1 Year Barre-iversary

I never know what to blog. When I read other blogs and find everyone so amazing to be able to post something daily. Well this past week was my 1 year Barre-iversary. I never knew I would be hooked on the barre for a year. With the gym I always had an on and off relationship, but its surprised me that I'd be consistent with the barre. Also going to the barre has actually made me more consistent with the gym because I wouldn't be where I am with just the barre. I think overall the going to the barre has made me more aware of my overall fitness and what I'm doing. I am so glad I have found the barre. 

Another big help with keeping me stay on the fit track is Instagram. When I first joined Instagram I wouldn't have thought of it as a tool to keep fit. As I started looking at hahstags and finding fit minded people to follow its actually helped me with keeping fit. Seeing other people post pictures of their healthy food and workouts make me want to do the same. I still have my craving days where I give into my cravings (ok maybe more than usual), but overall it has made me want to keep up with the healthy/clean eating.   

 

Few weeks ago I finally got to try Blaze Pizza. When I've past by Blaze Pizza in the past there was always this line out the door, but never knew the line goes quickly. This is going to my new go to pizza place. Blaze is this build your own pizza place. You can think of it as the Chipotle of Pizza. You can either get their signature pizza or build your own with the variety of toppings they have. Its surprising how they get pizza cooked quickly. I would say it takes about 5-10 min for a pizza to be done which is not bad. They guy getting the pizzas in and out of the brick oven looks super busy since orders are continuously coming in.

Crazy Week

This week has been really crazy. Since I had to work all weekend I wasn't able to get any of my workouts in. I'm so behind in Best Body Boot Camp. I think I'll just have to forget week 3/4 and continue on with week 5. I'm really lost. I was glad to go back to barre Wednesday. Oh boy was it killer. The Wednesday teacher isn't who I'd considered "hard", but I guess cos I haven't gone for a few days I was struggling. I also manged to get in one of the runs that's part of my workout schedule. The morning of the run for some reason I woke up 2-3 times thinking it was time to get up. First I woke up around 3:30 AM just to check to time to find out it was not time yet. Then sometime around 4 I woke up again. I guess the night before I was like I have to get up tomorrow morning and told that to myself over and over again, so I wouldn't snooze and go back to sleep. When the alarm rang I did get up. Though I have yet to perfect getting out the door in a timely fashion so I'm at the gym with enough time to workout. I don't know how people get out the door in 10-15 minutes after waking up to go the gym. I mean on a good day maybe I'll get out under 45 minutes. Gotta keep trying though, but so hard when its cold. I either have to get up even earlier or just go to the gym in my PJs. Haha

BBBC Week 3

Yesterday I finished workout A. I'm just loving how I'm doing moves I've never done before. I think I should have started on Sunday. Now I'm behind and I feel all over the place. I having a hard time balancing barre class, bbbc, & getting my runs in before the Coaster Run 5K I'm doing in March. At the same time I'm trying not to stress out too much about it since my face has decided to act like a 13 year old and breakout. My main focus for Best Body Boot Camp is to learn new exercises that I will incorporate into my future workouts. I used to hear my brother and all these different strength moves he was doing at the gym. Now I can say I do some moves too. BBBC gave me the push I need to start strength training. I think if it wasn't for BBBC I'd still be just be a cardio queen.

Missing Barre

Ekk it's been four days since I've gone to barre class. With the holidays and different schedules I haven't been able to go. On a good week I can hit barre up to 6 days. Though I don't think I'd just stop going all of a sudden since love barre so much, but it reminds me how easy it is to get lazy. Not going to barre for a while is reminding me of my old on and off relationship with the gym. I can see how four days off can easily turn into 2 weeks or months of not working out. At the same time it's also a reminder to stay on track so I don't fall back into the vicious cycle of working out for a period of time and then taking a big break.

My Barre Addiction

One of the Barre DVDs I have.

Hi, I'm Evelyn and I'm a barre-aholic. Haha I'm not sure if that would qualify as an real addiction. After the Pasadena marathon I saw online about how this new barre studio was opening near me. One of my friend has taken barre class few years ago, but I didn't think much of it. I thought that it was just another one of those new fitness craze. For the first week all their classes was free since it was their grand opening, so I was like why not try something new plus its free. Who would have known I'd be hooked. Barre classes typically incorporate the use of a barre, ballet moments, & some kind of prop. There are so many different variations out there. From one that are more cardio based to ones that incorporate yoga/pilates. Overall all barre classes goals are to tone and be long/lean. Of the 10+ years I've been a gym member I have never seen best results/changes since taking barre. Bye bye muffin top. 

I used to have a on and off relationship with the gym, but since seeing results from the barre I've actually been more focused my other workouts. In barre your always pushing yourself and strengthening the core. With other workouts I feel that its easy to improve since you first start or it gets easier as you do more. On the other with barre your 50th class can feel like your just taking class for the first time. Only barre can make 2lb weights feel like you have 100lbs in your hands. I love barre so much that I bought 2 DVDs so I had the option of exercising at home and comparing the different types of barre. Compared to a traditional gym Barre can be pricey, but I think its worth it. I would recommend anyone thinking about trying it just to try it a few times before committing.