Awesome Cycling Class – July 27, 2011

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Posted on 27th July 2011 by fasolane in Cycling Playlists

Such a great class this morning! Lots of energy and some new cyclists, too. I am going to miss all the teenagers when they head back to school in 2 weeks. They have been so much fun to have in class this summer. See you guys for Christmas break! Here is the playlist from today’s class.

I Know You Want Me – Pitbull (3:40) Warm up and get ready for a class full of sprints and climbs!

Pretty Vegas - INXS (3:28) Increase the resistance to 7/10 and start climbing. Halfway through, increase to 8/10 and stand for the rest. Now we are warmed up!

Fat Bottomed Girls – Queen (3:25) I love Freddy Mercury. Let’s isolate those quads and do some freezes during the verses. Bounce it out on the chorus.

Shake Senora – Pitbull (4:12) Sprints! I think this may be my new favorite Pitbull song. A lot of great energy.

Big Love – Fleetwood Mac (3:39) Get low and work those glutes!

Telephone - Lady Gaga (3:40) One leg drills. Should be hard.

Whenever, Wherever – Shakira (3:16) More sprints. On the chorus. After each sprint, increase the resistance. The last sprint should be very tough.

In Your Eyes – Peter Gabriel (5:27) Max climb. Get to the top!

Til The World Ends – Britney Spears (3:58) Lead leg jumps for the first 2 choruses, for the 3rd, 2 count jumps. We are almost there.

Proud Mary – Tina Turner (4:57) Starts nice and easy. Work a slow climb at 7 or 8/10. When the song gets “rough” so do we! Stay at 7 or 8 and stay with the beat of the song until it ends. Whew!

5 O’Clock Somewhere - Alan Jackson (3:49) Cool it down. Get ready for some arms and abs!

Push It – Salt N Peppa (4:28) One heavy weight, held lengthwise in both hands. Bicep to chest to shoulder to tricep dip and back down. Change it up with just biceps, then just shoulders, then just triceps…the song has the perfect bpm for weightlifting to music.

How You Remind Me – Nickelback (3:43) Planks. V sit with twists. Leg lifts.

Breathe Me – Sia (4:35) Stretch. Thanks to spinmuse for suggesting this song. Beautiful ending.

Cycling Playlist for July 11, 2011

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Posted on 10th July 2011 by fasolane in Cycling Playlists

I love teaching cycling at the YMCA in Mesa.  Come on out on Monday and Wednesday mornings. If you can’t make it, here is a song list for tomorrow’s class!

Give Me Everything – Pitbull (4:16) Start with a nice warm up to loosen those legs up. Stretch a little.

Don’t Wanna Go Home – Jason DeRulo (3:26) Work our way into a good climb. Increase the resistance and start climbing.

Evacuate the Dance Floor - Cascade (3:26) Sprints! Give it your all for 20 seconds. Rest for 10.

F*in Perfect - Pink (3:33) Isolation. I call them freezes. Working those quads!

Dirty Dancer - Enrique Iglesias (3:34) Climbing again. This time in position 3. Love those glutes!

Where Them Girls At? – David Guetta (3:14) Another climb. Keep the beat at a med/high resistance.

How Do You Like Me Now? - Toby Keith (3:26) I have a cycler who is obsessed with Toby so I throw her a bone every now and again. We are going to do single leg work here. Each leg gets 1:40.

No More Tears - Ozzy Osborne (7:24) Try not to cry! Real heavy climb here. Hit your max resistance around minute 3 and try to sustain it for the rest of the song. For the last minute, try and go faster!

Police On My Back - The Clash (3:17) We climbed the mountain, now let’s spring down it! Give me one big sprint. Act like the po po’s chasing you.

Roxanne - The Police (3:12) One last working song. Jumps. Every time Sting sings “Roxanne” you change position. Harder than it sounds.

Rolling in the Deep - Adele (3:48) Finally, let’s cool down. :-) But we aren’t done. Arms and Abs to follow!!

Rock Your Body – Justin Timberlake (4:27) Planks. One minute front. One minute on each side. Add some crunches to round out the song.

Wanna Be Starting  Something - Michael Jackson (6:03) Get some medium weights. Bicep curls, triceps, shoulders. Work ‘em all. Pushups at the end.

Unforgettable - Nat King Cole (3:28) Stretch. See you Wednesday!

Christmas, already?

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Posted on 21st December 2010 by fasolane in Just Blogging

Where did the time go? I feel like summer was just here. I have been baking up a storm for the holidays and the kids want nothing to do with helping, but they come running when it is taste testing time! The hot chocolate cookies were a big hit.  I didn’t let them try the whiskey cake, but I enjoyed that one!!  Snickerdoodles and toffee blondies rounded out the holiday baking this year. Maybe next year the boys will want to help out in the kitchen…

Summer is Over

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Posted on 30th August 2010 by fasolane in Just Blogging

Where on earth did this summer go? I had such grand plans to blog every week, add a restaurant here and there, try new recipes, and well, pretty much none of that got done. One amazing restaurant discovery, the Brasitalia Pizza place on Lindsay and Main ended up closing for the summer and doesn’t seem to have any plans of coming back. Sadly missed.  I even bought a pass to the local pool at the junior high and only went twice all summer. I blame the heat. And Facebook. I did make it to the gym most days, teaching 2x a week most definitely helps motivate me to go.  The farmer’s market that I thought was going to be amazing turned out to be a dud.  At least I have the Superstition Ranch Market to get good produce.  And I need to start getting those Bountiful Baskets again.  Definitely good motivators to try new/unusual produce I wouldn’t normally buy in the store.

I have a ton of new restaurants I want to try with Ben.  Hopefully I will get to them this year, and post reviews.  If there is one thing I know I can talk about, it’s food.

Pastis

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Posted on 22nd June 2010 by fasolane in Restaurant Reviews

This place isn’t cheap.  Kids meals (there are only 3 choices) are $5.95 and up and do not include a drink.  The homemade mac n’ cheese is delicious, but I’m not sure it is worth the $6.50 price tag.  You do get a small bowl of grapes and some fries with it, but for $6.50, I can make that at home and add Gruyère or Brie.  The chicken fingers on the kids menu are also delicious, but you only get 2 small fingers, grapes and fries.  Again, not worth the price tag.

If you leave your kids at home and go with some adults, you will enjoy yourself much, much more.  Crepes. Really, do I have to say more? Go for the crepes.  The menu itself isn’t too exciting. The martini’s had a soapy aftertaste.  Admittedly, I had eaten a small dinner at home with the kids before venturing out on our monthly ladies night out, so I wasn’t hungry.  The cheese plate was excellent, but very small.  Maybe in this day and age of over sized portions, that is a good thing, but when you are sharing an expensive cheese platter with 4  people, more than a slice of cheese is warranted.

We ordered the bistro medallions and they said they came with a creamy blue cheese fondue sauce. Not nearly blue cheesy enough.  The garlic mashed potatoes were bland and slightly watery.  The Gambero Pesto Pasta didn’t have near enough garlic in my taste.  The shrimp was well cooked and flavorful, though.

But as I said, the main reason for coming here? The crepes. I ordered the banana/Nutella crepe. You really can’t go wrong with Nutella.  I would eat Nutella on almost anything.  At $5.75, I could make these at home, but the ambiance, the friends, the world cup matches on the big screen made it worthwhile.

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