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July 2015

Fitness, Salt Lake City

The Bar Method Salt Lake City

July 26, 2015

A few months ago, I was chatting to a friend and discussing what type of workouts we were doing. She told me that she had started going to The Bar Method quite a lot, and that she loved it. “Alice, it burns but it’s awesome and you’ll fall in love with it.”  – umm, with a statement like that, who wouldn’t give it a try! When I lived in San Francisco, I had heard about The Bar Method but never got to do a workout there. I did some research and found that there was a Bar Method studio in Salt Lake City, lucky me! 

The Bar Method Salt Lake City

The Bar Method (1 of 1)

The Bar Method Salt Lake City is located in Sugarhouse with it’s own parking lot, which is really convenient given how busy Sugarhouse can get. The main class offered at The Bar Method is called ‘Mixed Methods’ and is offered at a variety of different times during the day. I went along to one of Braden’s Mixed Methods class at 6pm; I was so excited, I would finally get to see what all the hype was about and experience it for myself! Continue Reading…

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The Skinny Confidential Nutrition Guide Review

July 18, 2015

A few weeks ago, I was chosen by Lauryn Evarts, of The Skinny Confidential blog, to try out her new TSC Nutrition Guide. I have been trying out recipes from it here and there and thought it was high time I should write a blog post about the Skinny Confidential Nutrition Guide.

Details on TSC Nutrition Guide

review of the skinny confidential nutrition guide

For those of you who are thinking “huh?”, The Skinny Confidential is a lifestyle blog and Lauryn Evarts is the brains behind it. She created ‘The Skinny Confidential Bombshell Body Guides‘ (TSC Guides) which includes a workout guide and a nutrition guide. It is set up in an interesting way where you essentially sign up for a subscription plan which gives you access to different content. You can choose from a one month ‘pinkscription’ subscription or the Bombshell Body Guide Plan. The big difference between the monthly subscription and the Bombshell Body Plan is that you get access to The Skinny Confidential’s 28 week fitness and nutrition guide (and I tried out the Skinny Confidential Nutrition Guide)! With the ‘pinkscription’, you get healthy recipes and targeted workouts but not the full plan. Continue Reading…

Fitness, Health, Salt Lake City

Change begets progress

July 12, 2015

Lately, I have been thinking a lot about how change is often necessary for progress in any facet of life. While change can often be exciting, at times it can be downright frightening because of it’s unpredictability. I have been thinking a lot about how I need to shake up my eating and fitness routine, because I have once again plateaued and I am not seeing the results I want. So frustrating but I am determined to reach my goals instead of sitting and whining about them. All I can do is push forward and see what works and what doesn’t.

change begets progress with the skinny bitch collective

I have slowly initiated change over the past few weeks; the purchase of my Polar heart rate monitor watch being one of them. I was curious to see how hard I was working and it has been so insightful. It has shown me that my cardiovascular is nowhere near as good as I thought it was and that I really need to step up my cardio game. I was actually really upset to see how high my heart rate was getting during my workouts, which sounds so silly, but it is disappointing when you thought you were much more fit than you actually are! Continue Reading…