So we got the chance today to get a ton of stuff done today. Nikki and I went grocery shopping and got all the supplies we needed for the week. We came home and worked like a team cooking and cleaning for the next 4 hours. We made chicken enchilada casserole, protein bars, cut fruit and put them in containers, and made an AWESOME healthy Pumpkin Dessert Squares (yummmm!). (Recipe coming!)
Then I was lucky enough to have time to get to sit down and watch an awesome cardinal/cowboy game. Then I got to enjoy the best part of the fall (if you ask me), I switched from the Dodger/Philly game and the Charger/Patriot game. My wife, bless her heart, was a little burned out from football all day (we only have one TV) and made a terrific suggestion. Lets go down to our apartment and workout? We went down there and she watched "brothers and sisters" and I switched between the baseball and football game on the other TV in the workout room.
I brought my 15lb. kettlebell with me and my heart rate monitor. I decided to do a little walking on an incline to get my glutes activated for a while. Walked with the kettlebell in my right hand for a while and then with my left hand for a while. (I noticed that I had a lot more trouble walking with the kettlebell in my L hand so I made an effort to work on my imbalance by walking with it the majority of the time in my L hand). I did that for 20 minutes while watching TV. Then did some mild cable exercises (chops with the cable) and some deadlifts. At the end of it all, I worked out for 30 minutes and it really did not feel like much. I looked at my heart rate monitor and it said I burned 383 calories!
That is an important thing when you are trying to lose weight. Create a deficit! Find ways that you can do more in your day to help burn more calories that you take in. I think we are going to make this a regular Sunday tradition. So for all of you Sunday football watchers out there try doing some things during commercials. Here are a few ideas:
- push ups
- pull ups
- front planks
- side planks
- stretching
- lunges
- squats to the couch and back up
- grab a band and do curls and presses and squats
- grab some dumbbells and do arm curls to presses, single leg stance exercises.
- BE CREATIVE, it makes a big difference!
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