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Hot Holiday Workout

December 18, 2012 by Julie 70 Comments

Last night Ryan and I were up a little later than usual wrapping Christmas presents for my family… in the dark.

We had some power issues and the electric company came out to our house a little after 9 p.m. to work their magic.

Ryan has a pretty awesome headlamp that he uses on his hiking trips, so while I used the headlamp, Ryan clipped a mini flashlight to his t-shirt (Iron Man?) and we wrapped away while Sadie chased the light. It was actually a really nice night and our wrapping job didn’t end up looking too shabby!

Christmas Presents

Get ready for some fun gifts, family!

We leave on Friday for Jacksonville to celebrate Christmas with my family (my grandma is flying in from Gettysburg on Wednesday!) and I cannot wait.

Workout

This morning we awoke nice and early and arrived at the gym around 5:15 a.m.

Since Best Body Boot Camp officially concluded last week, I feel a bit of workout freedom this week. Though I typically prefer having a plan or routine of some sort when it comes to my workouts, a few weeks of randomness sounds pretty fantastic right now.

I began my workout with 20 minutes on the elliptical before wandering into the weight room. Almost immediately, the whiteboard caught my eye.

Whiteboard Workout

Every week or two, one of the trainers at my gym updates the whiteboard with a new workout. Since I’ve been following BBBC, I haven’t really used the whiteboard workouts too much, but today it inspired me!

HOT Holidays Circuit Workout

As you can see, I kept the second circuit basically the same (I upped the number of rows) and changed the first and third circuits a little bit to my liking. Okay, fine, I didn’t want to do burpees or jumping lunges today. Caught!

And yes, more holiday graphics. They bring me joy.

Breakfast

Post workout breakfast!

eggs and biscotti

Today’s breakfast included scrambled eggs with goat cheese, zucchini and mushrooms.

Plus two mini biscotti on the side!

biscotti trader joe's

And there you have it!

Question of the Afternoon

  • Do you like to have a plan to follow when you work out or do you prefer to wing it?

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About Julie

My name is Julie and I am a full-time blogger, new mama, fitness enthusiast (certified personal trainer and group exercise instructor) and food fanatic (mostly healthy... but also not-so-healthy) living in North Carolina with my husband, dog and baby boy. Thank you for visiting Peanut Butter Fingers! I hope you enjoy little glimpses into my life and have fun trying the sweaty workouts I frequently share and making some of my favorite recipes along the way!

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Comments

  1. Bek @ Crave says

    December 19, 2012 at 1:35 am

    For my workouts outside of the gym classes I have a general plan in my head- but not written down because I don’t want to carry paper around with me!

    The dark present wrapping sounds fun! I’ve wrapped most of my presents and I’ve been doing my mum’s also haha. I love wrapping!

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  2. sara @ fitcupcaker says

    December 19, 2012 at 8:33 am

    I usually have a plan but sometimes i will wing it too!

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  3. Heather @ Run Eat Play says

    December 19, 2012 at 9:05 am

    I always feel better following a plna when I workout – that’s why I love BodyPump!
    P.S. I emailed you my What Alice Forgot book review two times, but I’m not sure if you got it?!

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  4. Cathryn says

    December 19, 2012 at 10:15 am

    I ALWAYS have a plan. It holds me accountable if I don’t complete it. Also, it keeps me motivated to walk into the gym with an already set workout. It must be the 11 years of swimming that made me so schedule oriented, but I will be 10 times more motivated if I have a plan. Your breakfast looked delish!

    Reply
  5. Stefanie @ Thin Vegetarian says

    December 19, 2012 at 1:42 pm

    I always like to have a plan for my workout, otherwise, I find I spend almost as much time deciding what to do as actually working out.

    Reply
  6. Laura says

    December 19, 2012 at 5:16 pm

    One of my favorite quotes……”Failure to plan is planning to fail.” I tend to agree with this.

    Reply
  7. Stephanie @ Legally Blinde says

    December 24, 2012 at 11:22 am

    I really love your workout plan designs – they’re so cute! The holiday graphics are great.

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  1. Holiday Movies You Quote Throughout the Year | Peanut Butter Fingers says:
    December 19, 2012 at 9:44 am

    […] When I went to upload my photos from breakfast this morning, I noticed some new additions to our iCloud folder of pictures. Ryan’s phone automatically uploads his phone photos to our desktop and I laughed out loud when I saw the picture he snapped of me wrapping presents with the headlamp from Monday night’s blackout.  […]

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  2. Let it Snow! « Lovely, Cheesy Bits. says:
    December 19, 2012 at 2:56 pm

    […] run some errands to prep for the blizzard, and get a good circuit workout in.  I plan to try the Hot Holiday Circuit Workout that Julie posted on her blog, Peanut Butter Fingers, yesterday. I am going to modify it a bit to […]

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  3. Jambalaya « Lovely, Cheesy Bits. says:
    December 19, 2012 at 10:35 pm

    […] time to do a quick blog post.  This afternoon was fairly uneventful. I was able to complete the Hot Holiday Workout from pbfingers.com and it was great! It really got me sweating and my muscles were on fire – […]

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  4. Karna Fitness | Happy Ramblings says:
    January 3, 2013 at 7:15 pm

    […] morning I did this circuit workout from Julie. Was going to do some cardio as well, but I ran out of time…I might have slept […]

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