Talk about failing two days in a row! I was supposed to meet my friend, Karl, for a stadium workout at a local high school at 8:00 am. The problem is I woke up at 8:00! Luckily the stadium is only two miles from my apartment, and I was able to keep Karl from waiting too long for me. What a great workout partner, right? So here I am, running late AGAIN. Pre-workout snack was same as yesterday: wheat toast topped with natural peanut butter and unsweetened, shredded coconut. I managed to get a picture of it with my phone while on my way to the track…don’t worry, I was at a stop light!
Below is our workout:
- 1 mile warm up
- 10 frog jumps*
- 20 push ups
- 20 single-leg squats (10 each leg)
- 20 dips
- 20 lunges
- 400m run
4x
- 8 100m sprints with a 50m walk as rest
- 2 rounds of stairs (Two rounds around the stadium, that is. This is by no means a massive stadium. It totals about 22 reps of 20 stairs.)
*Start at the bottom of a set of stairs in a squatted position, jump up two stairs landing in a squatted position, and repeat! I’m sure there are many names for this exercise, but I call them frog jumps.
Seeing as how I got to a less-than-favorable start for an intense workout, I struggled at the beginning. Luckily, I had THIS girl to push me through it!
After our workout I made one of my favorite breakfasts: pancakes made from a banana, an egg, and chia seeds. I know what you’re thinking…no flour!? No buttermilk or sugar!? Just give these bad boys a try, I promise it will soon be one of your go-to breakfasts!
Banana pancake recipe:
Ingredients:
- 1 ripe banana (mashed)
- 1 egg
- Chia seeds (I use about 1 tsp.)
- Cinnamon
- Blueberries
(Last two items are for the topping)
Directions:
- Mash banana in a bowl until smooth. Try to get out as many lumps as possible.
- Add egg and whisk together.
- Add desired amount of chia seeds
- Heat griddle to 300 degrees. (I have used a skillet also.)
- Pour batter evenly into three pancakes on the griddle. (Usually amounts to 1/4 cup of batter per pancake.)
- Flip pancakes after about 3-4 minutes or when the outer edges of the pancakes are visibly cooked.
- Flip again after 3 minutes.
Topping:
- Sprinkle cinnamon over pancakes.
- Top with fruit of choice. I like to microwave fresh blueberries until they pop and take on a syrup-like consistency. I do this by placing them in a ramekin and microwaving them in increments of 20 seconds.
ENJOY!
Variations:
- I have heard of adding a couple tablespoons of unsweetened, shredded coconut to the batter.
- I have also heard of adding vanilla or chocolate protein powder to the mixture.
- You might also add a couple chocolate chips to the mixture. I tried this once and YUM!
Fit Doxie Mom 