In less than a month I'm meeting up with a group of girlfriends for a little beach vacay in Florida -- which means I've been amping up the workouts a little bit to get into "bikini-ready" shape. As luck would have it, back in January and February I became a bit of a GroupOn/LivingSocial junkie and bought several exercise-related deals. All of which seem to now be nearing their expiration dates -- so what better time to use them up? Thus far I've taken in a few yoga classes at
Philly Power Yoga, an intro mat class at
UrbanFront Pilates, and I've started a 30-day membership to
Sweat Fitness. I still have to start my five-class pass at
Body Cycle Studio (a spinning studio) and my ten-class pass at
VersaFit Studio. Long story short, I don't think I'll get bored with my workout routine any time soon. And if going to all these different classes helps to tighten everything up, well, that's quite the bonus, too.
Meanwhile, in my book, nothing beats following up a hard workout with an ice-cold protein-rich smoothie. The inspiration for the following smoothie recipe is a "
protein buster" smoothie I had on several occasions at
Fuel -- but seeing as a smoothie is $4 a pop, I figured it'd probably be more economical to make my own version at home.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie (
printer-friendly version)
makes one serving
3/4 C organic skim milk
1 scoop chocolate whey protein powder
1 banana, cut into slices
1/2 T organic peanut butter
8-10 ice cubes
1. Add the milk, protein powder, sliced banana, and peanut butter to a blender. Blend!
2. Drop in the ice cubes a couple at a time and blend after each addition. Continue adding ice cubes until the smoothie as at the desired thickness.
3. Pour into a cup and enjoy!
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