Friday Favorites #108 – New Trader Joe’s Find!

Friday favorites time again! 

 

 

This week has been killer in terms of me finally finishing the last few parts of a freelance project I’ve been working on.  I’m so proud of it though and can’t wait to tell you about it soon! On the downside, I’ve had way too much caffeine and not enough sleep — time to tip the balance the other way.  

Also, we have one more day with our babysitter…. must. Find. a. New. Sitter.  Other items on the agenda: enjoying monsoon weather, enjoying the pool (when not monsooning), and maybe filming some new videos for you guys!  Now there is something I haven’t done in a while, a video (I don’t count just talking at my camera on IG haha)

In case you had a crazy week, here were my posts from earlier this week:

• Bacon and Peach Salad with Apple Cider Vinaigrette (enough said)
• A Regular Day With Regular Meals
• 15 Almond Flour Recipes You Need To Try (plus all about almond flour)

Food

I shared a full day in the life post earlier this week, and since I pretty much eat the same thing all week, I don’t have anything new to share today.  

EXCEPT… I don’t know if this is a new Trader Joe’s product or not, but this mix caught my eye at Trader Joe’s.

These have 12 grams of protein and under 30 grams of carbs per serving, decent macros! I followed the directions to bake instead of deep-frying them, and they came out delicious!  I made them last night, so I can’t wait to have them for lunch today!

 

Favorites

Just an FYI you can now find all the stuff that I’ve ever mentioned in a Friday Favorites post on my new Hungry Hobby recommendations Amazon page.  I have categories for:

• Kitchen
• Baby
• Mom
• Fitness
• Toys
• Eating/Food
• Pets

 

Hooray for organization!  Now you don’t have to search through 100+ Friday Favorites to find what you are looking for!  (PS don’t do that anyway, just email or DM on Instagram!)

Around the web:

• Lactation cookie recipes
• 20 Farm to table summer vegetable recipes

Fitness

In case you missed it, I filmed the workout I did on the Fourth of July and posted it to IG.

 

I follow a TON of fitness accounts on IG.  I’m always looking for inspiration for my workouts, especially since I workout at home alone all the time now.  New moves help keep me entertained and keep me motivated.  That being said, I see a lot of those accounts doing stupid sh*!. Movements that are only for the advanced and highly trained athlete, yet no modification is provided.  Like one arm rotational KB swings, that’s an injury waiting to happen for most people who aren’t highly skilled athletes.  

Common exercises we see everyone doing all the time can be wrong for you.  I recently watched the video below, and although I knew about the BTN shoulder press and upright row, I didn’t know about the other ones.  One of them I’ve been doing consistently for the last few months.  Whoops.

Now, there are a lot of people out there refuting that video above so you have to decide for yourself.  I, for one, won’t be doing any of those exercises regularly anymore because I already have a wonky shoulder and back, so it’s not worth the risk to me.  

Fri (7/5)

Set 1 x 3 rounds

• 10 chest press (#60)
• 12 pullover (#25)

Set 2

• 8 single arm rows (#30)
• Bicep 21’s (#40 full movements, #30 top half, #20 bottom half)
• 15 overhead tricep extension (#25)

Set 3 (4 rounds)

• 15 wide rows (#30)
• 10 arms together press (#30)
• 10 chest fly (#30)
• 10 skull crush  (#20)

Sat (7/6)

Inspired by @theblondeponytail

4 rds

• 8 burpees
• 10 bicep curl lunges (total not each)
• 12 KB swings

10 minute AMRAP

• 8 thrusters
• 8 renegade row to frog jump

Sun (7/7) – OFF

Mon (7/8)

2 rounds glute activation 

3 sets:  12 Deadlifts (#50)

3 sets

• 8 single leg sit to lunge each (#15)
• 8 step up to lunge each (#30)

3 sets

• 15 banded hip thrust (#10)
• 10 single leg glute bridge each 
• 10 prisoner squat jumps 

Tues (7/9)

Set 1 – 4 rounds

• 12 chest press (#60)
• 12 chest fly  (#30)
• 10 pullovers (#25)

Set 2

• 10 DB press with lunge stance (#25)
• 10 front raise and press (#16)
• 15 single arm tricep kickbacks each (#15)

set 3

• 10 Arnold press with OH press combo
• 10 lateral raise to front back to lateral and down 
• 20 MB skull crushers (#15)

Wed (7/10)

2 rounds of glute activation exercises 

45/15 each exercise 

• wallsit
• jumpsquat
• wallsit 
• skaters

rest 1 min

• slow push-up
• power push up
• slow push-up
• shoulder taps

rest 1 min

• inverted row
• resistance band pull down
• inverted row
• resistance band pull down

20-minute pyramid incline walking workout 

4.0 speed and starting at 4.0 incline, increase incline +2 every 2 minutes until you reach 12, then decrease +2 every 2 minutes.  Do not hold onto the rails!

Thurs (7/11) – OFF

Friday Flashback

Dark Chocolate Sunbutter Chia Pudding

20 Minute Maple Mustard Glazed Pork Chops