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| What is your plan for the upcoming show season? I'm curious as to what some do to keep themselves fit and diet plans.
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| I've got a mare in training right now that is probably going to leave me in the dust. I've started making it a priority to eat healthier, which is hard because usually in the mornings I'm just grabbing whatever is quick for my breakfast and lunch before I head to work. I have started trying to make sure that there is something healthy and accessible already made up while I'm throwing stuff in my lunch bag! Also, while I'm doing chores I look for opportunities to work on fitness. I've done lots of bicep curls with water buckets lately lol. Finally, I tend to stick with things better if I'm the "leader," so I created a Facebook page called "Boots, Lace & Liftin' Weights" where I'm planning to run challenge groups and mainly just keep myself accountable. I've already got a summer arms challenge and a clean eating challenge I'm doing for April. You (or anyone else) is welcome to join me if you're on FB! |
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | I have spent a lot of years focusing on diets and fitness thinking I had to be a certain size. I'm not driving myself crazy with that any more.
I'm not cutting out food with the exception of those things that effect my breathing and joints, and just focus on eating more real food, and more veggies.
As far as working out, I'm focusing on getting stronger and riding better and not worrying what my pant size is. I'm not spending a ton of time on it either - I already get up at 4am. I do a few kettle bell exercises (there's a blog post on my Cowgirls With Curves site) three days a week and some stretches and core two days a week for about 10 min max.
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| I also hold some Challenge Groups and have a page Barrel Racing Fit & Fast. Right now I'm doing 21 Day Fix Extreme, which with working full time, having horses to ride, I do my workouts in the morning. So 30 minutes out of the way each morning, then perhaps running on the treadmill at lunch. I've created a great 30 day challenge coming up next month with hay bales & water buckets too! lol |
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Location: lexington KY | I look at my fitness lifestyle a little different than most people. I dont eat a lot of processed food because of the crap that is in it. Some people can enjoy processed foods all day on any particular diet and lose weight and if that is the goal that is wonderful. Personally for me, I choose not to eat that kind of food. I view my choices from an over all health stand point. I want to be healthy and I want to feel good. I am not perfect by any means, and sometimes things are hard to avoid but I try my best. Yes, I enjoy drinking beer and it is processed, but I love eating vegetables and lean meats as well. As far a fitness, I am lucky that enjoy working out. I am a cardio queen but recently have changed that to 20 minutes of a hard HITT workout and then weights and pilates.
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| I started shopping just the perimeter of the grocery store; produce, meat, dairy, bread. It has cut down on my grocery bill and my waist line! I very rarely venture into the inner aisles and when I do it is only for something the hunny thinks he can't live without. To much temptation in store center! I am also trying to run three days a week and I am doing the Plexus system. |
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Location: Oklahoma | I told myself back in September when my gelding got hurt that I would be in great shape when it came time to bring him back.... yeah, didn't happen!! I will say that I have stuck with the My Fitness Pal app and have lost around eight pounds (in the last six weeks, so that's really not good! lol). Just that accountability has stopped me from eating something that I really didn't need more times than not and that alone is worth it. I also like to track my steps and find myself doing more walking. I need to get to the gym... but the weather is so pretty that I'd rather be outside cleaning or grooming or doing anything other than working out! I'll be regretting it as soon as I swing a leg back over my gelding though! |
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Location: MD | get on instagram, follow the fitness hashtags. what I find most interesting is the girls that are lifting heavy. I'll send you a few good ones to get started. Most of them have great at home workouts that are great and require very little "equipment." I have a yoga mat, and use lots of stuff at home to add extra weight.
Also we just bought a nutribullet.... these things are flippin awesome you gotta get one. I literally eat kale every single day and I don't hate every single second of choking it down. |
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| I just feel most don't realize when they spend x amound on the horse, the trailer, truck, the tack, the saddle, all the supplements, chiropractic work, other therapies, keep their horse fit, trained well, all to try to win, but then totally ignore themselves. The jockey is certainly the other half of the team that makes a winning team.
If you aren't fit, your timing is off. You throw your weight and that causes loss of time. Barrel racing is won or lost by a hundredth of a second, less time than it takes to blink. Weight does matter. By having a fitness and exercise routine that focuses on strengthening the core and legs and improves balance and timing you will develop that winning edge in the saddle.
We need to be in top notch physical shape to go to the horn, brace ourselves in the saddle, engage our core, and stay securely seated and in time with them as they take off.
