Halloween Core and Cycle Class

First things first, everyone please be safe!

Secondly..

It’s Halloween week!

This is like a fitness instructors’ dream come true..do you realize how many exercises can be morphed into a Halloween-name?! Amaze.

I taught Core & More and named all of the exercises after Halloween; descriptions of the actual exercises are below: 

1. Supine Frankenstein leg drops
2. Eerie Plank (up, up, down, down)
3. Creeping Spider (plank w/ knees to the side)
4. Scared Cat (Down down to plank)
5. About to Pounce (Down dog to plank)
6. Dead Cat (Spine Bridge lifts)
7. Witches Brew (butt on knees, lift and torso twist right and left)
8. Hexes (star crunch)

Right after was Cycle! Of course I had to include songs like Thriller, Ghostbusters, and Werewolves of London-only appropriate ;-).

Are you going Trick or Treating tomorrow night? If so, here are the healthiest candies to nosh on:

• 3 musketeers mini-24 calories
• fun-sized lemonheads- 50 calories for 10 pieces
• full-sized york peppermint pattie (fave!)- 140 calories
• peeps pumpkins- <100 calories for 6 peeps
• Tootsie caramel apple pop- 60 calories

Notice how the first 3 candies are bold? It’s all about portion size! Obviously the mini versions of our favorite candies are going to have fewer calories than the full-sized versions, but we tend to overlook those intricate details and only read “3 musketeers” and “24 calories”. Pay attention to portions and I have no doubt that you can celebrate Halloween like it’s supposed to be celebrated:

with family/friends, tons of spooky fun, and candy!