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Mamavation Monday Boot Scoot Boogy

September 17, 2012 By Ashley 11 Comments

 

Over the past weekend my church put on a big end of year women's event. The theme was Urban Country, which of course I love since I am a country girl at heart. I got to get all dolled up in a plaid shirt and my cowboy boots. The best part of the night was getting up and line dancing with my best friend. I forgot how much of a workout you can get from dancing in boots! Now tonight I go from country to latin and I am pretty sure my thighs and calves are going to hate me.

I am planning this week to drink at least 16oz of water a day. Some of you may remember me saying how terrible of a water drinker I am, and that has not changed. Awhile back, I did good (for me) with this goal and then I slacked off. So wish me luck!

This week on Mamavation TV we are talking about working out with weights. I love working out with weights. My favorite approach to this is to do cardio first and get my heart rate going and then switch over to weights. I also keep doing reps/sets until I feel the fatigue. And after I feel the fatigue I do at least 1 or 2 more reps for good measure!

Do you have any tips for working out with weights?

 

*This post is sponsored by Beanitos and hosted by Mamavation โ€“ a community dedicated to obesity prevention & weight loss for women and Iโ€™m writing this to be entered into a giveaway.

Filed Under: Mamavation Tagged With: fitness, mamavation, Working out

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  1. Avatar for jennydeckijennydecki

    September 17, 2012 at 11:00 am

    My tip for working out with weights is to use light ones at first so you don’t break anything. LOL I’m a little clumsy and when I’m doing my walk at home workout I grab some 3lb weights and just do the workout as normal but with the weights. Some days it’s the 5lb weights. It depends on how awake I am and how safe I feel ๐Ÿ™‚

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    • Avatar for Ashley @Irishred02Ashley @Irishred02

      September 17, 2012 at 1:11 pm

      I have light weights for home and I go for the big boys (10lbs haha) at the gym

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  2. Avatar for @PamelaMKramer - A Renaissance Woman@PamelaMKramer - A Renaissance Woman

    September 17, 2012 at 11:20 am

    Weight training – Get yourself to a Crossfit gym. ๐Ÿ™‚
    We do a lot of strength training and what we do for the most part is to try 3-5 reps with one weight and increase each round until you find out what your max is and we track it. Dancing is so much fun and it’s a lot of work too. Zumba! lol – I’m glad there are fun ways to work out too.

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    • Avatar for Ashley @Irishred02Ashley @Irishred02

      September 17, 2012 at 1:11 pm

      Dancing is my favorite, my Zumba instructor is a guy and he definitely makes you work hard, when I’m feeling brave I put ankle weights on!

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  3. Avatar for Pam GordonPam Gordon

    September 17, 2012 at 11:33 am

    I love line dancing – it’s been forever since I have.

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    • Avatar for Ashley @Irishred02Ashley @Irishred02

      September 17, 2012 at 1:10 pm

      I love line dancing – it’s been forever since I have.

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  4. Avatar for Lena - @elenka29Lena - @elenka29

    September 17, 2012 at 12:24 pm

    You just reminded me about water – Thanks for that : it’s pass 11 am and my bottle is empty, because I forgot to fill it. GRRR.

    It is so cool you got to have fun dancing

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    • Avatar for Ashley @Irishred02Ashley @Irishred02

      September 17, 2012 at 1:12 pm

      Glad I could remind you, I have to have my husband remind me, ughh water hahaha

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  5. Avatar for WendyWendy

    September 17, 2012 at 2:05 pm

    I LOVE LINE DANCING! Oh, now I wanna go! So instead, I’ll go get a BIG GLASS OF WATER~!

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  6. Avatar for Megan @mnmspecialMegan @mnmspecial

    September 17, 2012 at 11:32 pm

    Good luck with your water goals. The girls thing sounds really fun. I wish they would do something like that here.

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  7. Avatar for lorrielorrie

    September 19, 2012 at 2:21 pm

    thats awesome that you had so much fun hope you have a great week

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