The family workouts continue!
There’s something especially satisfying about making your loved ones hurt.
We’re wrapping up some loose ends this week in Atlanta. I’m still enjoying my time at home and loving mom’s new digs.
We had a fun workout yesterday in her gym. She said I worked her harder than any of the trainers she’s worked with. Mwhahahah! Here’s what we did:
Super setting means you do an exercise back-to-back without rest. So, for the first set, we did 10 reps of lat raises followed immediately by 10 (assisted) pullups. Then mom rested while I did 15 pop squats. That was my HIIT of choice to keep my heart rate up.
Questions about the moves above? Click the names below for explanations.
- Lat Raises
- Wide Grip Pull-ups (assisted if needed… I needed!)
- Arnold Press
- Dumbbell Rows
- Smith Overhead Press
- Wide Grip Pulldowns
- Face Pulls
- Single Arm Cable Rows
Click here for some other HIIT moves I like to incorporate.
Now on to the food. I’m hosting Jenn’s WIAW again this week! Check out my day of Atlanta eats, and join the party in the link up below!
Breakfast:
I had the usual morning cocktail. Then French press coffee (my new addiction).
Then I enjoyed a new yogurt flavor from my old favorite company, Atlanta Farm Fresh. This is my third day in a row eating their chia goji acai blueberry pomegranate Greek yogurt. I’m also loving the NoGRAINola by Primal Paleo on top.
Lunch:
Mom and I had a meeting in the morning and we were starving after it was over. Luckily we were within walking distance of one of my old favorite lunch spots: Souper Jenny. Mom hadn’t tried her second cafe, Juicy Jenny, so we decided to eat there instead.
The vega, gluten-free lunch selections are arranged on a bar allowing patrons to serve themselves. I love this option because I get to try a little but of everything.
It was all fantastic, but the vegan gouda cheese-stuffed figs were my favorite.
Post-Workout Snack:
Our post-workout protein was a chocolate–butternut–spinach shake with oats blended in. I got mom hooked on my favorite Growing Natural Chocolate Rice Protein too. I love that she had it on hand in her new place.
For the shake, we blended together ice, hemp milk, Chocolate Protein Powder, 
The butternut may sound strange, but it’s a sweet squash that makes the smoothie creamy.
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Mom really needs a vitamix…
Dinner:
My baby sis and her boyfriend came over for dinner. We snacked on (unpictured) hummus, crackers, and cheese while we caught up on our days, then headed out to the grill at mom’s place.
The baby and the boy had grilled chicken and we had wood plank salmon and mahi mahi from Whole Foods. I don’t often buy the pre-seasoned stuff, but this was really good! It was the perfect way to ease back into cooking.
There was also a grapefruit-vodka-club soda cocktail (or two) and some dark chocolate for dessert.
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I swear I’m going back to San Diego one day…
Have you ever used a wood plank on the grill? I loved the flavor!
Does your family workout together?
The family that works out together stays together or grows old longer together or something. My family does group runs when I’m home. I’d much rather they all hopped on a spinning bike, but since I’m the only non-runner, I have to conform with the consensus.
I love the cat girl mask on your logo. Rocking it.
We went spinning too! Twice, actually. My crotch still hasn’t recovered.
Super sets are my favorite eland only way I lift. I feel like I’m wasting time if I rest too much between sets. That restaurant is very cold. It’s like a cafe buffet haha that rhymes!
When I’m lifting super heavy, I literally can’t do a super set. But now that I’m trying to lean out a bit, supers are perfect! They really keep my heart rate up.
That looks like a great workout! And I have really wanted to try salmon on the grill but have been too nervous! Hopefully we will try it sometime before it gets too cold out.
I tend to workout alone or run with friends – hardly ever family, but it’s something i’d love to do! When i was younger and living at home we’d all go to the YMCA together. Not quite a family workout, because we’d do our own thing but still fun to be with everyone. Such great memories!
I’ve been wanting to try salmon on a wood plank, looks awesome!
Do it! It’s actually really easy.
oh my goodness that wood plank salmon though…. perfection!
That yogurt sounds awesome! And I’ve been meaning to track down some of the stuff from Purely Elizabeth but I have yet! I saw them at the Natural Products Expo but didn’t get a chance to sample it!
SHoulders, back and tris are my favorite body split days. Bring it! Also, bring me some Atlanta Creamery. I know they sell it here, but I want it FROM Atlanta!
I can’t find that chia flavor here yet, but they carry a few in SoCal too. I wish I could have brought it home!
Salmon is my favorite, but my husband doesn’t like it so I almost never have it at the house. We’ve used a wood plank for other meats on the grill before, though, and it adds so much flavor!
I love that your mom let you put her through a workout. And that she has protein powder. And that she would get at a vegan restaurant. I love my mama more than anything, but she would not do/have any of those things.
