Kiss The Butt

I've never had much of a butt, but since I started working out for real last autumn, I've managed to shape a quite nice behind. I've been getting lots of compliments from a lot of different people. So, how do you shape your behind? Pretty easy, shape and grow the muscles in your booty; gluteus medius, maximus and minimus.
The great thing? It's the old-school-stuff that helps you here.
Do Jumping Jacks for your medius, deep lunges for your maximus and deep squats for your minimus. Yes, there are a few other exercises out there, but these are so basic everyone can do them and you can do them everywhere. So, no excuses, go and work for that kiss-worthy butt :)

http://www.repinall.com/WeightLosePlan/2012/12/25/lift-dat-ass-exerci-2/

Well, well, well, what do we have here - GRITStrength

Okay, after starting to adapt to GRIT Plyo and... well, yes, obviously starting to like love it, I thought it might be time to try out GRIT Strength. So, today I just forgot all of the reason why I shouldn't or couldn't do it and just went for it. It was with an instructor I've never had a class with and so there was no chance, I'd make a complete fool of myself the first time around. I actually did pretty well, at least that's what she told me. She even asked me if I'd consider coming to her class on Wednesday (wait a moment, Sunday GRIT Plyo, Monday GRIT Strength, Tuesday Plyo, Wednesday Strength? Not even I am this insane).

But let me tell you, it was FUN! It was friggin' hard, it was rough, it was exhausting, I feel like I'm ready to die right about now, but it was FUN! You feel about every muscle in your body ache, your shoulders are screaming for deliverance, your legs are about to give out, but you just have to push through it. In my humble opinion Strength isn't as exhausting on a cardio level as Plyo, but well that's not the point. I'm still a little shaky and the afterburn effect starts to really set in (anyone wanna share an elephant for dinner? No? Doesn't matter, I'm gonna have a whole one. By myself. On toast! :D), so, even if you're not huffing and puffing as hard as during and after Plyo, you're still getting one hell of a training and yes, you do feel it. My shoulders are done for today. and probably tomorrow. And the day after tomorrow.

But I got to give some kudos to the instructor, too. She did a great job motivating our group and well, I think I got a new body crush. She was pretty ripped but not to the point where it was too much, she still looked pretty female, too. she's a little shorter than me and I started to realise that I am kind of... long and lean these days. almost gangly. I like it, because it doesn't make me look too pumped even though the muscle is starting to grow. Some more Strength and Plyo and I'm on my way to ripped :D

fully booked

So, my mom came to visit me on Monday and it's been quite a ride. To get at least some training done, I'm getting up at 6am the latest and go either for a run, do some yoga or spend some quality time at the gym. And since my mom loves to walk, we've been walking quite a lot. Like 2-15 km a day. Monday I went for a jog in the morning and did some resistance training (but I was super sore from GRIT class on Sunday), Tuesday I was even sorer and did about 45min of Cardio Yoga, yesterday I went to a Body Pump class in the morning and today I was at the gym for some resistance training and I took the afternoon off to go to a Body Combat class. I'll still be meeting my mother a little later in the evening, but well, I really need the kick of a Combat class right now. Plus, I've been eating a little too much since my mum and I are eating out every single evening. Monday I had some chicken with balsamico sauce, green beans and zucchini; Tuesday was fat fast with some snails and a burger at Jack the Rooster (the snails are seriously good) and yesterday I had chicken breast in Garlic sauce with carrots and zucchini and potatoes. Today we're having sushi. Looking forward to that.

Another upside to my mother's visit was the fact that I told her that I need shoes with better shock absorption, and I she bought me Nikes!

These are my new GRIT Plyo shoes: