10 to 1 Workout

I have another workout that you can do just about anywhere. Here is how it works: Do 10 reps of each exercise, then repeat doing 9 reps of each exercise, and so on until you reach 1 rep of each.

Burpees: Stand with your feet hip-width apart. Lower into a squat position and place your hands on the floor. Kick your legs back and lower yourself to the floor. Push yourself back up into a plank position. While hands stay in the same position on the floor, jump your feet back towards your hands. Jump up and reach your hands overhead. That is one rep.

Squats: Stand with feet parallel, hip-width apart. Slowly start to lower your bottom, bending at the knees until your thighs are parallel to the floor. All your weight should be in your heels and press through the heels to return to a standing position.

Push up: Position hands palms-down on the floor, approximately shoulder width apart. They should be about next to your shoulders, with your elbows pointed towards your toes. Your legs should be straight out behind you, toes grounded into the floor. Lower your torso to the ground until your elbows form a 90 degree angle. Raise yourself back up into starting position.

Honey Mustard Pork Loin Kabobs

Marinade Ingredients:

2 Tbsp – Honey

2 Tbsp – Dijon Mustard (or yellow mustard)

2 Tbsp – Olive oil

1 tsp – salt

1 tsp – garlic powder

Kabob Ingredients:

2lbs – boneless Pork loin, cut into chunks

Vegetables of your choice, I used red onion, green pepper and mushrooms

Directions:

Mix marinade ingredients together. Place pork loin in large Ziploc bag and pour in marinade. Place in refrigerator for 30-60 minutes. Once done marinating, remove pork and set remaining marinade aside. Alternate pork and veggies on a skewer. Place skewers on grill and brush extra marinade halfway through cooking. Enjoy!

Cauliflower Pizza Casserole

This recipe is healthy and so….good! It is also low carb and high in protein.

Ingredients:

1 – head of cauliflower, cut in small chunks

1/2 lb – ground turkey

20 slices – turkey pepperoni, cut into quarters

1 cup – pizza sauce

1/2 – red onion, chopped

1 clove – garlic, minced

1/2 cup – parmesan cheese

1 cup – low-fat mozzarella cheese

1 Tbsp – Italian seasoning

Olive oil

Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. Wash and cut cauliflower in small chunks and add to a bowl. Add olive oil to the bowl, enough to lightly coat. Add 1 tsp of Italian seasoning. On a baking sheet, lay out cauliflower and bake for 20-30 minutes until cauliflower is slightly brown. Turn oven down to 350 degrees.

In a skillet over medium heat, brown turkey sausage. Once browned, add remaining Italian seasoning, chopped onion, and minced garlic. Continue to cook for 5 minutes.

In a large bowl, mix cauliflower, turkey mixture, pizza sauce, and parmesan cheese. Add to a greased casserole dish and cover with foil. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Remove foil and add mozzarella cheese to top of casserole. Place back in over for 10 minutes until cheese is melted and bubbling. Enjoy!

Cookie Butter Puppy Chow!

This recipe was consumed in about 5 minutes..it’s that good! This recipe is definitely not healthy but you can’t restrict yourself all the time. You need to indulge every once in awhile and this is what you need to indulge yourself with 🙂

Recipe adapted by Six Sisters Stuff

Ingredients:

1/2 cup – cookie butter

1/4 cup – peanut butter

1/4 cup – butter

1 cup – chocolate chips

1 cup – powdered sugar

6 cups – Rice chex

Directions:

In a large bowl, microwave cookie butter, peanut butter, butter and chocolate chips together until melted. I microwaved in 1 minute intervals until smooth. Stir in Chex cereal one cup at a time until all of the cereal is covered in the chocolate/butter mixture. Next, add half of the Chex mixture into a large Ziploc bag and add half of the powdered sugar. Shake bag until mixture is covered in sugar. Pour on to a cookie sheet or parchment paper to cool. Repeat with rest of the mixture. Enjoy!

Travel Workout

I have a workout for you to do anytime you are traveling or on the road. You can do this workout anywhere. I did this workout in my hotel room last week when I was in Baltimore. For this workout you will need a timer, which I just used the one on my phone. This workout should take only 18 minutes!

This workout consists of three circuits. You will be doing each exercise in Circuit 1 for 30 seconds going from one exercise to the next. After you perform the three exercises you will rest for 30 seconds and then repeat the circuit 2 more times. You will then move on to Circuit 2 and so on.

High Knees: Run in place while driving your knees up as high as you can. You should be pumping your arms while you run.

Plank Walks: Start in a forearm plank, your body must form a straight line from your shoulders to your toes. Press your body up to a push up position by extending your arms one at a time. Reverse the movement and return to your elbows. That is one rep.

Mountain Climbers: Start in a push up position. Keeping your hands firmly on the ground, bring your left knee towards your chest, jump to switch leg positions. Both feet leave the ground as your drive your right knee forward and reach your left leg back. Now your left leg is fully extended behind you and your right knee and hip are bent with your right foot on the floor.

Burpees: Stand with your feet hip-width apart. Lower into a squat position and place your hands on the floor. Kick your legs back and lower yourself to the floor. Push yourself back up into a plank position. While hands stay in the same position on the floor, jump your feet back towards your hands. Jump up and reach your hands overhead. That is one rep.

Triceps Dips: Sit on the floor in front of a step or bench. Place palms on the bench/step, arms straight, and legs slightly bent in front of you, feet on the floor. Lower your bottom to the floor, bending arms until at a 90 degree angle.