I just find it odd that so many competitors ignore themselves when it comes to being fit. We are athletes!
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Location: north mississippi | BrlRaser - 2015-03-25 1:45 PM
I also hold some Challenge Groups and have a page Barrel Racing Fit & Fast. Right now I'm doing 21 Day Fix Extreme, which with working full time, having horses to ride, I do my workouts in the morning. So 30 minutes out of the way each morning, then perhaps running on the treadmill at lunch. I've created a great 30 day challenge coming up next month with hay bales & water buckets too! lol
I just liked your page on facebook.  |
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| Thank you! My 21 Day Fix Challenge starts Monday. My Challenge winners receive a free FIT & FAST tank top...so you can be reminded of why you are working out! :) I wanted to continue to give back, so instead of profitting by telling folks about 21 day fix, shakeology, etc., I decided to use the profits to get folks more motivated. Eventually, I'll have a big challenge group and give a way a tack set! |
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| I got sick about two weeks ago so that totally changed my diet. Since then I've been drinking 1 cup of coffee and then water the rest of the day. No cookies, no ice cream, no snacking (unless it's fruit or dry granola). Eating a lunch consisting of vegetables, a breakfast of yogurt and toast or a bowl of cereal, usually a regular meal but laying off the chips, cheese or processed meats.
That being said...I haven't weighed myself but I'd venture to guess I've lost a few pound. I've also been walking on my treadmill and trying the "planking thing". That's HARD |
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | I am careful about who I follow on Instagram when it comes to getting on the diet and fitness band wagon.
I like Leah Gilbert because of her philosophy and especially love this post on the things we buy into....
https://bodypositiveathletes.wordpress.com/2015/02/27/the-industry-that-doesnt-want-you-getting-the-body-positive-message/ |
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Location: Texas | Like others have said, I try to eat clean. I don't drink alcohol for personal reasons. I aslo do protein shakes for breakfast, take multi-vitamins daily, and drink lots of water.
For exercise, I do hot yoga 1-2 times a week, go to the rec center on campus 5 times/week for strength and cardio, and I also got a fitbit to make sure I was getting at least 10,000 steps in each day. In my office, I have the big ball to sit on and a fitdesk (think bicycle with a desk) that I use on days I can't go work out.
Finally, my resolution this year was no more excuses when it comes to eating healthy and exercising. I also decided to quit worrying what the scale said and focus more on getting fit and toned. So far, the scale hasn't moved but the way my clothes fit and the muscle definition is definitely improving. |
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Location: Desert Land | I joined a challenge at a local boot camp gym. The challenge is to lose 20 lbs in 6 weeks. It's been 4.5 weeks and I am down 25 lbs. My goal is 30 in the 6 weeks, I am just about there.
The workouts are tough and the diet is strict. BUT it's really working. Now that I have been doing this routine for a while, it will not be hard to maintain it. I'm planning to stick to the diet even after the challenge. I had had a lot less stomach issues since starting to eat this way. |
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| Couch to 5k!!!
There's a really good app, it does the times for you. You walk when she says to walk, and run when the little jerk says to run.
Also jumping jacks in sets of 25, sit-ups in sets of 10, and squats in sets of 10.
Making a huge difference in my life and my riding! |
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| No refined flour foods & the gym! I am excited to see the barrel racing community is starting to jump onto the fitness wagon. It has always seemed that the size/physical health/strength of a rider was always a touchy subject discussed... |
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Location: Minnesota | I meal prep! I cook and prepare all my meals on Sundays and put them all in containers and just grab them every morning. I eat six times a day but small portions. I don't eat anything that comes in a box or can and I make sure to take all my vitamins and suppliments. I also workout 6 days a week. Life's been stressful the last month or so and the gym has really helped. I find something so rewarding about being in complete control of what I eat, how much and when. When you start to see results it gets very addicting. |
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Location: lexington KY | Ctrygirl14 - 2015-03-25 8:22 PM I meal prep! I cook and prepare all my meals on Sundays and put them all in containers and just grab them every morning. I eat six times a day but small portions. I don't eat anything that comes in a box or can and I make sure to take all my vitamins and suppliments. I also workout 6 days a week. Life's been stressful the last month or so and the gym has really helped. I find something so rewarding about being in complete control of what I eat, how much and when. When you start to see results it gets very addicting.
I totally agree! It is very rewarding to be in control of what you put in your body. I meal prep as well and actually enjoy it. |
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