{"id":1519,"date":"2010-11-22T23:15:38","date_gmt":"2010-11-23T04:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/?p=1519"},"modified":"2010-11-22T23:15:38","modified_gmt":"2010-11-23T04:15:38","slug":"the-head-chicks-meet-the-biggest-loser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/2010\/11\/the-head-chicks-meet-the-biggest-loser\/","title":{"rendered":"The Head Chicks meet The Biggest Loser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey Chicks,<\/p>\n<p>We made it to Utah!\u00a0 For those of you who don&#8217;t know<strong> Amanda and I have flown the coop to Utah <\/strong>for a week of getting our booty&#8217;s kicked at the <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.biggestloserresort.com\/home\/\">Biggest Loser Resort at Fitness Ridge <\/a>(yes, the one from the NBC TV Show!).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We love (and use!) alot of similar moves\/exercises in our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\">FIT CHICKS Bootcamp<\/a> so we wanted to come hang with the best of the best to see how they do it and from what we have seen so far &#8211; they ROCK!<\/p>\n<p>Here I am the morning of Day 1 &#8211; I was already zonked!<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/C4tOs48TCxg?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/C4tOs48TCxg?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>I have not been this tired in a looong time (well, maybe since\u00a0the\u00a0Oxfam Trailwalker!). <strong>Our day today consisted of a jam packed workout schedule starting at 6am<\/strong> with a 2.5 hour hike through the beautiful red rock mountains in Utah.\u00a0 Amanda and I were so pumped for the start of the week, we did high intensity intervals of 1 min running and 2 min power walking recovery THE WHOLE TIME!\u00a0 A little overambitious as it was def harder than usual with the altitude, climate and lack of sleep so\u00a0we were\u00a0pretty spent after that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1521\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fitchicks.ca.s74819.gridserver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Amanda-Utah1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1521\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1521\" title=\"Amanda Utah\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Amanda-Utah1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Amanda wanting a little snack after burning 1400 calories on the trails!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Amanda-Utah1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Amanda-Utah1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amanda wanting a little snack after burning 1400 calories on the trails!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But no sleep for theses chick!\u00a0 We then had a water interval training course with weights in the outdoor pool,\u00a0 lunch and 2 lectures on healthy eating, a cardio circuit class, core training with stability balls (this was tough!! but i have some sweet new\u00a0abs news that you chicks are gonna love!!), another killer water training class and then dinner and another lecture on portions.\u00a0 As soon as I put down my fork, I think my eyes closed at the exact same time &#8211; even though I workout everyday, this chick was not used to this!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1531\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fitchicks.ca.s74819.gridserver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Laura-Utah.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1531\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1531\" title=\"Laura Utah\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Laura-Utah-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Beautiful morning in Utah for some chicks to take on some trail intervals running- how gorgeous are these red rocks!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Laura-Utah-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Laura-Utah.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beautiful morning in Utah for some chicks to take on some trail intervals running- how gorgeous are these red rocks!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0The food so far has been delicious and their focus is on highly nutritious, quality volume eating which we totally promote with our chicks so it was very similar to how we eat at home. \u00a0One thing that scares me though is NO CAFFEINE!\u00a0\u00a0 We will be keeping you posted on our adventures this week as much as we can as they seem to have us action packed all day!<\/p>\n<p>PS. 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