever settle for that? Our DIY deodorant has coconut oil, and that can be scary to travel with so we just add more cocoa butter to thicken it up!!  I really love this product.  The ingredients we used were aluminum-free baking soda, arrowroot (or cornstarch), coconut oil, cocoa butter and desired essential oils.  We used Lavender.  For suggestions on other oils you can use, full recipe and video tutorial —» check this out!   »»BUY NOW««

I’m also never far from my LIP BALM.  I like to have this with me all the time and you absolutely will find it in my GYM BAG!  Ingredients: beeswax, cocoa butter, coconut oil, peppermint and lavender essential oils.  See full recipe and video tutorial here.  »»BUY NOW««

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Next, you will find me with doTERRA DEEP BLUE RUB to sooth those achey and tired joints and muscles.  This topical cream is formulated with a proprietary blend of natural plant extracts and other powerful ingredients, including Deep Blue essential oil blend of wintergreen, camphor, peppermint, blue tansy, German chamomile, helichrysum, and osmanthus. For more information, click here.

Anyone who knows me knows I would have a good HAND SANITIZER close!  We all know how dirty gyms can be.  Even in a well maintained facility, blood, sweat and tears happen!!!  In most gyms, hand sanitizer is readily available, but we know that these options are not always the best idea – read 5 Hidden Dangers of Hand Sanitizer here.  By removing the ethyl alcohol (active ingredient in most brands) and the triclosan and replacing them with powerful antibacterial essential oils, we are able to destroy the yucky germs and protect the important good bacteria that helps build our immune system!  So I love having my DIY Hand Sanitizer close!  A simple mixture of Aloe Vera Juice, Witch Hazel, Vitamin E Oil and doTERRA’s On Guard essential oil blend makes for a safe, powerful and effective germ-killer!  Check out the full recipe and video tutorial here!  »»BUY NOW««

 Ladies, how about a nice BODY SPRAY to use after the workout!! Simply add Distilled Water, Witch Hazel and Oil of choice (my favorite —» Lavender) to a small spray bottle and you’ve got yourself a long-lasting, chemical-free fragrance!

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When we need to grab a quick shower in the locker room after the workout, have these shower essentials packed up and ready to use   ↓  ↓  ↓

  • doTERRA PROTECTING SHAMPOO —» It smells amazing and is GOOD for colored hair (there is no ingredient that strips the color!  Yay!!!)
  • doTERRA SMOOTHING CONDITIONER —» Truly leaves the hair feeling soft and thick
  • DIY BODY WASH —» Castille Soap, Vitamin E Oil, Jojoba Oil, Essential Oil of choice – Citrus Bliss is amazing and Vegetable Glycerin. We add all of this to a container with a foam pump. »»BUY NOW««
  • doTERRA HAND AND BODY LOTION —» This is a fragrance-free lotion that you can add in your own favorite essential oils.  Our top pick at the moment is Lavender for healing the skin in the sunny summer months.

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The point of the “gym life” is to make it a lifestyle, right?

Well, what is the lifestyle we are creating?? For us, a cleaner, healthier life ♥

I partnered with Suzanna Underwood and my daughter’s online boutique ♥Of Eden♥ to create the Youtube video tutorials to share the method in which we create our products.  Click the links below, check out our videos and share with your friends ♥

HAND SANITIZER

DEODERANT

LIP BALM

STAY HEALTHY AND FIT MY FRIENDS! 

 

7 MINUTE CARDIO STEP WORKOUT

Here’s a quick workout you can do anywhere!  Use your Tye4 to increase intensity and help you stabilize and balance so the movements are clean and executed  safely and properly.  Oh and it will  remove the pounding and impact, so yeah, use it and wear it! (if you don’t have one, order here)

DO THIS —» Get to some stairs and perform each exercise for 30 seconds.  Wear a TYE4 (wearable resistance) to add resistance and reduce pounding and stress → SHOP NOW ← Watch the video below to see each exercise.

