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Fitness Training on Cruise Vacation - Lululemon Athletica Ambassador Sloane Pellegrin's Five Day Plan



Sloane Pellegrin our personal fitness trainer in Santa Barbara kicks our butts 3 - 5 times a week depending on how busy we are. We asked and she agreed to guest author a post on workouts she wants us to do while on a cruise ship in Mexico for a week. Sloane is a Lululemon Athletica ambassador.






SLOANE'S FIVE DAY VACATION WORKOUT PLAN:


I am going to give you five workouts to accomplish in your
seven days of vacation and you can choose the order and days in which you will
accomplish them. Each workout will last between approximately 45 minutes. Don’t
forget your goggles!





Workout #1: Cardio/Strength


-      
10 minute warm-up on the elliptical, elevate your heart rate
and focus on warming up your body.


-      
Choose 3 of our daily activation exercises and perform 14 of
each


-      
10 minutes on the elliptical (30 second sprint/30 second easy
x10)


-      
Superset: 15 push-ups/14 lat pull-downs (they should have a
machine to perform this on)


-      
Superset: 15 chest fly (machine or dumbbell)/ 14 back high or
low back row


-      
Superset: 1 minute plank on elbows/ 30 body weight squats


-      
Stretch





Workout #2: Cardio If the ship offers classes look and
see if they offer spinning. If so use a class to replace this workout.


-      
10 minute warm-up on machine of choice


-      
Choose 3 of our daily activation exercises and perform 14 of
each


-      
Superset: 15 crunches/ 15 bridges (these could be performed on
the floor or on a stability ball)


-      
On a bike (preferably a spin type bike):


o      1
minute hard standing climb/ 1 minute seated easy spin x5


o      5
minute spin


o      5
minute hard standing climb


o      10
minute cool-down


      -               Stretch








Workout #3: Easy day/Swim If the ship does not provide
you with a lap pool you may have to wake-up a bit early and hit the pool before
the crowds do.


-      
Swim for 30 minutes


-      
If the ship has an exercise pool they will provide you with
kick boards, hand paddles and pull buoys. Please utilize all available
equipment.





Workout #4: Strength


-      
10 minute warm-up on the elliptical, elevate your heart rate
and focus on warming up your body.


-      
Choose 3 of our daily activation exercises and perform 14 of
each


-      
Superset: 14 squat and rows (cable machine)/ 8 step-ups on
each side (with your body weight)


-      
Superset: 14 squats (with weights of your choice)/ 14 dumbbell
overhead presses


-      
Superset: 14 push-ups to a abdominal ball curl (feet on a
stability ball and hands on the floor)/ 10 single arm dumbbell row (front hand
supporting upper body on a stable surface, flat back, feet shoulder with apart)


-      
Superset: 12 hanging leg raises/ 12 dumbbell front shoulder
raises


-      
Stretch





Workout #5: Strength/ Cardio


-      
 10 minute warm-up
on the elliptical, elevate your heart rate and focus on warming up your body.


-      
Choose 3 of our daily activation exercises and perform 14 of
each


-      
On hands and knees, opposite arm/leg lift, elbow to knee 20
times per side x2


-      
On Elliptical: 5 minutes with a challenging resistance
maintaining a higher heart rate, not able to say a whole sentence without a
break to catch your breath.


-      
50 total drop-back lunges


-      
30 push=ups


-      
On elliptical:  30
second sprint/ 30 second easy x5


-      
Side plank with 15 dips per side x2


-      
With dumbbells 20 overhead presses


-      
On elliptical 5 minutes challenging


-      
Using a bench 30 tricep dips (shoulders back and chest tall)


-      
30 bridges on the floor


-      
On elliptical: 5 minutes easy cool-down


-      
Stretch



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Sweating if off at Squaw Peak


Saturday morning I hiked Squaw Peak in Phoenix with friends who told me it would be a perfect morning cardio blast to sweat out the toxins after an evening out with them and their perfect cosmopolitans. After the hike I wanted to post about how terrific this hike is and found the photos of Robert Body



 

Robert not only captured the experience of  Squaw Peak beautifully he also is an incredibly creative and talented photographer. 











Squaw Peak, as it has been known to locals, is actually now renamed Piestewa Peak, I guess more politically correct. 







Flora in this area is typical of the lower Sonoran Desert and includes almost all varieties of Arizona cactus such as saguaro, barrel, hedgehog, pincushion, jumping cholla and prickly pear. Trees and colorful shrubbery include palo verde, mesquite, ironwood trees, creosote (dominate), ocotillo, brittle bush, desert lavender and giant sage shrubs.



Reptiles and wildlife that thrive in the preserve are gila monster, horned lizard and chuckwalla. Hikers also can encounter rattlesnakes. The mammal population includes coyote, jackrabbit, cottontail rabbit, ground squirrel and kit fox. There are more than 54 species of birds from the turkey vulture to mockingbirds, cactus wrens, gamble’s quail and several species of owls and hawks.




For me the hike took 35 minutes to ascend the to the summit and about the same to come down. As always, on a steep rocky trail coming down is tougher on the knees, not really a running trail. This trail is more like a stair master, in fact there are lots of stairs carved out in the stone. 



This is a beautiful Sunrise hike as captured by Robert. I was not an early rise. The trail is not too challenging, just a continuous climb, you can choose your own pace and heart rate. Piestewa Peak is at elevation 2,608 with a vertical elevation gain of 1,190 feet.









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