Motivational Monday

"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." -Joshua J. Marine

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Fitness Tip of the Week:

• In order to increase exercise frequency, move to a push-pull split while reducing your overall daily training volume.

Smoothie Recipe of the Week:

• Pineapple Cream Pie Smoothie
• 1 cup (or ~160g fresh) pineapple
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1/3 cup coconut cream
• juice from 2 limes (optional)
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• Cinnamon to taste

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Lunch Recipe of the Week:

• Zesty Kale and Sweet Potato Bowl

• Sauce

  • 2 red or green Thai chiles, chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, grated
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • ¾ cup unsweetened coconut milk
  • 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons fish sauce
  • Kosher salt

  Salad

  • 4 large eggs, room temperature
  • ¼ head of Napa cabbage, thinly sliced
  • 3 scallions, thinly sliced
  • 1 golden beet, scrubbed, cut into matchsticks
  • 1 celery stalk, thinly sliced on a diagonal
  • 1 Persian cucumber, halved lengthwise, thinly sliced crosswise
  • 1 large handful of bean sprouts
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped cilantro
  • ⅓ cup torn mint leaves
  • Kosher salt
  • ⅓ cup unsalted, toasted peanuts, crushed
  • 4 cups warm cooked brown rice

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Dinner Recipe of the Week:

• Asian Salmon Bowl with Lime Drizzle
• 1 cup jasmine rice
• 2 teaspoons unsalted butter
• 1 large clove garlic, finely chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
• 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 3 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 4 salmon fillets (4 ounces each), skin removed
• 1 teaspoon canola oil
• 2 packages (5 ounces each) baby spinach
• 2 teaspoons black sesame seeds

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Exercise of the Week:

Bent Over Lateral Raise (3 sets of 10 reps):

Stretch of the Week:

   Knees to Chest (15-30 second hold):