  1. RESISTANCE PUSH-UPS » arm bungees crossed
  2. JUMP SQUATS » ALT. PARALLEL & PLIE SQUAT » leg bungees triangle
  3. JUMP SQUATS » ALT. PARALLEL & PLIE SQUAT » leg bungees crossed
  4. RESISTANCE PUSH-UPS » arm bungees crossed
  5. PLANK JACKS » arm bungees crossed
  6. PLYO LUNGE » hold leg bungees
  7. BOX JUMP » hold leg bungees
  8. JUMP ROPE » hold arm bungees
  9. JUMP JACKS » leg bungees triangle
  10. JUMP JACKS  » leg bungees crossed
  11. RESISTANCE PUSH-UPS » arm bungees crossed
  12. KNEE-UPS » hold leg bungees
  13. TRICEP DIPS » arms inside leg bungees
  14. PUSH-UP JACKS » arm bungees crossed

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TYE4® HIIT PLYO WORKOUT

 ♥ LOVE ♥ LOVE ♥ LOVE ♥

Wearing Tye4 while doing jump training is a smart idea.  First, it allows you to jump against resistance, which〈oh my gosh〉makes it harder.  LOTS and LOTS of muscle burn and isolation will occur = greater intensity.  Second, it reduces stress on the joints!  It’s like landing on a trampoline.  This is great news for me considering I have “old knees” and “can’t do jump training anymore without causing terrible inflammation”  I have yet to have an issue after training in the Tye4.

FOR ME, TYE4 MEANS MOVEMENT FREEDOM ♥

HERE ARE THE EXERCISES I PERFORM IN THIS VIDEO…

JUMP SQUATS full movement – touch the ground, then reach as high as you can at the top while jumping.  Don’t cheat here.  Reach the arms high as your back lengthens while in the air.   Modify: touch knees rather than the ground, and eliminate the jump part, just reaching up with the arms.  This is still a great exercise!

JUMPING JACKS  3 variations

  1. standard jack– you will feel this in the upper body b/c the arm bungees creates resistance
  2. triangle jack– no arms, hold leg bungees triangled out to the side, creating resistance for the adductor muscles —» inner thigh
  3. crossed jack– hold leg bungees crossed in front to create resistance for the abductor muscles —» outer thigh

ROTATION JUMP  3 variations

  1. slalom jump – jump right → front → left → front
  2. 90º jump – jump facing back, then back to the front
  3. 360º jump – full turn

SQUAT TRIPPLE TAP JUMP   facing right → squat → tap ground 3x → jump turning to the left.

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CARDIO WORKOUT 37 MIN VIDEO

  • This workout has 8 SETS, each containing 2 EXERCISES that will be repeated 2x.
  • 40 seconds ACTIVE
  • 15 seconds ACTIVE REST
  • Wear your Tye4 to ↑ intensity (the sweat factor!) and reduce stress on the joints.
  • Hold leg bungees when doing the 15 second ACTIVE REST part
  • I’m recommending how to use Tye4, but keep in mind you can always ↓ upper body resistance by moving 1 or both hands from loop 1 (closer loop) to loop 2 (outside loop) for a quick change up.

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ROUND 1

  1. SLOW BURPEE        —» hand loop 1
  2. JUMPING JACKS    —» same

ROUND 2

  1. LATERAL STEP + REACH       —» hand loop 1
  2. VENTRAL JACKS                  —» same (hold arm bungee close grip for ↑ resistance)

ROUND 3

  1. HIGH KNEES PAUSE        —» hold leg bungees
  2. FLY JACKS                       —» release leg bungees, hand loop 1

ROUND 4

  1. BICYCLE CRUNCHES        —» leg bungee over shoulder
  2. LUNGE JACKS                 —» hand loop 1

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ROUND 5

  1. PLANK SLAPS         —» hands loop 1 (switch to loop 2 to ↓ resistance)
  2. STUTTER JACKS      —» same

ROUND 6

  1. LATERAL HOPS           —» hold leg bungees
  2. HIGH KNEE JACKS     —» release leg bungees, hands loop 1

ROUND 7 

  1. LEG RAISE + CRUNCH    —» leg bungee back cross w/arm bungee wrap
  2. PLANK +  LEG RAISE      —» same

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ROUND 8

  1. TOE TOUCH KICKS   —» hand loop 1 or 2
  2. BASIC JUMP JACK    —» standard using upper body resistance, or hold leg bungees out or crossed

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Thanks to FitnessBlender.com for a great workout!

