monday 10. 19

Fitness Tip: Your warm-up sucks!
We all know how important it is to warm up. I mean think of warming up as foreplay for your exercise and your sweat as the climax of caloric burning. But warming up on the treadmill does not get it. I mean you are just using your legs, so why would you warm up on a treadmill if you are on your upper body day? So here is what you need to do. Warm up the whole body. Warm up prevents injury, moves fatty acids around so you can optimizes your burn (or caloric climax, ah cacophony). Therefore, instead of being lame on treadmill, do 30 seconds each of jumping jacks, arm circles, pushups, lunges, and body-weight squats. You will improve your workout and your overall body!

Recipe of the Day: Dumbass lasagna
Lasagne takes too long. But I love it. Here is my simply variation.

1 box polenta (and 4 cups of water that it requires)
1.5 pounds of turkey sausage (cut diagonally)
1 tsp red pepper flakes
¼ cup fresh basil
1 clove garlic, diced
1 jar (26oz ) of Prego or other spaghetti sauce
¼ cup non-fat mozzarella cheese

Prepare a square baking dish, 6 x 6, by spraying with non-stick cooking spray. Cook polenta according to package. Place in baking dish, spread evenly and let sit. In pot, place a bit of olive oil and brown the sausage. Drain fat and add ¾ of the jar of sauce, red pepper, garlic and basil. Let simmer for twenty minutes. In mean time, when polenta is cool, remove from baking dish and slice in half (WIDTH- WISE) so there is a top and bottom. When sausage mixture is done, place in between layers of polenta along with cheese. Add remaining sauce on top, place in oven for ten minutes and enjoy.