30 Day Burpee Challenge

Are you IN??????????  Are you ready to take the 30 day burpee challenge put together by myself, Fit and Healthy with Debbie Reichert and Natalie over at My Think Fit??  We have broken this challenge down day by day so that you can slowly work up through the month and by day 30 you WILL be busting out 100 burpees!

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Get Your Sweat On Tabata

Yep! This was AWESOME (if I do say so myself). Set your tabata timer to 6 tabatas/8 cycles/20 seconds work/10 seconds rest. It's also a great way to get your burpees in today since I incorporated them into the workout. Remember the whole point of a tabata is to give 100% during the 20 seconds of work. You need to go as hard and strong as you can in that 20 seconds and then recover during the 10 second rest and then fire it up and do it all again.  I used 10 lb. dumb bells for the exercises using them but you can use whatever size you wish. 

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Pumpkin Protein Muffins

I've been working on a Pumpkin protein muffin and I think I've finally found a good combination of ingredients for the perfect, healthy, cold weather muffin. The original muffin recipe that I played around with to come up with my recipe can be found here at Dashing Dish.  As with most of my muffin recipes, this one includes no added refined sugar and it gets its sweetness from honey and dates. It is also classified under the gluten free category and it got two thumbs up from my kids and fellow "health nut" trainers at the gym. So I think we're good!! If you like pumpkin I think you will really like this, and I love that it has a good little dose of protein to it, making it a great pre or post-workout snack. Enjoy!

 Ingredients: 

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Thankful for my fans GIVEAWAY!

As Thanksgiving week is upon us, I am taking a moment to reflect on how thankful I am for my awesome Facebook followers!  What better way to do that than to offer an awesome giveaway for them!!  Therefore, I've teamed up with three amazing companies to bring you a fantastic giveaway this week.  You will have from November 18th through November 23rd to enter and you can come back EVERY DAY for additional entries.  Here's the scoop:

One lucky winner is going to win THREE great items:

1. A GymBoss Interval Timer - so great to have for interval training!  It can be used as a repeating interval timer, countdown timer or a stopwatch.

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Turkey burgers - Southwestern Style baby

• I've been enjoying my Greek turkey burger recipe for awhile now, but decided to switch it up tonight and go Southwestern.  This was a huge hit with the family.  They turned out incredibly moist and flavorful, which can sometimes be a challenge when you are working with turkey breast.  So if you give this one a try, you will not be disappointed I'm sure!!
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• Ingredients:
• 1.2 pounds ground turkey breast
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic 
• 1/4 cup white onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup red bell pepper, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
• 1 teaspoon dried cilantro
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground red cayenne pepper
• 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• good sprinkle of salt and black pepper

Directions:

Gently mix the ground turkey together with all of the ingredients listed.  Form into 6 patties.  Drizzle a nonstick skillet with extra virgin olive oil.  Cook the patties on medium high heat for about 7 minutes each side or until fully cooked.  Serve in a bun or bunless......your choice!!

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