40 Day Fitness Challenge and RESULTS!!!

Before: December 2010

After: May 2011

We just completed a 40 Day Challenge with our awesome trainer Willie Woods of Iron Core Fit. It was nothing drastic. There were a few basic rules:

1. Workout, Rest, or Attend Class
Isn't he cute? !
2. Eat 6 meals (include protein and good fats) per day including pre/post workout meals
3. Take Supplements
4. Drink half your body weight in ounces of water

We did strength training 5 times per week and really focused on increasing our protein intake, severely decreasing our consumption of sugar and excess carbohydrates.

Here's an example of one of our workouts:

Warm-up/Activation exercises

Core

• wall ball crunches 2 x20
• low plank 2 x30 seconds
• yoga abs x30 each side
• superman x15

Joint

• Peeing Dog: side up/down x15, kick back x20, karate kicks x20

Strength: 3 sets 45 seconds on/15 seconds rest

1a. KB swing

1b. KB pullover

1c. plank circles x5 each direction on ball

2a. clean/squat/press x3 each side

2b. KB floor chest press

2c. wall sit

3a. pulldown

3b. crabwalk

3c. side-lying tricep extension

4a. hi pull + drop squat

4b. figure 8

4c. renegade row

Finisher (to keep the metabolism revving!): 2x500 meter row

But we definitely saw some incredible results! In just 40 days we lost 18 lbs. (Brandon-11 lbs., Jenny-7 lbs.) and over 16 inches (Brandon-6", Jenny-10.25")!!!

Not only that, we improved our hand-eye coordination and overall strength in our pre and post testing. We're going to keep going though!

Want more fitness inspiration? Here's a post from one of my favorite blogs: Rage Against the Minivan