5-4-3-2-1 Leg Workout

When I work out I tend to gravitate towards all things leg related. I grew up running track and playing soccer so my legs are used to being pushed past limits people would find excruciating. Hours of running sprints or back to back soccer games were sure to leave the day after burn in every muscle in legs... but I woke up and did it all over again the next day.

The motto I lived by at a young age lol

So it's no wonder in the gym I am all about legs... its what I am used to and what I feel comfortable doing. This is exactly why Leg Day was my first day back at lifting in almost 2 weeks... This does not mean I skipped 2 weeks of workouts, it just means I was not in the weight room.

While sitting at work, bored I decided to write a killer workout for myself, and that workout became a leg workout, which became a "lets see if I can walk out of the gym when I am done" workout LOL

 Yep this is my typical Saturday haha... don't be jealous... it's either this or writing workouts haha


So thanks to my boredom and need to hit the weights hard I bring you my 5-4-3-2-1 Leg Day Workout.

 Uneven Lunge example

 I didn't do crazy heavy weights because of how intense the sets were but I still did enough weight to push my self to failure by the end. I will admit after the 5 sets of squats and box jumps I was already feeling it. The key is to finish both exercises back to back without a break. After the second exercise then you can take a 30 sec break and get right back into it.

Ciao and leg work

Alexis

Sweet Potato Salad

In honor of being back from vacation and starting back on my Clean Eating I decided to post one of my favorite recipes right now.

This is an extremely versatile dish. It can be a side, dip or eaten as a full meal.  The possibilities are endless...be creative.

SWEET POTATO SALAD

1 Large Sweet Potato cooked
half a can black beans 
1 avocado
2 ears of corn (if not in season you can use canned)  
*servings 4*

For BBQ Potato salad you will also need
1 Avocado
Goat cheese

What to do:

To bake Sweet Potato: 350 degrees for 40-45min or until tender. To microwave: use a fork to poke holes throught the potato. Place in microwave for 3 min, turn potato and put in for another 3 min. Then chop into like size squares.

For corn (if fresh): bring water to a boil and cook for 5 min.

Heat Black beans. Mix everything together.

I made this initially for some fish tacos we had one evening and we fell in love... it has evolved since then.
To make it into a perfect party side see below....

                                        Fish Taco Night                                 Chicken Wrap

To make this side into a substitute for your traditional potato salad at a party/BBQ side double sweet potatoes per all other ingredients: i.e. take the regular recipe and use 2 potatoes as a opposed to 1. 

When you are ready to serve cut up avocado and mix into salad with goat cheese. No unhealthy Mayo dressing needed!!!!

So next time you are asked to bring a side dish, try this, its so sweet and deish they won't even know they are eating an insane amount of vitamins and nutrients. 

Ciao and healthy potato salad, 

Alexis

10 Minute Circuit from Savannah!!

 

I would enter a quintessential "Hey Ya'll" In here but I personally can not stand  am not a big Paula Dean fan... sorry for any hardcore Paula fans out there.. not my cup of tea.

Any who... I feel like i have been MIA because, although gorgeous and amazing, my grandparents place lacks the basic necessities for a blogger. So I was without internet for about 3 days... can you say Stone Ages!!!

I have a whole lot of fun things to tell you about my trip but that will have to wait to I return back to Florida tomorrow. I do want to enjoy my night in Savannah and sadly that plan does not include sitting on my computer all night. 

I have been unable to post my final day of the 30 day challenge and I just wanted to get on and post that quickly....

Welcome to the 10 Minute Circuit. The key is to do all the exercises contentiously for 10 min. If you choose to go for a second round, try to beat your number of sets completed in the first round, even if just by one exercise. 

So here is the last and final day of the 30 day challenge. I have a package at home waiting for me from the Supplement Locker and I will be picking a lucky participant to send some goodies too. It is not to late to enter.  Head over to day 1 and check out the rules. Do as many of the days as you want!

 If you need a review on exercises here are some links... Burpees, Plank Jacks, Power Squats.

Make sure to keep some water and a towel close by... YOU WILL NEED IT!!!! 

Ciao from Savannah

Alexis

Hello from Pittburgh

So I know I have posted about my trip everyday for like 2 weeks now :o) and I am finally here. We got into Pittsburgh around 6:30pm last night and I am enjoying every second of it. Here is what we have done so far....

As soon as the last sibling to arrived we headed down towards the south side to The Church Brew Works... I will say I dont drink beer but this place was freaking awesome to just see. Its a brewery that is located inside an old cathedral. Slightly wrong to drink in a church... Perhaps but it makes fro a great story LOL

   

 Saturday we woke up to head to the Strip District to eat at a family favorite...

It doesn't get much better than this! If you are around Pittsburgh and want the best breakfast around this is where you need to be! Now although I am a big proponent of eating clean there are certain times I am all about the splurge and that is when I am back in Pittsburgh. So although I ate a pretty clean breakfast I did splurge on he bread and cheese LOL 

 Eggwhites, turkey sausage and cheese all on fresh cinnamon bread from Mancini's... (probably the best bakery around) :o) As you can tell in the picture to the right I pretty much devoured the whole thing LOL and I don't feel to guilty.

