The Truth About Real Butter Here, Brian discusses whether or not butter should be a part of your nutrition plan.  (Hint: It really depends on the source).  Besides butter, there is some other great info in this article.  Definitely worth a read!

How To Decrease High Blood Pressure In America we love to medicate (i.e. over medicate).  As usual, the best medicine is food.  Don’t get me wrong, there is a time and place where meds are needed.  But if  we would just focus on whole, unprocessed foods, often times meds wouldn’t even enter the conversation.  In this piece Brian discusses foods that will help bring that high blood pressure down (or keep it down if it is currently at a good level).  After reading this post, I forwarded it onto some friends and family members that have high blood pressure.  I suggest you forward it onto anyone that you know that has high blood pressure or that is looking to keep their blood pressure down.  So I guess that means you need to forward this onto everyone in the world… just do it.

Finally, my wife is over 30 weeks pregnant with twins.  Because we’re cool like that, we are not finding out the sex of the babies.  We have 1 name for each sex that we like (Daxton and Capri).  BUT, what if we end up having two of the same sex?  I’ll tell you what, we’re screwed!  As of now, we can’t agree on a second name for either sex.  We’re looking for a second name that is unique AND super-duper-luper-muper awesome!  Any suggestions?  Please help!!!

If Santa can find time, you can find time! (just make sure your eating is juuuuust a touch more strict than his)

Routine #1

A1) Bulgarian Split Squats  4 X 6-8 

 A2) Push-ups   4 X 10   Pick the version that is most appropriate for you that barely has you getting 10 reps with PERFECT form.  Here are a bunch of options (from easiest to hardest).  

B1) Chin-ups OR Reverse Grip Latpulldowns – 4 X 6-8

B2) Swiss Ball Leg Curl/Hip Extension Combo 3 X 8/8-12 (8 leg curls immediately followed by 8-12 hip extensions)

C) McLarty Rollouts or Body Saw 2-3 X 10

Routine #2

A1) Barbell Push Press  4 X 4-6

A2) RDL or Kettlebell Swing  3 X 8-10

 B1) Inverted Row  4 X 8 -  Use a TRX Strap or a Smith Machine (I prefer TRX if you have access).

B2) Walking Lunges  3 X 12/Leg

C) 1-Leg Side Plank   2 X ALAP (As Long As Possible) – if you can’t get @ least 15 seconds per side, go with 2-leg side planks X ALAP

Progam Notes:

-Rest ALAN (As Little As Needed) between exercises without letting performance drop too much. 

-Make sure to perform a dynamic warm-up before starting the workout (leg swings, running butt kicks, body weight squats, etc.)

That’s it for the notes.  Don’t over think it, just make sure you get in, get out, and give yourself enough time to prepare that turkey for your husband and kids.  We’ll (guys) make sure we give ourselves enough time to get comfortable in our favorite chair in front of the tv while you serve us food.  After all, I’ve been told in order to keep a relationship going strong, it is important to make your wife feel important.  And if that means I HAVE TO let my wife serve me some tasty grub while I watch football, I’m going to do it for the good of the relationship… sacrifices, someone has to do it!

And now back to reality…

If you are able to get your usual full workout routines in then more power to you.  But if you find yourself “crazy busy” over the next month or so, then simply get in the above workouts for a total of 2-3 times per week.  Each workout will take you about 20 minutes.  We ALL have time for that.  I wanted to add a couple quickie cardio routines but I can’t find my USB cord.  But once I get that situated, I’ll be back with some video going over the quickie holiday cardio routines that I’m sure you all will love! :)  Stay tuned…