I Be Up In Da Gym

When I be up in da gym, I am nothing without some crunk music to keep my momentum going. Some of you on Instagram asked to see a sample of my workout playlist so I wanted to share some of my songs from this past Sunday's workout with you. Fair warning: I like a variety of music so there's a little bit of everything in here, and I switch it up depending on what type of workout I'm doing. Pure Cardio for me requires rap, hip-hop, pop music because it's fast paced.

Warm Up: 15-20 minutes on treadmill
Eric Church: Two Pink Lines
Eric Church: Drink in My Hand
Eric Church: Livin Part of Life
Jason Aldean: My Kinda Party
Eric Church: Keep On

 

Strength Training/Weights 30-45 mins
Jay-Z: Dirt Off Your Shoulder
Jay-Z: One to the Next One
Justin Bieber: Boyfriend
Justin Bieber: Beauty & A Beat
Kanye West: Stronger
Kanye West: Gold Digger
Kayne West: All of the Lights
Justin Moore: Redneck Side
Justin Moore: Bait a Hook
Lil Wayne: Got Money
Lil Wayne: A Milli
 

Core: Planks/ABs 10-15 mins
Luke Bryan: Welcome to the Farm
Luke Bryan: Country Girl Shake It For Me
Jason Aldean: Johnny Cash
Flyleaf: I'm So Sick
Old Crow Medicine Show: Motel in Memphis (this one is a little slow)
3 Doors Down: Right Where I Belong

Cool Down: Treadmill or Stationary Bike (I hate elliptical) then stretch 15-20 mins
ZBB: Chicken Fried
ZBB: Whiskey's Gone
John Legend: Used to Love You
John Legend: Alright
Carrie Underwood: Good Girl

And there you have it! I took these pictures randomly when I would think of it, so the times probably don't line up. This was a minimal cardio day for me too. Here are a few suggestions on my personal favs for specific exercises. These are just ideas, because I do constantly like to mix it up with my workout music and depending on what kind of music phase I'm in. Right now I'm in more of a country phase so all my rap music is outdated, and I have less rock stuff.

 

Heavy Cardio: Rap/Hip-Hop

Lil Jon - Get Crunk

Young Jeezy - Lose My Mind

Big Sean - Dance

Dorrough - Wired to the T

Roscoe Dash/Soulja Boy - All The Way Turned Up

Hurricane Chris - Halle Berry (She Fine)

Waka Flocka Flame - anything from him

Crime Mob - mostly anything from them, Rock Yo Hips is one of my personal favs

Young Money - anything from them

 

Core/ABs: Faster Paced Pop/Country

Adam Levine - Moves Like Jagger

Luke Bryan - anything faster of his

Lady Gaga

Justin Timberlake - anything faster of his

Florida Georgia Line - anything faster

Old Crow Medicine Show - faster stuff

 

Weights: Rock, Alternative, Rap, Faster Country

JET - LOVE them, especially their Get Born cd

Cage the Elephant - No Rest for the Wicked

The Game

Chris Brown

Breathe Carolina - Blackout

 

What do ya think? Does that help you with some ideas for your workout mix?

 

Weekend Update

I had such a fabulous weekend that I'm not even mad about today being Monday. I was super productive, which always makes me feel good. I'm pretty sure work will keep me running around like crazy again this week, but I'm up for the challenge. I stayed up too late last night watching the Grammy's so I didn't make it to the gym this morning...so I will be in there tonight. Plus, I have to catch up on my DVR and watch the new Walking Dead! Here's to a week filled with good workouts, limited V-Day candy, and maybe sweet somethings from a special Valentine?? Who knows!

 

Here's a peek at my weekend via Instagram. You can find me here {nikkib918}!

Came home Friday night to find a little love package from my Valentine in Iowa. She painted my fav quote onto a canvas for me and got me a few goodies. Now I just have to find the perfect place to hang it!

Went to a little bonfar (that's how we say it here in TN haha) Friday night with my little boy toy. Perfect weather for playing guitar by the fire drinkin' a little beer.

Breakfast Saturday morning. I love pancakes!

I need this shirt for the concert! But it's $33 and I'm waaaay too cheap to pay that for a t-shirt.

My neighbors have creative wi-fi names...