We are now getting read for my Grandmother's surprise 80th so I will leave you with a few pictures from today and of course the fit challenge for today.

Heather, Jake, Brian (my love) Jim and Kelly headed to the Strip

Brian and I at De Lucca's ready to chow down

The group patiently awaiting the arrival of the best breakfast in town

HAHA... I told Brian this is what our fridge would look like if we had the room... we eat A LOT of eggs

 

Walking around downtown

Two days left and even though I am on vacation I am not slacking. When we got to the hotel last night Brian and I did 2 sets of Tabata before getting ready to go out and today we woke up early to hit the Hotel gym before heading out to breakfast. I can't splurge and slack all on the same day.

So day 29 of 30 is here for your enjoyment.
Set 1: Burpee Tuck jumps, Set 2: Pushup Jacks Set 3: 180 degree Hop squat.

Alrighty... Off to the party. Enjoy your weekend and your workout! 

Ciao from Pittsburgh

Alexis

Friday Favorites... From the Road!

Hi from the road to Pittsburgh....

So I have been seeing this trend in the blogger world... but I have yet to join in, until now!

As you read this I am on the 2nd leg of my drive to Pittsburgh. While I am off on the mountain-y roads I figured I would share with you a few things that I am absolutely loving this week.

The thought of being back in PA staring at all the veggies that are coming through.

Stuffed Sweet Potatoes... YUM

My new timer... Can you say Coffee Addict?

 Flax, Oat Bran , whole wheat flat bread and Pitas. I have only been able to find them in one place so I stock up!

My nephews and my new hat... Yep 2 for 1 in this pic! 

 Those are some of my loves of the week. Since we are celebrating favorites I am bringing back one of my favorite workouts this challenge for day 28!

Day 28 means only 2 days left! Feel free to enter at any time. Start at day 1 or jump in just for this week.

Today's challenge is HIIT the pavement... hopefully if you live in Florida there is enough time in between rain storms to get this in :o)

Ciao from the road,

Alexis

Summer is HERE!!

Well technically it starts at 3:45pm today! Then I drive home, pack the car, and head to PITTSBURGH!!!!

Circa 2010 hanging with 2 of my sisters downtown by the point

So today's post is short and sweet!

I decided since I will not get to go out with my co-workers to celebrate tonight,  I would celebrate Wednesday at home... I do deserve it after all haha. This doesn't happen very often but we broke out the Grey goose and sat down and enjoyed!

Grey Goose, coconut water, and OJ

Now on with today's Challenge!

Day 27 is All ABs all Day :o)

So while I am driving, jammin to tunes get in some AB work! Don't Worry I got mine in this morning!

If you still want to enter the challenge there is still time! Let me know on Twitter @fitpossibleblog using #fitpossible30day or on The Fitpossible facebook page. 

Ciao and Ab work

Alexis

Workout and What I ate Wednesday!

Hello fit and food family! I hope everyone is having a great week... I know I am because tomorrow I hop in my car and start the drive back to PA!!!

Fancy dinner downtown Pitt with my grandparents

See HERE and HERE lol Sorry I love my hometown!

Today I have a new workout which was inspired by my GREAT friend and fellow blogger, but real friend in real life haha (sorry inside joke) Carissa over at Fit2Flex. I also have some yummy eats from throughout the week... not because I am awesome at planning but because I failed to actually photog one complete day haha. Oh well yummy food is yummy food.

Today marks day 26 of the #fitpossible30day, only 4 more days to go... and although I have not gotten the amount of people to do it as I would like its ok.. I will still keep writing exercises for people to do :o) I like to share what I do with others no matter how many people that is.
 As I said I was inspired by my friend Carissa on a workout she posted called 5-4-3-2-1. So I used her concept and came up with a workout of my own. I have to admit I am not really stoked about min. 3 haha.

I hope you get a nice little sweet going with this one. If you want to kick it up a notch repeat! That would give you a 30min cardio/plyo workout that will leave you feeling great, and tired!

If you still want to enter the challenge there is still time! Let me know on Twitter @fitpossibleblog using #fitpossible30day or on The Fitpossible facebook page.

I don't know about you but working out makes me a hungry hungry girl! I try to eat a healthy balance of protein, carbs, fiber, and fat... However this week its been slim pickins. As I have mentioned perhaps one time or another I am driving to PA this week, so I didnt want to over shop and waste food... so lunches and dinners have gotten a bit creative. So I am just making you a montage, if you will, of food I have consume.d as of late..

Enjoy

 Above Picture

Stuffed sweet potato - fig, spinach, goat cheese, turkey bacon flat bread- fish and baked broccoli - Starbucks oatmeal

Top Right Picture
Protein Pancakes with chia jam and blueberries - Wasabi trail mix

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Baked Oatmeal (still working on a perfect recipe to post) - cucumber salad

So that's what I have been eating a lot of!

I want to thank the wonderful Jenn for hosting my favorite blogger party ever! I honestly look fwd. to Wednesdays, not only because I am half way through my work week but because I get to food stalk a ton of people and it is not frowned upon :o)



Ciao and longing for Pittsburgh

Alexis