Workout Playlist

There's nothing I find more motivating that new workout playlists.

I can have the greatest shoes, the cutest headband, or the lightest water bottle, but my workout will just be blah without good music. I'm really enjoying my current playlist and I thought I'd share what I'm listening to and what I'm doing to get spring break ready :)

(in no particular order because I work out with an iPod shuffle)

1. Drunk In Love- Beyonce

2. Sledgehammer- Fifth Harmony

3. Flawless- Beyonce

4. Masterpiece- Jessie J

5. Sundress- Landon Austin

6. Uptown Funk- Bruno Mars

7. Cruise (iTunes Session Version)- Florida Georgia Line

8. 3005- Childish Gambino

9. Blank Space- Taylor Swift

10. Style- Taylor Swift

11. Bad Blood- Taylor Swift

12. Say My Name- Destiny's Child

13. Survivor- Destiny's Child

14. Partition- Beyonce

15. Jealous- Nick Jonas

My workouts rarely last longer than an hour and I change up my playlist frequently so I like to keep it short and sweet. I typically do 60 min on the elliptical at medium to high intensity. After that (or later in the day if I'm working out before class) I'll go back and do yoga and abs. The elliptical works my arms and legs, as does yoga, and then I work abs separately, so I hit every muscle group every day. If you're looking for some good beginner yoga classes, here are a few that I started with and still do to this day!

Runner's World Yoga 1 2 3 4 

Tone It Up Yoga 1 2

There you go! Have fun workin' up a sweat this weekend!  

Namaste!

I go into every summer with a huge list of things I want to accomplish: golf, road trips, amusement parks, etc. 

More often than not I end up leaving a lot of my goals for "next summer" in order to be lazy in the then and now. Yes, I have a mental idea of some things I'd like to do this summer, starting with getting really healthy. 

I want to be more active in general. Do more. See more. Live. Today is officially my first day of summer, and I'm starting with yoga- something that has always been equally intriguing and terrifying. I've never been flexible or patient, but today starts the journey to both. I've found some beginner videos that work the muscles used for running, so it's killing two birds with one stone (I'm really serious about running at least a half-marathon before I turn 21). 

I still want to learn to golf, and I've recently had this urge to play tennis- a huge joke if you knew the fits I used to throw when my parents made me go to tennis camp. But hey, getting older has made me curious and I'm trying to use what's left of my summers to soak up every opportunity I have! There will be more to come with regards to my summer plans, as well as what direction the blog is going to take in the next few months.

So, I leave you with a few questions:

have you tried yoga?

what's your biggest "goal" for this summer?