My second day at the Fitness & Health Bloggers Conference was all about 2. I rocked out a "2 a day" and
did two "new to me" workouts - Kinesis and Zumba.
There was a 7am workout class scheduled and you could choose from Kinesis, cycling, or rooftop yoga. I am always going to go for the
strength training options so I went to kinesis and loved this machine.
It's like a cable machine that surrounds your body. You can do squats, tricep extensions, rows, even a plank with knee pull like
PowerCakes did.
It was nice to start the morning with weights.
Strong is the new sexy.
Breakfast was sponsored by
Choose Cherries and featured cherry smoothies and an epic oatmeal station.
Tart cherries have been shown to reduce inflammation aka soreness after workouts and are a good pre-workout sugar source. They are also called "America's SuperFood" so maybe add some of them into your 4th of July celebration?
We spent the morning in sessions that were focused on finding good supplements and alternative medicine. Personally, I know a lot of that from school so it wasn't very engaging. I may have spent more time on Twitter.
Sorry.
Lunch was again at Bistro Elaia and I opted for a Greek salad with chicken, avocado, and a side of black bean hummus. I have been on an avocado kick lately. It may be my summer food.
The afternoon was spent in break-out sessions that included a tour of the University of Colorado research metabolic kitchen and grocery store lab
(they didn't take coupons), a library tour to learn how to find evidence based research, and a healthy cooking demo.
The grocery store lab is one of 2 in the world and will be used to help find way to assist people in making better choices in the grocery store.
If you live near a King Soopers check out the
NuVal score on your grocery shelves. From 0-100 every product is rated. It's an easy way to compare similar products.
After our sessions it was time to sweat. And sweat I did. I look my very first Zumba class.
I was excited to dance and I loved, loved the class. I shook my booty like it was 2004
(a big booty shaking year for me).
I was really sweaty after the class and I think I got about a 400 calorie burn.
Have you ever taken Zumba?
I would recommend it for anyone looking for a more exciting form of cardio. There was no judging in the room. Just people moving, laughing, and dropping like it's hot.
I think I should get Kyle to teach a Zumba class....although I'm pretty sure he'd cheorograph it to Lil Wayne.
Anyone want to sign up?
Dinner was again on the roof top and was fresh, colorful, and veggie filled. Isn't that the way we should always eat? (yes, the answer is yes).
My dinner consisted of forbidden rice, orange (flavorless) cauliflower, mushroom ragu, and grilled Greek chicken. I loved this meal. It showed how flavorful and nutritious clean eating can be. It's not all chicken and brown rice.
Thinking back on the entire second day at FHBC, the Zumba was the highlight. I just like to move it, move it.
Have you done Zumba? Tell me your opinion.
Love and cha-cha,
Carissa & Kyle
