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Denver Broncos Super Bowl Victory Workout

02/08/2016 R.C. Liley 4 Comments

I’ll be honest, it didn’t matter to me whether the Panthers or the Broncos won Super Bowl 50. I’m glad Manning claimed his second Super Bowl victory and all, but I’m honestly more excited about turning it into a workout and sharing it here.

Manning’s career should be coming to an end soon, and I mean that in a good way. He has a beautiful family, plenty of income (I’m sure that Budweiser plug at the end helped), and it just makes sense to end on a high note. Just as I hope you can end this Broncos Super Bowl Victory Workout on a high note with a sense of pride and accomplishment.

Using the creative paperweight attached to my shoulders, I took a few key numbers from the big game and thought of what moves would best represent a bronco. Obviously, bucking bronco comes to mind, and I used the numbers 50 (for the Super Bowl), 24 (the Broncos’ final score), 10 (the Panthers’ final score), and 18 (Manning’s number). A little while later, and I give you a workout to get your heart racing and ~~hooves~~ feet moving.

Bucking Broncos Super Bowl Victory Workout

AMRAP (As Many Rounds As Possible) in 18 Minutes:

Run 50 meters

24 Kettlebell Swings

10 Burpees

Rest as needed before repeating rounds, but try not to “fumble” around too long. If you can’t run, do 50 jumping jacks instead. You can use a dumbbell in place of a kettlebell for swings, and make sure to use a weight that’s challenging but allows for good form the entire workout. Just like the work it takes to make it to the Super Bowl, you have to work hard to get the results you want.

I’m not sure what I would’ve created if the Panthers won, maybe rope climbs since, like most cats, they’re great at climbing. Phew, good thing the Broncos won, huh? Try out the “victory dance” and let me know if it was bucking hard or lame as a horse.

If you partied a little too hard during the game, hope you’re on the mends now. Just need to make it through this Monday and then there’s only 4 days left until the next weekend, yay!

Parenting

Do You Have Enough NuttZo for the Super Bowl?

02/06/2016 R.C. Liley 2 Comments

It’s Super Bowl weekend! Either this means nothing to you and you aren’t watching, or you’re super pumped and ready for the Big Game. If it’s the latter, chances are you have a game day plan for what eat as you watch the Panthers and Broncos duel it out at Levi’s Stadium.

While I’m hardly a huge NFL guy, I’m sure we’ll have the game on, and we really don’t have much planned for snacking. But I know we have a few jars of NuttZo which is all you need to have a delicious, healthy snack in no time.

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Now, I’m not here to talk crazy Super Bowl commercials or blab your head off about trying to stay active instead of sitting for the whole game (it’s hard not to though!), I just want to share a nice discount for NuttZo.

As a NuttZo Ambassador, I’ve been given the power of sharing good health and deliciousness for 20% off. Just go to NuttZo’s website, choose as many jars as you’d like, and enter code dad-20 at checkout. Yep, it’s that easy.

While you won’t get it in time for the Super Bowl, you can use it as a way to replenish your stock after a big snack attack on Sunday, or just to add to what you have or try it for the first time. Just remember to enter this code….

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Hope you enjoy your weekend whatever you are doing, and hope you get to enjoy NuttZo for yourself and everyone around you. Just be careful, you never know who might try and steal a bite……

super bowl, nuttzo, food, healthy, snacks — He won’t mind if I sneak a bite of this NuttZo Cinnamon Banana Frittata.

Life, Parenting

1st Week of NFL Football and I Don’t Care

09/14/2015 R.C. Liley 2 Comments

The 2015 NFL Football season has arrived! This means it’s time to gather round and sit in front of the TV to watch the big game….or a small one if you haven’t upgraded to an 80″ LED 2160p TV. 🙂

Going Mom and I enjoy watching a good game, but we don’t schedule our weekend (or a Thursday / Monday night) around it. For us, a new football season is exciting because of the changing weather and seasonal produce starting to sprout. We still care about football, but we don’t care about all of the excitement from the 1st week of the season. I was involved with sports betting a few years ago, and hated how much it ruled my life, so no more betting or fantasy leagues for me. Although, a lot has changed in the betting world since I dabbled in it. For example, now that sports betting tennessee websites are up and running, this would make it a lot easier for me!

Every year, as the football season approaches, you can feel the excitement all around with stores stocking their aisles with “the essentials”, new TV deals suddenly seem more abundant, and Fantasy Football drafts going on everywhere. And that’s completely cool, but over the years, I’ve found that I’ve lost interest in football hubbub.

Yep, years ago we used to chime in with the excitement, but with each passing season, my wife and I shared the dying of the football flame. Like I said, we enjoy watching football, but most certainly can not sit through an entire game, and will only watch if doesn’t get in the way of whatever else we’re doing.

Take, for example, this past weekend with the first week of the NFL season, we totally forgot because we were focused on cooking, exercise, landscaping projects, and enjoy the outdoors. When we weren’t pinned down by our crazy toddler that is.

Besides, we are more college football fans, and follow our Oklahoma Sooners more than any NFL team. We missed the game against Tennessee (see above reason), but got the highlights, and wow, sorry we didn’t see it! Go Sooners! Although, Avery’s reaction to Mommy’s OU jersey isn’t very promising that she’ll be a fan of our alma mater.

I grew up with a step-dad who sat around watching TV a lot which didn’t leave a good impression. Now, as a father myself, I don’t want Avery to see me staring at a TV when we could be playing together as a family or just sitting and reading to her.

We actually turned on part of a game this weekend and Avery fell silent and just stared at the TV. Our fun, rambunctious little girl turned into a zombie locked in on the bright screen with no awareness of what was going on around her. That was the end of TV for the weekend.

Again, we don’t hate football, and as I said already, enjoy watching a good game, but what I’m saying is that I don’t care that it’s the first week of the season. Probably won’t think much about the second week either. I’ll still root for the Cowboys (just checked and saw that was an awesome win against the Giants) since, by default, they’re our home team, and follow the Sooners a little more, but no matter the outcome, life will go on for us. I was involved with sports betting a few years ago, and hated how much it ruled my life, so more betting or fantasy leagues for me.

What did we do for the 1st week of the NFL season? Well, my wife planned out and started her next backyard landscaping project and I started a new strength routine along with cooking multiple meals including our local, pastured chicken from our CSA. I’m severely deficient with gardening and landscaping, so I helped in the form of manual labor. I see it as an extra workout, Kelley gets my help, it’s a win-win!

In sum, I feel it’s too easy to get wrapped up into the games as I have done in the past, and find it much more rewarding to keep away and be productive around the house. Then, once everything’s done, maybe we can sit down at night to catch the end of a good game.

Did you watch any football this weekend?

Excited about Monday Night Football tonight?

Do you like NFL or College better? Or, like me, don’t get too wrapped up in either?