The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris

My final Wellcome Book Prize shortlist post is also part of the final day of the blog tour showcasing each book before the winner is announced tomorrow. ‘The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian … Continue reading →

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28-Day Bridal Bootcamp Workout Calendar

For all my Blogilates Brides out there, I have created this 28 day Bridal Bootcamp Workout Calendar that you can do the month leading up to your wedding! Don’t worry about hiring an expensive personal trainer or getting a fancy gym membership. You can get super fit right at home with my Bridal Bootcamp. And the best part? It’s absolutely free.

So here’s how it works:

#1. Choose the day you want to start your 28-day Bridal Bootcamp. Then STICK TO THE CALENDAR. Do not stray in order to see your best results.

#2. Five days out of the week we will target a new muscle group. On the sixth day, you stretch and rest. The seventh day is optional but highly recommended if you’re really looking to challenge yourself and burn more fat and build more muscle.

#3. Do each video once through and check off as you go. You can actually click on the videos in the PDF!

Here’s your calendar:

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I hope my Bridal Bootcamp helps you to feel your best on your big day! If you find the calendar helpful to you, please share it with another bride! Word of mouth really helps this community thrive! Also…I’d love to see you in your wedding dress! Hashtag #BlogilatesBride and #BridalBootcamp so I can see!

Ahhh I am so excited for you! Good luck with the wedding planning and the workouts. Remember, the most important thing throughout all of this is to ENJOY THE JOURNEY! Take a deep breath…and let’s do this!!!

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At Home Barre Workout for Taurus Goddesses

Hello and Happy Taurus season!

It’s been so fun creating these cool horoscope workouts for you guys. I really do believe that everyone can love working out…it’s just a matter of finding the one that gets you excited! The one that makes you happy. The one you can’t stop thinking about. Ha – I feel like I’m talking about a guy!

Anyway my Taurus goddesses, here’s your sweat horoscope:

You like to be efficient. You don’t like to over exert yourself, so sometimes exercise can feel exhausting instead of energizing. The fix? Choose a graceful workout in a relaxed environment that still delivers results. This at-home barre workout is for you.

Today’s barre workout requires a stable chair. There are 6 moves. Do each rep with control. Follow the GIFs to see how to execute the exercises with proper form! Do 1 round if you’re just trying to sneak in a quick workout. But if you want to challenge yourself, see if you can repeat this set 3-4 times through!

#1. Relevé Lift x 1 20

Toes together, knees together, heels up. Keep your chest lifted and back tall as you squat down on the balls of your feet.

Works: calves, thighs, butt, foot arch

#2. Attitude Curl x 25 each side

Relax your forehead on your arms as they lay crossed on the top of your seat. Back flat. Lift one leg to about hip height, then press and point your leg straight, then curl it back in towards your butt.

Works: Butt, hamstrings

#3. Arabesque Lift x 30 each side

Holding on to the top of the chair, eyes looking at the floor, plant one foot down firmly and then raise the other leg high in the air. Keep the legs straight and point the toes on the upper leg as you pulse up.

Works: Butt, lower back, hamstrings

#4. Side Squeeze x 20 each side

Squeeze your leg and your arm together with one leg planted on the floor. Make sure to squeeze your obliques as you crunch sideways.

Works: Obliques, outer thighs

#5. Front Leg Lifts x 15 each side

Standing tall, lift one leg up as high as you can in front of you as you keep the planted leg as straight as possible. Try to also keep your chest tall and do not hunch forward as you lift your leg.

Works: abs, thighs

#6. Diamond Pulse Squat x 30

Begin in first position with heels together, toes diagonally pointed out. Lift to relevé. Then squat down while keep your chest up and open, back tall. Never let your heels touch the floor!

Works: calves, thighs, butt, foot arch

If you want to see the entire printable, check out my Pinterest!

Whether you’re a Taurus or not, give this workout a try anyway! Let me know what you guys think! Have I done your sign yet or are you still waiting?

