Hello! Happy hump day :) Just wanted to check in before I head to work! Wednesdays are always a nice reminder that the weekend is only two days away. It's also nice because it means that most of my long days are over. On Tuesdays after work I head down to a City Fitness gym on the other side of the city to workout before I teach from 7-8. I don't get home until about 9:30 because the trains run every hour and I catch it at 8:52. Womp long day. But I can't complain because I do get paid to workout and do what I love so I'm very lucky for that!

Monday was also a long day and I couldn't wait to get home and relax. Relaxing turned to cooking in the kitchen for about an hour and a half, although cooking is very therapeutic to me.

Dinner was roasted veggies with sautéed ground beef and kale. Topped with Parmesan cheese and sriracha (always sriracha.) I also whipped up my lunch for yesterday and today. A big hearty salad that I add chicken to at work. It has Trader Joe's sweet leaf lettuce, tomatoes, red onion, cucumber, feta cheese, chick peas and fresh dill. Along with this salad, I bring many snacks. I like to nosh all day so I make sure I have plenty of healthy snacks ready to go. I brought some leftover ground beef & veggies, an apple and these protein balls (except made a new batch with peanut butter instead of almond butter and they're way better!)

Last week I managed to sneak in some quick workouts despite it being a busy week (who am I kidding, that's every week.)

Sunday - 4.35 mile run after my family left. This was a good one!

Monday - REST :)

Tuesday - This workout from peanutbutterrunner.com

Wednesday - HUMID 3 mile run. This one sucked a little.

Thursday - 3x15 reps of the following exercises: Dumbbell deadlift + squat jump, lunge with pulse (15 each side), single arm dumbbell row (15 each side), pullover with sit-up, heel tap bicycle crunches on bench, row 2 minutes.

Friday - 5x10 reps of the following exercises: Band assisted pull-ups, lunge jumps (10 each side,) deadlifts, thrusters, push-ups, burpee box jumps. This one was great and can be done in under an hour!

Saturday - REST :)

Sunday - 5 mile run. This was great except for the last mile when my earphones stopped working.

What's your favorite way to sweat?

- Rach

Hey guys! How was your Monday? Mine was super busy but went by so fast and I can't believe it is already 9 p.m.! I taught two classes today, a cycle class and a Total Body class, so when I got home tonight I needed a big yummy dinner.

I have been crazy about dill this week and putting it on my salads every day. Tonight I made a dill lemon salmon that was delicious and ridiculously easy!

Ingredients: 

• 1 salmon filet (I use the frozen filets from Costco - easy)
• 1/2 teaspoon each of kosher salt & pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon of garlic seasoning (I use Mrs. Dash garlic and herb)
• 2 slices of lemon
• Fresh dill to your taste

Directions:

• Pat salmon dry and place on greased pan
• Sprinkle with kosher salt, pepper and garlic
• Place dill on salmon, as much as you want!
• Place lemon slices on top
• Bake in a 400 degree heated oven, or if you have a toaster oven, place it in the toaster oven and bake on 400 for 15 minutes. Turn your oven or toaster oven to broil for an extra 2-5 minutes
• Enjoy!