by Brooke Selb | May 27, 2013 | Health & Fitness Challenges
With summer officially here (school’s out, it counts), I think it’s time to do another month long challenge. I really enjoyed the 6-Minute Bikini Body Challenge in April and thought doing something similar again would be fun. Since summer brings lots of...
by Brooke Selb | May 22, 2013 | Teaching, Workouts
I had to share this: 31 Signs You’ve Been a Teacher Too Long. Some of these things are just too true for words. This one was probably my favorite: Okay, moving on from my fantasy of writing an entire test of questions like that… A few months back, I...
by Brooke Selb | May 20, 2013 | Health & Fitness Challenges, Workout Plans
My weekend started out super busy and ended super lazy. Rob and I got a good amount of packing done and went out on Saturday night until 3 am! I haven’t done that since college and Sunday helped me remember why. Even though I only had two drinks the whole night,...
by Brooke Selb | May 16, 2013 | Exercise, Workouts
With my new forary into learning how to lift, I am struggling to balance both arm and leg days. I figure I get in my leg workout when I run, however briefly. My biggest fear is that I will look like this: Obviously, that won’t happen (I hope). To try and balance...
by Brooke Selb | May 15, 2013 | Phoenix, Running
Yesterday, I gave you five tips that I follow when running in the sun and heat. I just don’t want anyone to be caught in a bad situation during their summer runs. Today I bring you the next five tips. 6. Wear Wicking Clothes – If you’re like me, and...
by Brooke Selb | May 14, 2013 | Phoenix, Running, Running Workouts
With winter on its way out, the hot summer weather is on its way in.Having trained for a ridiculous amount of races from 5 – 42 k in the deserts of Arizona, I have ten hot-weather running tips that I follow pretty closely. I wanted to share tips 1-5 with you all...
by Brooke Selb | May 13, 2013 | Teaching
I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day and celebrated your mothers and yourselves (if you’re a mother) right. I saw this adorable video from the kid president and just had to share it: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ4Rnba85o8] Workout Recap...
by Brooke Selb | May 12, 2013 | Vietnam
Well, it’s started. The process of packing is under way. I went through the apartment today and tried to organize our stuff and put it in suitcases based on what we need when and where. Considering we don’t have much to begin with, I made a rather large...
by Brooke Selb | May 11, 2013 | Blogging, Teaching
Caitlyn over at City & the Cubicle is hosting a fun link-up where bloggers share a day in their life. I’ve seen these types of posts around before and have always wanted to do one. Now I have a reason! Here was what my day was like this past Monday: 5:27...
by Brooke Selb | May 10, 2013 | 30 Minute Workouts, Cardio Workouts, Dumbbells, Exercise, Home Workouts, Plyometrics, Upper Body / Arm Workouts, Workouts, Workouts for Advanced
As I am sure you know by now if you’ve been hanging around my blog for a while, I am going through an odd transition of lifting more and running less. Even though the lifting is fun and I feel more fit than when I only run, I still can’t get past the...
by Brooke Selb | May 6, 2013 | Workout Plans
Phew! Do you ever have days at work that are nothing but meetings and when the day is over you wonder where the time went? That was me today. My Monday absolutely flew, which I guess isn’t a bad thing. Workout Recap I am pretty happy with workouts from this...
by Brooke Selb | May 2, 2013 | Travel
Cambodia seriously rocked. Rob and I spent three full days in Siem Reap, home of the Khmer King temples. We tend to go full steam ahead on vacation and this trip was no different. Day 1, we biked about 13 miles between temples and hiked an estimated 5 miles in and...