Hello my friends! I hope you all enjoyed your long weekends – I know that I sure did! Mine was filled with lots of food and drinks, fun with friends, and a few new adventures. And all with my parents out of town – I had the run of this place around here!

But in between all of that fun (and homework), I did manage to squeeze in two interesting new workouts. One traditional, one…not so traditional.

Saturday morning, Cullen and her sister Mary-Charles took me to their new favorite workout – Pure Barre! I’d heard of it before, because all of the Vanderbilt girls loved it. Basically it is a cross between ballet, Pilates and weight lifting. Lots of tiny movements for tons of reps. It was hard! I didn’t love it enough to leave our fabulous gym, but I did enjoy it.

And then yesterday morning, the real fun began – paintball! Picture me, in baggy jeans and a face mask, sprinting through the woods, ducking behind barrels, toting a massive gun. Surprisingly a hard workout! My legs are going to be SORE tomorrow – let alone the massive welts. But I feel hardcore, so it was worth it!

Another favorite workout? Chasing this little boy around!

And now, it’s back to the old grind. School and work, work and school! Can’t we have holiday weekends every weekend?

What are your favorite new and exciting workouts that I should add to my list? Anything as crazy as paintballing?