Squat Jumps: Start in a squat position. Lower down into a squat and explode up into a jump, landing softly on your feet. That is one rep.

Fast Feet: It is just like it sounds. Stand hip width apart. With a little bend in your knees, start moving your feet as fast as you can.

Push up: Lie on the floor, face down and place your hands wider than shoulder width apart while holding yourself up at arms length. Lower yourself down until your chest hovers the floor as you inhale. Breathe out and press your body back up to starting position.

Lunge jumps: Stand with feet together. Lunge forward with you right foot and lower down, both legs should be at a 90 degree angle. Jump straight up and switch legs in midair, like you are doing a scissor switch. Land in a lunge with the opposite leg forward. Repeat jumping back and forth.

Avocado Salsa

Ingredients:

1 can – black beans, rinsed

1 can – shoepeg white corn

1 can – Rotel tomatoes with lime juice

1/2 – red onion, chopped

2 – avocado, diced

1/2 – lime, juice squeezed

1/3 cup – cilantro, chopped

1 tsp – garlic salt

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together and ENJOY!

Note: Add avocados right before serving to prevent browning

Booty Burner Workout – No equipment needed!

Step Ups: Stand in front of a chair or a step (if using stairs, skip a step).  Place your right foot in center of the chair/step and step up bringing your left knee forward and up. Lower yourself back to starting position.

Fire Hydrant: Start on all 4’s with hands underneath your shoulders and knees under hips. Keeping your knees bent at a 90 degree angle, lift your left leg out to the side until its parallel to the floor. Lower back down to starting position.

Donkey Kick: Start on all 4’s with hands underneath your shoulders and knees are under hips. Keeping your knee at 90 degree angle, left one leg up behind you until it is in line with your body and your foot is parallel to the ceiling. Lower back down to starting position.

Single Leg Bridge: Lie on your back, place hands on floor. Keep one leg bent while lifting other leg off the ground. Pressing your heel into the floor, lift your hips off the floor, as high as you can go. Slowly lower to the floor and repeat.

Standing Booty Kick: Stand tall and place hands on hips. Keeping both legs straight, lift your left leg directly behind you, as high as you can go without leaning forward. Lower your leg back to starting position but don’t let your foot touch the ground. Lift that same leg again and keep repeating for 30 seconds.

Baked Honey Mustard Chicken Drumsticks

This recipe is so good and very simple. I paired our chicken with roasted potatoes and vegetables.

Ingredients:

6 – Chicken Drumsticks (I used Trader Joe’s)

3 Tbsp – Dijon Mustard

2 Tbsp – Honey

1 tsp – garlic powder

1/2  tsp – salt

Sprinkle of Thyme (optional)

Directions:

Preheat oven at 375 degrees. In a shallow bowl, mix mustard, honey, garlic powder and salt. Dip chicken in mixture and make sure all sides are covered. Set on a baking sheet and bake for 45-50 minutes. Sprinkle with thyme before serving. Enjoy!

12 Minute AMRAP Workout!

I have another quick and effective workout that will get your heart pumping in only 12 minutes! You can do this workout anywhere. You only need a step for the box jumps and dips.

Perform 12 reps of each exercise, repeat rounds continuously for 12 minutes. When I did this workout, I finished in 4 rounds and 6 box jumps. Have fun!

Box Jumps: Stand with feet hip width apart. Lower down into a squat, swinging your arms behind you. While grounding into your feet, jump as high as you can, landing with both feet on the box, step or bench with knees bent, while your arms swing forward. That is one rep, you may step or jump down from box.

Dips: Sit on the floor in front of a step or bench. Place palms on the bench/step, arms straight, and legs slightly bent in front of you, feet on the floor. Lower your bottom to the floor, bending arms until at a 90 degree angle.

Burpees: Stand with your feet hip-width apart. Lower into a squat position and place your hands on the floor. Kick your legs back and lower yourself to the floor. Push yourself back up into a plank position. While hands stay in the same position on the floor, jump your feet back towards your hands. Jump up and reach your hands overhead. That is one rep.

Squats: Stand with feet parallel, hip-width apart. Slowly start to lower your bottom, bending at the knees until your thighs are parallel to the floor. All your weight should be in your heels and press through the heels to return to a standing position.

Easy Ice Cream Cake

This recipe is ridiculously easy to make. I made it for my future father-in-law for his Father’s Day grill out and everyone loved it. You can make different variations of the cake by using chocolate fudge or butterscotch instead of caramel or by using different toppings such as crushed Oreos, Snicker bars, Graham crackers, Reeces Cups, Butterfingers, chocolate chips, etc.

Ice Cream Sandwich Cake

Ingredients:

1 Box – Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwiches

1 container – Cool Whip

Caramel ice cream topping

Heath Toffee Bits

Directions:

Unwrap ice cream sandwiches and line a cake pan or 8×8 pan until they all nicely fit. You may need to cut a few in half and you may not use all ice cream sandwiches. Drizzle caramel on top of sandwiches. You do not need to fully cover the sandwiches, a little goes a long way. Spread cool whip on top (you may need to set out Cool whip for a few minutes prior to soften). Drizzle more caramel on top and sprinkle with heath toffee bits. Place back in freezer for at least one hour before serving.

Like I said before, you can play around with different versions. Next time, I may try Oreos and use the Cookies & Cream Ice Cream sandwiches.