Friday, March 28, 2014

Five Favorite Fitness Activities

Happy Friday! As usual, I'm linking up with Fitting It All In's Five Things Friday and DC Trifecta's Friday Five. And because today's theme is favorite fitness activities, I'm also joining Fitness Friday. Fun! But first, I have an epic Friday fail to share with you.

I biked to work yesterday (pats self on back) and went running right after work (pats self on back again). Per my 10 mile training plan, it was an easy 3 mile run. Finished in 35 minutes, took some cell phone pics, and was feeling great. Until I tried to go back to my office to collect my wallet, keys, and bike.

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The garage was locked and I couldn't get in using my key code. I had my office key with me, but not the right key for getting into the building. And then my phone died. Cue massive panic attack.

Luckily, my housemate's office is right next door and she was working late and could give me a ride home. And double lucky that I have a car as well as a bike so I can get to work tomorrow. But still a pretty stupid way to end the day that got me home (and writing this!) a couple hours later than normal.

Anyways, back to my five favorite fitness activities. This was both like asking me to choose between my favorite children and least hated form of torture, so I'm a little conflicted. But here's what I came up with:

1. Volleyball

By now you probably know that I played volleyball in college and I still play on a ton of rec league teams. I love the competition, the team work and the versatility.  You can play it indoors and on the beautiful California beach, 6s or doubles, women's or coed. So many options and I love them all!

2. Flag Football
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I love flag football because it makes me feel like such a beast! My favorite thing is sacking the quarterback and I once threw a game winning touchdown. (I also threw a season ending interception, but we won't go into that) Super bummed that Santa Barbara doesn't have a coed league :(

3. HIIT
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I love HIIT (high intensity interval training) because it's super intense but over super quickly. Perfect for people with busy schedules and short attention spans like me. You can find a couple of my favorite HIIT routines here.

4. Group Fitness Classes

Something about exercising to music with a crowd of people gives me a much better workout than doing it alone. Exhibit A: the Zumba class I've been attending. Picture a giant ballroom with an amazing instructor on stage and 100+ people grooving to the beat. Or just watch the above video. You can't help having fun despite sweating buckets.

5. Running
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I've been running a lot lately and promised to run even more before the end of the year. But until recently I really only ran to consume massive quantities of food and/or alcohol after (ok, that's still the best way to get me to run). I can't say I love running. But I don't hate it with an undying passion anymore. Good enough for #5 in my book.

Q: What are your favorite fitness activities? Have any epic running or life fails lately?

16 comments:

  1. My favorite activity is running, otherwise my list is spin/biking, strength training, yoga and snowshoeing :)

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    1. Wow snowshoeing!?! I've always wanted to try that! Don't think I'll get much of a chance now that I moved to Cali though lol.

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  2. We have very similar lists -- and I forgot you were in CA now. Ignore my reply to you on my blog :)

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    1. Haha yea no worries. I have an awesome flag football team in Arlington if you're ever looking for one :)

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  3. OH I would have been so annoyed if I had been in that scenario! UGH! I can't work late as I am on the clock when it comes to after care so I really would have been ticked. I am sure you can laugh at it now though eh? :-)

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    1. Haha yea it ended up ok. And I just found out today that the key pad is broken so maintenance locked the secondary garage gate for the first time ever yesterday--and didn't tell anyone! Just my luck! At least I know it totally wasn't my fault now!

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  4. Zumba is a ton of fun! You hardly feel like you're working out hard because the time just flies by.

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    1. Yea I love it! If you ever come a little north to visit Santa Barbara I highly recommend checking out Zumba with Josette! It's the only Zumba class I've ever been to that truly does feel like a party. So fun!

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  5. P90X3, running and yoga are my favorites right now. As soon as the winter realizes it's spring and I can run outside again running will move back to my #1 favorite.

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    1. Ooh I've always wanted to try P90X or another Beachbody system. Maybe when I save up some cash :)

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  6. My fave is running but I enjoy more group activities too and think volleyball would be fun!

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    1. Social sports are definitely my favorite workout! High recommend :)

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  7. ahhhaha laughed so hard at #5! There are a lot of things I do for food/booze...

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    1. Lol I know right? It's the best motivation :)

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  8. What a fun post! I'm personally a big fan of running but any kind of physical activity is a good idea in my books :) Thanks for sharing!

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    1. As you can tell, running isn't my favorite but I am starting to think it's less of a terrible idea in general :) Thanks for stopping by!

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