Healthy Fitness Challenge: Week 8, Day 4
Inspiration/motivation tip: Be fly! Be confident! Be extraordinary!
Workout: back, bi’s, and thighs (interval or circuit format to keep your heart rate elevated); core; stretch-it-out.
Exercise of the day: upright rows. This is a great exercise to tone and define the back, shoulders, biceps and triceps. To increase your heart rate and burn more calories you can try combining this exercise with a sumo squat.
Exercise tip: Make sure you stretch each muscle for at least 30 seconds after your workout. Stretching after your workout will help decrease muscle soreness and stiffness.
Meal plan
Breakfast: oatmeal with apples, cinnamon and raisins
Snack: 2 hardboiled organic eggs
Lunch: grilled lemon chicken with brown rice, asparagus and dried cranberries
Snack: tomato and cucumber salad with feta, lemon and olive oil
Snack: apple
Dinner: baked halibut with mango salsa and steamed broccoli
Dessert: grapes and walnuts
Nutrition tip: Make sure your snacks contain protein or healthy fat to slow down the absorption of sugar and to help you feel satisfied. Snacks should be under 250 calories.
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