The Mother’s Day Tiara 5k was a huge success. Despite a very rainy start to the  morning we still had over 1,000 runners in attendance and our Boutique Fitness Team looked like a sea of black & pink. What I love the most about our wonderful team is that for many of these ladies it was their first 5k. They did it!

As a result of having over 40 people on our team, we won a prize for raising the most money:) Can you guess what that prize might be? An ice cream party at Oxford Creamery!! So here is what we are going to do: We all love ice cream, but it always tastes better when you’ve earned those calories. We will be hosting a group workout at Oxford Creamery for our entire team! After we break a sweat, we eat ice cream!

But wait, it gets better… everyone is welcome to join our workout for free! So if you want to break a sweat with the Boutique Fitness crew, enter your email under ‘tips & recipes’ (on the right)  and you will get all the details you need to workout with us. This step is key  since you will also get a very important waiver form to fill out so that our good friends at Oxford Creamery are covered. It will be super fun and sweaty!

Here are some photos from the race last Sunday. There are many more Boutique team members that I don’t have photos of:( So if you have any Boutique Fitness photos from the race, please share them with us. You can post them on our facebook page or email them to us at fitness@boutiquefitness.com.

Here is about half of the team just before the start of the race.

Monica & Lisa: Partners in crime

The lovely Mother/Daughter Siwik duo with Angela

Melissa Lourenco Rocha and her boys

Kim & Paige. You may remember Paige from last year’s photos…

Here is Paige in 2012. What a transformation!

Heather & Michelle

Michelle Carr, me, and Larissa McLaughlin

The ladies! (a.k.a. trouble;)

Serina & Kim

Heather finishing strong!

The beautiful Morgan family

My favorite!

Last year Michelle Carr photographed all our 5k’s. This year we insisted she run with us instead.

Way to go Michelle!

So awesome to be a part of this journey with you. XOXO

Bodies at play. That’s essentially what body weight training is. When you take away resistance tools (dumbbells, plates, bars, bands, etc.), you can add intensity to your workout by adding speed, power, repetitions, sets, and frequency. Even though that’s quite an array of options, body weight training can tend to be a bit redundant for some people. That’s when it’s a good idea to introduce unconventional movement. Add some ‘un-usual’ exercises to the usual routine of squats, pushups, lunges, and pull ups and not only will you continue to see killer results, but you will once again feel parts of your body that you may have been neglecting. Wait, there’s more… One of the best ways I have found to work the core is by throwing the body off guard. This means that by getting a little bit funky with your workouts, you’ll be working your core like never before!

Check out todays video and give it a try. The monkey pushup may take some practice but it’s a great variation from the traditional pushup. And who doesn’t LOVE jump squats? Your butt and thighs surely do:)

10 In/Out Jump Squats

10 Monkey Pushups

Back to back for 5 – 10 sets. Mark your time and try to beat it next time.