Strong inspired women pay it forward

Today I am dedicating my blog to the Inspire Fitness Ride Angels, Sherry, Sondra, Peggy, Jean, Youngmin, Emi, and Carla.  For the last 12 weeks I was privileged enough to train a group of women to ride the Cinderella Classic Metric Century (65 miles) and Saturday was the big "dance".  For me, it's always a bit bittersweet to see this day come as it's the end of such a wonderful journey but it also signifies the beginning of many more fun rides and training for all of these women.

Some women came into the training with little to no road experience, others had ridden on the road but not a lot of organized group rides, and some had a lot of road experience.  What was most rewarding for me is that I encouraged the "pay it forward" idea and asked that our veteran riders come back and be mentors or "ride angels" more appropriately :).  I had a group of 10 amazing, strong, inspiring Ride Angels this year that stepped forward and took on the challenge. Each and every one of them found a buddy to mentor and each one of them experienced the joy of mentoring and paying their lessons they learned forward.  This is what makes training women so very special to me and I think I've said before and I geniuinely mean it, that I get as much joy from watching these women become mentors as I do in training them.  There were no diva attitudes, no egos, but always a warm open inviting attitude and a caring spirit that spoke volumes to the new women.

I'm enclosing just a few pics from our windy, chilly but super fun day at the Cinderella.Cinderella Inspire Fitness Gallery of photos

How to Make Hearty Delicious Quinoa Muffins

Ok, I'm on a roll today with making videos.  First of all, when you watch it please excuse the quality of the video.  I totally forgot how poor the quality would be with shooting with the sunlight streaming in behind me (lesson learned).  Next time, I'll do a better job of editing and maybe use some cue cards lol.

So what goes along with great exercise you ask?  Great nutrition right?  You got it.  Today I show you how to make these Quinoa and Egg Muffins - they are my absolute easiest quick meal to make and you can make enough to last you a week (or share with your family and make 2 batches!).  Did you know Quinoa is known as the "protein powerhouse" and is one of those grains that is higher than any other in protein?  Now that's a lot of bang for my protein buck I say!  I love this little dish because it's easy, affordable, and fun to create as you'll see!

Enjoy the recipe and please let me know if you tried it or any ideas on your version!

Watch the "How to Make Quinoa Muffins" video

How to perfect the perfect Pushup Women! You CAN do it!

Watch the VIDEO demonstration of "How to Perfect the Perfect Pushup"

Pushing myself to grow and learn this week

It's been a busy week of bootcamps and creating workouts to share with all of you.
Check out the latest from Inspire Fitness bootcamps

Inspire Fitness Coach takes on the 40/40 TRX challenge 
As a coach I'm constantly striving to be better at what I do and the only way you get better is to push yourself outside the box.  That's why I love this challenge!
I take on the TRX 40/40 Challenge Day 1 Max Effort Test - you can get a TRX at http://www.fitnessanywhere.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&AFFIL=inspirefitness

Inspire Fitness Boot Camps park workout

Workout with inspirefitnessbootcamps.com Coaches at the park. workout - do 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rep, repeat each exercise 8 times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX1PAHVIlN0

Garmin Connect - Activity Details for Untitled

Garmin Connect - Cinderella Training Ride Week 8 - 40+ miles Livermore
windy but fun ride with the ladies - they are getting strong and empowered!