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The best laid plans…

August 29, 2012 by MCM Mama 5 Comments

The plan: Take the kids to camp and then hit the gym for 30 minutes of elliptical and lower body weights.
The reality:  I could not find parking anywhere near the gym.  It’s attached to a middle school, so I think there must have been some sort of back to school thing going on.  I considered running, but since I ran the last two days, I wanted to do something else.

Enter BexLife.

I “know” Bex through FitFluential.  She’s not only one of the nicest people out there, she’s also got some amazing workouts.  I’ve watched a few videos in the past, but I’d be lying if I said I’d ever been up for trying one.

Today I did.  Here’s the one I used:

OMGoodness!  I did a short warm up of walking my stairs and some “high knees” and then did the above workout.  It took me closer to 20 minutes for the actual workout because I needed longer breaks near the end.  I combined this with the exercises prescribed by my chiro for a 35 minute workout and when I was done, I could barely walk up the stairs. I’m beginning to understand why HIIT is so popular!

This is what I looked like when I was done.  No, that isn’t a shadow on my stomach, that’s sweat.

I’m pretty sure I never have an excuse to not get in a workout again. Thanks, Bex!

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  1. Marlene says

    August 29, 2012 at 10:31 am

    Way to squeeze in a high intensity workout!

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  2. hikermom says

    August 29, 2012 at 11:00 am

    Awesome! I will have to check those videos out:)

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  3. Katie says

    August 29, 2012 at 11:13 am

    thanks fo rthe share! I will have to try that workout!

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  4. Jess says

    August 29, 2012 at 11:55 am

    That’s awesome!

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  5. Heidi @BananaBuzzbomb says

    August 29, 2012 at 6:32 pm

    I LOVE Bex. Like seriously. She is the best. I do have to admit that I had yet to do one of her workouts until 2 wks ago…and it kicked my butt. So awesome.

    Reply
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