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New Series: Preparing Meant for Summer At The Beach House!

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New Series: Preparing Meant for Summer At The Beach House!

Since spring is at last here, we cannot assist but feel like summer is right around the corner. This will be our first legit summer using our beach house (last year we were still tiling all three bathrooms well into Labor Day) and our goal is to spend plenty of time there, both to whittle down our to-do list and TO IN FACT ENJOY THE BEACH.

But in all the work we have been doing to prepare the house for our first summer, we realized we have been neglecting to prepare something else: ourselves!

All of the fast food we have been eating on our drives there and back have only been made worse by the workouts we have missed over and over due to being out of town or simply simply being too worn out from house projects. So in these last couple of months before Memorial Day, we are recommitting ourselves to getting into better shape for summer. And we are inviting you folks to come along with us in a new series we are dubbing: Beach House Body.

We are not fitness experts (and certainly not fitness models) but is not that part of the lively? Who wants to watch bodybuilders and athletes with ideal form when you can watch regular people who sometimes hold the barbell wrong? It is approachable fitness at its finest. We will be releasing a short video each Saturday leading up to summer with some of our go-to ways to stay fit. They are all designed to be beginner-friendly and lively for average folks like you and me.

And to get everyone pumped up for its kick off next weekend, we threw together a short preview video. So crank your speakers to 11 – nay, 12! – and hit play. You can view it below or here on YouTube.

Note: if you are viewing this post in a reader, you may need to click through to the original post to see the video. I promise it is worth it.

But in case you cannot tune in right now (you are missing out!) here is a preview of the types of exercises we will be covering. We will kick things off with standard gym fare like strength training and core work.

Then we will mix it up with some lower intensity yoga, followed by some high energy aerobic stuff. The move below is a Sherry go-to. It works those all-essential paint-rolling muscles.

But simply in case you are thinking “snore, I have seen these moves before,” we were sure to incorporate bonus exercises that are specifically tailored to DIYers like us. Who needs a kettlebell when you’ve got a spare paint can hanging around?! As the old saying goes: the fuller the gallon, the better the workout!

We in fact sourced a lot of our “weights” from our garage. Gotta enjoy repurposing! I am used to lugging our tool bag around, but incorporating a walking lunge was an exciting spin on an otherwise ordinary movement. And Sherry discovered that lunges are a lot more lively when you carry a box of tiling supplies. Who knew?!

The series is designed to be a complete set, so be sure to stick it through to the end – and remember to go back and watch the video for all the exciting info whenever you have a spare moment.

Our workouts get quite, um, creative by the end.

Oh, and one last thing….

… APRIL FOOLS!

I am sure some of you were onto us as soon as we mentioned Sherry working out (podcast listeners know she prefers “accidental exercise”) but we hopefully got a few of you for at least a second. While we certainly could stand to get back to more regular exercise and less fast food, I can promise that is not a “journey” we will ever be subjecting you folks to.

But if you’d like to be subjected to more April Fool’s shenanigans, here are the links to our past pranks. This year marks our tenth year of ridiculousness!

Hope you all have an excellent April Fools Day and an even better Easter!

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