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HIIT SKATEBOARD WORKOUT VIDEO

 

 

Filmed by CHRIS UPTON
Christhetrainer@Gmail.com

 

 

GREAT EXERCISES TO ADD INTO YOUR HIIT WORKOUT!
Warmup and stretch before the skateboard workout.
Begin by modifying the exercises until you are comfortable on the skateboard.  These exercises require strong and healthy joints and stabilizer muscles.

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TYE4 HIIT 1 DEMO

HIIT – high intensity interval training – is definitely trending in 2015 in the world of fitness.  I love this workout and I’ve been loving it even more since I started using Tye4.  The resistance of the bungees takes this workout to a NEW LEVEL… because in does increase intensity… and isn’t that the point of this kind of workout???  My heart rate increases 10-20 beats per minute on EVERY exercise!!!  AND… it removes the stress that high intensity exercises can cause on the joints.  It adds just enough stability to clean up the move and allow for some MAJOR MUSCLE ISOLATION!  I mean, really.  WIN WIN.

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PILATES USING TYE4 DEMO 2

The Pilates exercises in this demo are fantastic, but there are a few problems:

  1. 1. The hip flexors may be over used or stressed
  2. 2.  The abdominals fatigue and the lower back arches which can cause injury
  3. 3. It’s easy to strain the neck in this flexed position.  And it’s just really uncomfortable for many people.

So I got really excited in class today as we found a way to use Tye4 to take care of every one of those issues!!!  The bungee variation I use in this demo assist the hip flexors allowing for a greater abdominal contraction which gives support to the lower back.  Now the hands are freed now to give support to the neck!

BUNGEE VARIATION  I’ve wrapped the leg bungees around the outside of my arms.

PILATES SEQUENCE

  • Double Leg Lower Lift
  • Scissor Kick
  • Alternating Leg Press
  • Mountain Climber

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PILATES USING TYE4® DEMO

 

The Tye4® bungees adds resistance to these Pilates exercises – like Reformer Pilates.

EXERCISES IN THIS DEMO

1. DOUBLE LEG LOWER LIFT::  I’m showing the advanced version – holding leg bungees out to the side on the floor.  To modify, hold leg bungees but sit on your hands and squeeze your glutes (squeeze that butt!)

2.  LEG CIRCLES::  Here I’ve pulled the right arm bungee long and put that hand loop on the left foot.  Hold the bungees connected to the foot together or separate them.  Guide the leg in a circle, retracing each time.  5 each direction.  Keep the hips from rocking.

3.  SCISSOR KICK::  This demo shows an advanced variation.  To modify, don’t hold the leg bungees and reach high up on the leg closer to the chest.

MORE ON TYE4 CHECK OUT MethodPilates.com

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TYE4 CHEST/TRICEP WORKOUT VIDEO

http://youtu.be/OSsa0R9Vojs
We just spent a great week in the cool little German town my parents live in – New Braunfels, Tx.  It’s a tourism town and a GREAT place to visit!  There are two rivers that run through the town, and I couldn’t help but use both of them as a backdrop for your next workout videos :).  First, we filmed behind Bubba’s Big Deck at Gruene River Co., right on the Guadalupe River.  It’s a gorgeous location with it’s huge old trees, the river rapids and the interesting wildlife all around.  In the summer months, this is an awesome place to tube the river, kayak or just hang at the bar and watch all the river traffic pass.

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