A Few of My Favorite Things (right now)

Ok, I can get on some serious binges and become a bit obsessed, but after a week or so I usually lose interest and it's on to something else. Here are a few things I've gotten hooked on that I just can't seem to shake.

1) New Verizon Iphone
I know everyone already has one but this is new to me so let me be excited. The phone itself is nothing life changing. It's the apps that make this thing so addicting. Here's a couple fitness / nutrition ones I like. Daily burn, helps you count calories and log workouts. It could be that one thing that could remind you that you have goals and probably shouldn't eat that cheesecake. I also like the nike training app. This one is great if your on vacation or away on business and don't have access to a gym. It gives you random interval workouts and syncs your ipod music to it. Alarm Clock; If you need to make sure you wake up dancing download this app and set the alarm to sound with your favorite 80s jam. I recommend WHAM! Wake me up before you go-go.

2) Kale Chips
Fast, simple, and delicious. Tear up some kale to whatever size you want. Line a cookie sheet with some aluminum foil and lay them down. Throw some olive oil, sea salt, and dried onion on top. Bake for 12-15 minutes at 350. Remove and stuff your face. So good, so so good!


3) Innov-8 shoes

Bottom line, these things are mad comfortable. I haven't heard anyone use that term in awhile. I think I'm gonna bring it back. Seeing those kale chips above is making me mad hungry. Anyway, these are another option in the growing minimalist shoe market. They are not quite as minimal as the vibrams but I think they look a lot cooler. Great for trail running and since we have the tough mudder coming up it gave me an excuse to buy them. That reminds me; we still have the soles for souls shoe drive going on. I donated 19 pair. Help us out if you can. Thank you to everyone that already did.

4) My own concoction

I put a picture of the Fage greek yogurt but don't be fooled, it's much more than that. Here's what I came up with; try it and thank me later. I'll call it Justin's potent protein pudding. Here's what you do... Take a couple spoonfuls of yogurt and throw it in a bowl. Add a scoop of chocolate protein powder. Add a spoonful of organic peanut butter. Throw in a little splenda and some cinnamon and stir. No you have about 45g of protein in a why/casein mix so it breaks down slower and helps curb the appetite. The cinnamon gives it a little kick and some studies show it may help speed up metabolism.

5) The UA treadmill challenge

Ok you definitely don't want to do this more than once a week and if your asymmetrical in inline lunge, hurdle step, and active straight leg raise fix that before you go sprinting on a treadmill. I also much prefer ground running over treadmill, however it's still cold out and this is a fun challenge. Warm up properly by doing ankle mobility and foam rolling soft tissue. Once all that is out of the way try this out and see how you do. Set the speed at 7.0 and the incline at 4%. Run for 1 minute and raise the incline to 5%. Stay a minute at each incline and see how high you can get. I've gotten to 10% for 45s. Try it out for a quick butt kicking.