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Sight by Jessie Greengrass

I haven’t yet finished shadowing this year’s Wellcome Book Prize shortlist but I have already come across a novel which has very strong potential to be on next year’s longlist of books which engage in some aspect of health, illness … Continue reading →

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How to get great arms for your wedding day!

Hey guys!

This is the FINAL installment of the Bridal Bootcamp series! Ahh! I cannot believe it is coming to a close. I really hope you guys have enjoyed this series. I truly LOVED dreaming this up and making the most beautiful workout videos we have ever made for our channel! Even though the actual flowers are long gone…they live on FOREVER on YouTube and every time you work out with me!

Our final Bridal Bootcamp workout features the arms! YES! My FAVE to work out! And as a challenge, we’re going to NOT use any equipment. Yet, this at home arm workout will be the most brutal thing ever. Ready to try?

Let’s get those bouquet-tossing triceps, shoulders, chest and biceps ready for the big day…

#1. Peek a Boo Chest x 1 Min

Notes: Keep your elbows at 90 degrees and touch them in front of your chin as you bring it in. Then squeeze your shoulder blades as your press to open.

#2. Back Behinds x 1 min

Notes: Palms down to palms up as you bring your elbows slightly behind your mid back.

#3. Angel Arms x 1 min

Notes: This is a shoulder burner! Keep arms straight at all times!

#4. Criss Cross Arms x 1 min

Notes: Criss cross the wrists over each other as you lean forward. Keep your back straight and chest up.

#5. Reverse Palm Pushers x 1 min

Notes: In the same “ski’s stance” position, press your palms up.

#6. Half Cobra Pushup x 1 min

Notes: Keep your elbows into your ribcage as your lift and lower.

#7. Prayer Pulses x 1 min

Notes: Keep your elbows touching the entire time as bring your elbows from chin to nose!

#8. Wide Elbow to Palms x 1 min

Notes: Palms out to palms behind the head!

#9. Inch Worm to Elbow x 1 min

Notes: Steadily walk yourself in and out then end in an “up up down down” from the palms to elbows. Take your time and try to keep your hips as square and steady as possible.

#10. Up Up Down Downs x 1 min

Notes: It’s a portion of the move from your previous exercise!

And that’s it! 10 minutes of deadly arm exercises that are sure to give you the tone and the strength you want for anything in life. To stay up to date on all my latest workouts, check me out on YouTube and make sure to subscribe so that you can be the first to know about each new video release!

Do you guys want a Bridal Bootcamp Workout Calendar? I’m thinking of creating one so that when you get married, you will know where to turn to for a fool proof plan!

Final shoutout to my friends at Lovesome Blossoms and DJZ Productions for the unforgettable backdrop.

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Wearing a backless dress? Here are 10 moves to sculpt your back FAST!

Hey guys!

I’m gonna let you in on a little secret on the wedding dress…

My wedding gown…is going to be backless!

Ahh! That is all I can tell you for now! I mustn’t leak any more info! For it must be a surprise!

Let’s all stand taller, walk more confidently, and work our backs nice, toned, and strong with these brutal back sculpting exercises. No equipment. No dumbbells or big machines. No excuses…let’s do this guys.

#1. Walnut Crushers x 1 Min

Notes: Make sure to pinch your shoulder blades together as your press back!

#2. Goal Post Puncher x 1 min

Notes: Your elbows must stay at 90 degrees the entire time. Keep them in line with your shoulders!

#3. Reverse Plank Lifts x 1 min

Notes: If bringing your legs out straight is too straining on your body, bend your knees and bring your feet closer to your butt for a modification. As you lift your hips, you will lift into a box like shape.

#4. Bird Dog Pulses (R) x 1 min

Notes: Try to not let the leg or arm drop below the height of your torso!

#5. Bird Dog Pulses (L) x 1 min

Notes: Keep the arms and legs as straight as possible!