THEY WERE ON SALE...I HAD TO! In my defense they are minis....and very delish! Everything in moderation, right?

My nails are ready for Valentine's Day...even if I'm not!

 

Friday's Letters

I only have one thing to say: TGIF! Really it's more like TGIMFF, but you can figure that one out for yourself. Work has been so crazy this week - which is not bad at all, I love being busy but it's definitely dominated my time which means less blog time.

 

Dear Lake Season - I am coming for your ass!! I *think* I have finally reached my breaking point with being fed up with my binge eating ways. My weight is not in a cute place. You might not notice if you saw me, but I can feel it and see it in my clothes and it feels gross. Operation Bikini is now in progress. I'm giving myself 7 weeks (until March 29th) to lose 15 lbs. I am actually excited about it! It means less drinking, but it's for the greater good. Dear Morning Workouts - I AM GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE 5:30AM WORKOUT PEOPLE DAMNIT! Starting this morning...YAY me! Luckily, one of my friends has to be at work before the crack of dawn so he called me this morning (twice) to get me out of bed.

A sample of this morning's playlist #likeaboss

Dear Face - if you could quit being breaking out and having ugly pores, I would really appreciate that. Thanks pal! Dear Failed Pinterest Project this week - I am NOT happy with you! You are not cute and I demand a re-do! Maybe I will post pictures of the failed one then the good one when I can master it. Dear Readers - I heart you guys! Here's a Friday funny for you that I CANNOT stop laughing about!

 

Dear Luke Bryan (you know I can barely get out a post without mentioning his name these days...) - TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY and you are MINE! Words cannot clearly express my excitement! AND we are also looking at seeing him again in Nashville in October! My 2013 would basically be complete based solely on that.

 

 

 

PS - I know y'all probably get sick of hearing me talk about starting over with my workouts...again...but I appreciate all your sweet comments and support when I do rattle on about it. Your support really makes a difference to me so thank you for hanging in there with me!

PPS - excuse all my excessive language in this post... if it really bothers you then you probably don't like me anyhow...

 

Happy Weekend my loves!

Random Wednesday

I'M ALIVE!!! I know I've been MIA since last Friday, but honestly work this week has been kicking my bootay. I was already hard at work by 6:30 am yesterday... But to all of you who have commented, emailed, tweeted or text me just making sure I didn't get date raped over my weekend getaway - thank you! :)

 

First thing's first - My trip to Harrah's...we had an amazing time! It snowed like crazy on Saturday so it took us quite a bit longer than expected to arrive, but we managed to make a good time out of sitting in traffic for literally hours. The Jamey Johnson concert was so good! I only know like 2 of his songs, but he's really good live. Very mellow kind of country music. This is exactly what he looked like...pretty sure he wore the same outfit and all.

 

Plus he played Dixieland Delight which is one of my most favorite songs of all time so you know I acted a fool. I lost a little money, then won a little money then broke even so I was happy about that. The only picture I have to show you for now is my player's card from the casino. The other people we were with took all the pictures and I don't have them yet, but I will share them later.

 

It was a much more "comfortable" experience than I anticipated. I knew we would have fun but I was anxious about how comfortable I would feel. Not even an issue at all. I ate too much, gained back those 3 lbs I lost last week (UGH!), drank enough to tranquilize a small animal, but overall had a fabulous time! Don't get too excited though - me and this little boy toy are just friends! He's definitely a cutie and I enjoy spending time with him, but we'll just have to see how it plays out.

 

Not going into details with this...but...I had an actual conversation with Skye Sunday too. Nothing too major, but it did my heart a little bit of good - even though I've been over analyzing every single letter of our texts. I'm very thankful that I'm coming from a better place these days. I wouldn't say I'm "happy" yet, but I am content. This is a step in the right direction!

 

I'm getting back on my grind this week with operation look hot for Luke Bryan! I got off work a little early yesterday so I went for a run outside then went to Zumba later on. But I also had 2 bowls of Cinnamon Toast Crunch for dinner...oops! But serious face I gotta get ready for summer! The lake is just around the corner, which means so are bikinis - and that's a scary thought right now.

 

Things to look forward to today: Glitter Craft Night tonight with my best gal pal (wine & Chinese food included), Football Signing Day & Coach Jones's first signing class looks promising, Vols BBall playing GA tonight, HUMP DAY!