That smoothie! Frozen butternut squash? I must try that!
I would love to work out with you- mom definitely got challenged! Vegan gouda cheese stuffed figs!? Sounds strange but good- do you know what they use for the gouda?? Soak up all that family time <3
It was SO good! I’m guessing it is something like a cashew cheese. I want to do some experimenting and try my own!
That yogurt looks amazing!
Your mom is superwoman for completing that workout- looks like an intensely good one! Totally drooling at that salmon- definitely a way to hold on to summer!!
“There’s something especially satisfying about making your loved ones hurt. ” – You’d better treat your loved ones nicer with Christmas almost around the corner 😉 . Then again, I think my friends and family might say the same about me when I’m proofreading and editing for them.
Vegan gouda-stuffed figs?! Send some my way and – hi, oxymoronic – I’ll take one of those yogurts, too.
Funny… many people have warned me about Christmas. Hahaha!
Wow, I’m glad I Found this workout! I think I’ll do it today for my workout! And your greek yogurt looks really tasty!
Thank you! I’d love to hear how you liked it!
Ah yes! I’ve been dieing to try grilling with the plank! Every week I go to the fish counter to select my fish and the planks are sitting there in baskets waiting for me to buy one, but I keep NOT doing it! UGH! I have to before it gets to cold outside!
I always think about getting the pre-seasoned meats from WFM. Glad they got your stamp of approval!
Gouda stuffed figs?! :O Send those my way please.
I love when I can get my husband to work out with me… though we usually just laugh at each other the whole time.
I love the idea of frozen butternut squash in a smoothie! Is it cooked before they freeze it, or raw?
Also, I’m loving those jammie pants, lol!
Thanks! It’s cooked and then frozen. I got it on the freezer section at Whole Foods, but you can easily do it at home!
Great shoulder set! Pinning 🙂 Love arnold presses
Thank you! I’d love to hear what you think if you try it!
Ha, whenever I go back home, I always put my mom through a workout, too! She loves it, secretly 😉
I totally need gouda stuffed figs in my life.
My mom told me she misses her trainer already. 🙂
Hi Laura! Thanks for hosting the party today. First of all, so cool you worked out with your Momma. My Mom has came to a couple of my group fitness classes back when I lived in the same state with her, but other than that, family walks are as close as we get to working out together. And I need a Vitamix too. 🙂 Good eats!!
I have never tried using a plank, I have seen it but never tried. I am going to have to now. I miss Atlanta I lived there for almost 20 years. Now I am in the cesspoll called Memphis. Thanks for sharing have a great day
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I recommend it – it’s much easier than it seemed to me at first.
Atlanta is a great city – I miss it even in San Diego!
Yum! Salmon is on the docket here tonight too 🙂 I loveee wood plank salmon but have never had the guts to try to cook it myself. I usually wrap mine in a little foil packet with butter and lemon. Where did you buy the wood planks?
Thanks for hosting!
I do foil or parchment a lot too! This plank salmon came from Whole Foods, but I think they sell plain planks at most major grocery stores.
that restaurant/cafe you went to for lunch is my DREAM. literally goals for me someday.. *sigh* *dream*
Haha! A valid dream. You have to go to ATL – Jenny has 5 cafe/lunch spots now!
5?! definitely on m ylist
GET BACK TO SD now!!!! I plan on taking a fellow blogger who is visiting from out of town to Disneyland on Halloween and you should comeeeee!
Awwwwww… we’re going to be in Temecula running the Tough Mudder. Come south!
I think my bro did that 2 years ago and asked me to participate – LOL um….. Yeahhhhhh…..
Vegan gouda cheese stuffed figs? I’m intrigued!
So I just got back from a killer workout, my body is TIREDDDD, and I’m waiting for dinner to cook and about to eat my arm off…. handfuls of cereal here I come! 😉
I want to try to re-create them… they were definitely crave-worthy!
There is definitely a special satisfaction about hurting the ones you love most 🙂 I haven’t done a workout with supersets in a long time! Most of my strength stuff these days is more like tabatta.
And I wish I could find that greek yogurt! It looks amazing. I’ll be on the hunt for it next time I venture to Whole Foods.
I can’t find the chai flavor in SoCal yet, but they have a few other here. If you see the Peach Ginger or the Cherry Port BUY IT!
I want to try this workout. Where did you put the HIIT again? After each strength? And go mom!
I did it between each set – so I’d do 1 set of lat raises, 1 set pull-ups, and 60 jumping jacks (for example). Does that makes sense?
And yeah, my mom is a bad ass.
I have been enjoying working shoulders more and more.
Fantastic. Another one for the books. 🙂 Never heard of the Arnold Press and Smith Overhead Press but its always a pleasure to find new exercises. Thank you!
Let me know how you like them! Just be sure not to do too much weight with the Arnold too. It’s a controlled, deliberate movement. No need to stress your joints!