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I am married with two wonderful sons who are 18 and 11 years old and my 2 year old Baby Girl. I currently live in Reston, VA and have been working for Verizon for 18 years. I am a Licensed Zumba, ZumbKids, Zumba Gold and AquaZumba instructor. I am a Certified AFAA Group Fitness Instructor, a Certified AAI Aqua Fitness Instructor, an RRCA Certified Running Coach and a Certified Keiser Cycle Instructor. I love to exercise, run, do yoga and Pilates and most of all enjoy time with my family.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Tuesday April 30th workout

Today is a cross training day for my marathon training so I decided to pull out the workout DVD's...

The first DVD I grabbed was The Lotte Berk Method: Muscle Eats Fat. This 30 minute workout consisted of a warm-up using knee lifts and arm swings, upper body work with light weights if you want to use them. The thing about the upper body portion is you were standing with bent knees and a pelvic tuck the whole time. After a little bit your thighs start talking to you! Next is lower body which they suggest using a piece of sturdy furniture to help with balance and the next section was the Lotte Burk signature move, Knee Dancing. I have to say that really digs into you quads. The final section was Shape by Stretch which was a great way to finish out the Program.

The second DVD I did was The Lotte Berk Method: Hip Hugger Abs. I decided since I was already warm I would jump right into the workout! If you want to really work your abs you need to do this workout!! WOW!! I am going to be feeling this tomorrow!

All in all a good cross training workout. I definitely need to work on my abs!

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Today's workout-Tuesday 4/23/13

Pilates!! I love Pilates!! I definitely need to do it more!! So, my workout for today was:
Footwork
Roll Up
Stomach Massage I
Coordination
Rolling Like A Ball (great spine massage)
Rowing I (yeah, I need to work on this)
Single Leg Stretch
Double Leg Stretch
Single Straight Leg Stretch
Double Straight Leg Stretch (needs work)
Crisscross or Bicycle
Spine Stretch Forward (love it)
Open Leg Rocker (needs work)
Long Stretch
Double Leg Kick
Low Back Stretch or Child's Pose
Reformer Teaser (stance was good, no arms though, needs work)

Used the book Pilates Body Challenge by Brooke Siler for this workout.


Workout-Monday April 22nd

Today's workout was a trail familiarization run for the walking group that I am a coach of. The walking group is part of the Reston Runner's Women's Training Program.

Workout Sunday 4/21/13

I Ran for Boston at the Marathon Monday Memorial Trail Run at Burke Lake Park sponsored by Potomac River Running. I did a run/walk of 4.79 miles!!


Thursday, April 18, 2013

Workout for today 4/18/13

Today's workout is called 300 Abs:

1st set:

30 crunches
20 bicycle crunches
30 toe touches
20 reverse crunches

2nd set:

15 side plank hip lifts (R)
30 crunches
15 side plank hip lifts (L)
40 Russian twists

3rd set:

30 bicycle crunches
15 oblique v-ups (R)
20 reverse crunches
15 oblique v-ups (L)
10 leg lifts

Then stretch.

Good workout!

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Workout for Wednesday April 17th

Today I took a 40 minute out & back walk pushing my little Girly! She will again be my marathon training partner! My friend Jen went with me as well. We ended up walking almost 2 miles. It was more leisurely than it should have been but it is just the beginning and my foot was hurting a little more than I wanted it to. Dang plantar fasciitis!!

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Workout 4/16/13

Today's workout was a Pilates base workout. I took different exercises from two different programs, Women's Health Magazine's Pound Melting Pilates and a 30-Minute core Strengthening Routine For Runners from Predawnrunner.com:

1. Hundred Pump-lay on back with legs & shoulders up take jump rope or yoga strap and hold under glutes, pump arms 10 times, bring legs in and swing strap around with arms up pump 10 times (that is 1 rep) repeat 5 times.
2. Waist Slicer-sit up with heels on floor, lean back to 45-degree angle. Hold strap behind head with elbows out & rotate your waist side to side slowly (1 rep) repeat as many times as you like for up to 1 minute.
3. Lunge Pulse-arms up holding strap, step one foot forward to lunge, slowly pulse 10 times then stand up (1 rep) repeat on other side. Continue each leg for up to one minute.
4. Lat-pull plie'-stand with wide legs and strap behind head, lift heels and squat down lifting strap up. Pause then straighten up & pull strap down (1 rep). Start with 25 then work up to 50.
5. Plank-held for 30 seconds
6. Bridge-held for 1 minute
7. Side Plank-each side held for 30 secs
8. Unilateral Bird Dog-lifting arm & leg on one side then the other. 5x both sides.
9. Windshield Wiper-on stomach bend leg at knee, move leg side to side like a wiper. 10x on each leg then repeat 3x.
10. Inner thigh ball squeeze-30 squeezes.


Workout 4/15/13

So, today I started my official marathon training for the Wineglass Marathon which runs from Bath to Corning, NY on October 6th. I am not specifying a finishing time being that this sunny first marathon. My basic goal is to cross the finish line!

I went for a 30 minute out & back walk/run on the trails around my house. It is always an nice run on those trails.

I am also a walking coach for the Women's Training Program through the Reston Runners so we had a waking clinic last night.

My total mileage yesterday was about 5 miles between walking & running!