#6. Parachuters  x 1 min

Notes: Arms and elbows must be at 90 degrees. Squeeze your butt as your lift your chest and thighs off the mat!

#7. Half Cobra Grasshopper x 1 min

Notes: This is a 2 in 1 move! Elbows must stay in, touching your ribcage as you lift up into a half cobra pushup. Keep your knees wide and toes together as you perform your grasshopper.

#8. Snow Angel Belly x 1 min

Notes: Keep your quads and chest the mat as you draw a “snow angel” with your arms.

#9. Flying Bird Dog (R) x 1 min

Notes: Similar to the bird dog, but this time your arm is outstretched, perpendicular to your body. 

#10. Flying Bird Dog (L) x 1 min

Notes: Make sure to squeeze your butt and your upper back as you perform this move!

Would you rather do these moves with me? Cool! Then check out the entire follow along video on YouTube and make sure to subscribe so that you can be the first to know about each new workout release!

Florals by Lovesome Blossoms and draping by DJZ Productions.

What’s been your fave Bridal Bootcamp workout so far?

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The Vaccine Race by Meredith Wadman

‘The Vaccine Race: How Scientists Used Human Cells to Combat Killer Diseases’ by Meredith Wadman is an account of the history, science and ethics of vaccine development in the United States. It primarily concerns the career of American anatomy professor Leonard … Continue reading →

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With the End in Mind by Kathryn Mannix

‘With the End in Mind: Dying, Death and Wisdom in an Age of Denial’ by Dr Kathryn Mannix is a collection of anonymised patient case studies (or “stories” as Mannix calls them) drawn from her thirty years of experience as … Continue reading →

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Shredding For The Wedding – the apartment friendly way!

Hey guys!

This cardio routine is no joke. It’s silent death.

Sure, there are no burpees or jump squats, but somehow I was breathing heavy and my legs were DYING. My sister Jackelyn joined me for this routine and she’s a cardio queen! Even Jackelyn was sweating up a storm afterwards!

So I am excited to share with you the third installment of the Bridal Bootcamp: “Shredding for the Wedding” Cardio Workout!

Check out the apartment friendly exercises that’ll get you burning fat like crazy!

#1. Baby Flyouts x 1 Min

Notes: Squat low and remember to keep your back flat and chest up!

#2. Alternating Forward Lunges x 1 min

Notes: When you go down for your lunge, make sure your front knee makes a 90 degree angle!

#3. Side Lunges x 1 min

Notes: So good for the inner and outer thighs! Again, keep your chest up!

#4. Big Flyouts x 1 min

Notes: Like Baby Fly Outs, but instead of tapping your foot on the floor, kick it up high!

#5. Long Knee-Ins x 1 min

Notes: Squeeze your core to balance at the top of the move!

#6. Out Out In In Planks x 1 min

Notes: Keep your core tight and hips square as you move your legs out and in!

#7. 321 Squat x 1 min

Notes: Inch lower with each squat!

#8. Ice Skaters x 1 min

Notes: To make this move harder, follow Jackelyn and lift your back leg up! 

#9. Alternating Reverse Lunge to Balance x 1 min

Notes: This move takes a lot of balance! Go slow and squeeze your core!

#10. Plank Walk Opener x 1 min

Notes: This is an alternating move, so keep switching between both sides for the 1 min!

If you feel like you want some company for these 10 minutes, then click on the video below and do “Shredding for the Wedding” cardio routine with me on YouTube and make sure to subscribe so that you can be the first to know about each new workout release!

Once again, shoutout to my friends at Lovesome Blossoms and DJZ Productions for the INCREDIBLE floral display and draping! Obsessed!

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Mayhem by Sigrid Rausing

Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize, ‘Mayhem’ is Sigrid Rausing’s family memoir about drug addiction. Her younger brother and heir to the Tetra Pak fortune, Hans Kristian, met American businesswoman, Eva Kemeny, when they were in rehab together in the … Continue reading →

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