Lower Calories & Carbs Prepare Body for Day 24 Splurge!
Day 23 and Day 25 are built with consideration to the crazy caloric intake (in comparison) on Day 24. What we need to build into our lifestyle is the idea of planning which days to go crazy on calories, and going intentionally light the day before and the day after we eat tons of calories.
Planning is everything! As long as our life post-boot camp contains a fair amount of planning, we will experience continued success. It’s the old adage: Those who fail to plan are planning to fail. Make sure you latch onto the idea of living out a food plan. If you want help with making a customized food plan for life after boot camp, I’d love to help! Email/text/call to discuss the details! 
What’s Right with Virtual Boot Camp Foods? What Can We Do to Improve the Menu?
I’m in the process of creating a Virtual Boot Camp Cookbook! It will be heading to the press late this fall, and will be ready for the start of the year. With that said, I’d like your feedback on what you would like to see on the menu. Overall, I’m looking to simplify ingredients a little bit, add a little more variety, and continue to increase cost effectiveness at the grocery store. If you could, name some specific items you’d like to see in boot camp (kabobs? pasta? breads and dairy are out…but give me some ideas!). Thanks for the feedback!
Wellness Tip of the Day: Apply Holds to Your Weight Lifting
One of the hardest things to do is hold a weight in a position where the muscle is working really hard. For example, if you are doing bicep curls and you stop the dumbbell when you elbow is bent 90 degrees (DB is probably just above your hip) and hold it for, say, 30 seconds, it will be a killer. Or, if you are doing a chest press with dumbbells and you hold the DBs a few inches above your chest for 10-30 seconds, ouch!!!!
We have three different kinds of muscle fibers that make up our muscles. Most exercises only use one or two types of fibers, leaving the unused fibers dormant. Holding a DB still when the muscle is forced to work the hardest actually forces the muscle to use ALL THREE TYPES OF FIBERS! If you really want a great workout, perform a hold
