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Run Britt Run

03 Tuesday Feb 2015

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I’ve been interval training at least 3 days a week and recently started suffering from what I believe to be shin splits. I figured it might be time to buy new running shoes. Of course I turn to my reliable and beloved Nike. Lucky for me I work across the street from Niketown in NYC. I picked up these gems today and can’t wait to run in them tomorrow! Gotta put the tailwinds to the test. Fingers crossed my shins heal quickly because I refuse to take time off and lose progress. The good think about Nike is they give you 30 days to wear them and try them out and you can exchange them if they aren’t a good fit.

http://m.nike.com/us/en_us/pd/air-max-tailwind-7-running-shoe/pid-10200807/pgid-1538955

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Do the Green Thing

13 Tuesday Jan 2015

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Greengenes

I love http://www.juicegeneration.com in NYC. They do things the way that a juice bar should. Places like Jamba and smoothie king upset me. Yeah, their smoothies are delicious! It’s because they just aren’t good for you. It’s time to wake up, smell the greens, and learn to love what’s good for your body. Juice Generation tells you every ingredient in the smoothie, and they are pure, clean goodness.  I have been eating my version of paleo (post coming soon) for close to a year. I have to admit, I am bored with chicken. There are just some nights where I rather not eat. I have such a hard time coming up with ideas for dinner, especially since Mike only eats one vegetable, spinach, and no seafood. So tonight, I decided to make a replica of my favorite Juice Generation smoothie, Mr. Greengenes. I understand that green smoothies scare a lot of people. I am sure at one point I was also scared. I am one of the lucky few who came out of the womb loving vegetables. In fact my favorite baby food I have been told was spinach. therefore, I have a high tolerance for anything green, and even enjoy wheat grass shots. I know that these tid bits do not make me a reliable source on where this particular smoothie falls on the green tolerance scale, but trust me when I say, if you want to start drinking green, this is the smoothie to start with. The ingredients help this add up to a sweet, creamy delicious treat in which you will hardly notice the green flavors. Continue reading →

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Fitness 50 Cent Style

12 Monday Jan 2015

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Anyone who knows myself and my boyfriend Mike will know that staying fit and eating clean are two things that consume us. We joke between eachother that all we do is work, workout and eat. When we first met, I was attending a crossfit gym in Greenpoint, Brooklyn which changed my life and view on fitness. I won’t contribute this to crossfit, but to the box, http://crossfitgreenpoint.com/. I have never attended any other crossfit gym, and I would venture to say 3/4 of why I was so in to this gym was the people. It is one of the many reasons why Greenpoint will always have a near and dear place in my heart. About 8 months ago, I moved from Greenpoint to Manhattan and was faced with an incredibly difficult decision. How would I find anything that could replace Greenpoint Crossfit? I actually reverse commuted back to Greenpoint for the first 2 months to attend classes but this defeated the point of my move, which was to be closer to the office. I tried to rekindle my past love for yoga, but could not find a studio I enjoyed as much as http://pureyoga.com/. I established a new love for https://www.soul-cycle.com/ and even got Mike in to it. The only problem with Soulcycle was that to use it as my only source of fitness would have put me in the financial quick sand of death. For those familiar, unless you are willing to bear the elements and keep fit outside in New York City (the cost free option), staying fit comes with a high cost. After spending hundreds of dollars on Soulcycle, the mega giant nyc gym, equinox.com, didn’t seem so costly. I convinced Mike, who was happily working out at New York Health and Racquet club to humor me by visiting Equinox. It was easy for both of us to be drawn in by everything it has to offer, from classes, to extensively stocked locker rooms, vast location choices, and the big draw – coed steam room and sauna. Needless to say, I convinced him to leave NYHRC for equinox, and granted him the pleasure of having a tag along for his workouts and the responsibility of training me. Mike would be very unhappy with me if I did not make a point to mention that he has never and will never do crossfit. We have had countless debates about the striking similarities between how he works out and crossfit, and his utter disagreement with that fact. Never the less, this was my main draw in joining his workouts. The phase that we are currently basing our workouts on is Formula 50, a 6 week fitness plan by 50 cent. I have to admit that despite his constant persuasion, I have not read the book, but he has, and I consider him my trainer for all intensive purposes, so that is enough for me. We are in the gym a minimum of 5 days a week with 2 of those days being interval training on the treadmill. Each week the workouts get harder. The best advice I can give anyone regarding staying in shape can be summed up in a few sentences. Establishing the routine and making it a habit is the hardest hurdle. Once the habit is formed, the only thing of importance is to constantly push yourself. If it’s not hard, you aren’t working hard enough. Soon this feeling of being challenged in the gym will become a craving. I look forward to going to the gym and pushing my body daily. The results are what keep me going. I can honestly say that though I didn’t think it possible to find a fitness routine that would provide me with the self gratification and the enjoyment that crossfit did, I am happily working my way through Formula 50 and feeling fulfilled. My biggest fear in leaving the crossfit world was losing my strength, but thanks to Mike, and a little help from 50, I’m on my way to being stronger than ever.

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