Hannah Lynn Fitness

Hello Everyone!! I have an exciting announcement... I am starting a month long challenge for the month of May! The challenge? Eat more vegetables. Simple as that. You don't need to sign up or pay money, this is simply a challenge I am posing to all of you! Why is eating vegetables so important? Well, there are SO many reasons, but here is a scary one: obesity statistics are rapidly increasing, and do you know what the main cause of that is? Our diet. Processed, sugar-filled food is literally EVERYWHERE, and is so convenient to buy. If we all started to slowly change our diet to whole natural foods, we could prevent so much disease. And the best way to start? Making SMALL changes, such as eating more vegetables ;) The recommended amount of vegetables to eat each day is 3 servings. This usually translates to about a handful of said vegetable, but can vary. My challenge to YOU is to eat more vegetables everyday. And "more" is different for everyone! If you hear the word...

Make sure you are eating enough protein if you are trying to build muscle! Happy Sunday! I thought I would take the time to share with you an at home, no equipment, leg workout! If you are serious about adding size to your legs, the most efficient way is to be lifting challenging weights. Now, as a beginner that only has 5 pound weights lying around the house, it's not difficult to create a challenging upper body workout! But your legs are so much stronger and more powerful, 5 pounds won't be quite as challenging. You can certainly get stronger and even increase muscle mass with no equipment, but this will take more time and may not yield as good of results as heavy lifting will (but more on why you CAN build muscle at home in a bit!). All of this goes to say that basically, as someone who wants to get bigger legs, this can be frustrating when you have limited or even no equipment around. So I highly HIGHLY recommend either joining a gym, or starting one in your own ho...

To me, there is nothing quite as refreshing as sipping on a smoothie while soaking up some sunshine.  This spring sun has got me itching for some good smoothie recipes! I decided I would try some out this week, and share them with you!  There are a gazillion and one smoothie recipes out there, but I typically find they have so many ingredients! So these are going to be basic (but still yummy!!) recipes, with food/fruits that aren't difficult to find in your grocery store! Read on to discover some simple and delicious smoothies!  Kiwi-Lime Smoothie 1/2 Kiwi  3 Strawberries 1 Chobani Key Lime Greek Yogurt  1 Handful of Spinach Optional: Add a dash of water/milk Kiwi's are not always something I buy, but it should! It is packed with potassium, fiber, and has more vitamin C than oranges! They are also relatively inexpensive. Cherry Berry Green Smoothie Handful of the following: Spinach Cherries Blueberries  Strawberries 1/3 cup o...

Green Tea is also known to boost your metabolism ;) What even is metabolism? I always pictured it as a physical "thing" somewhere near my heart. But that's not it at all! "Metabolism" is not one "thing" at all, it is made up of several different factors. So what makes up your metabolism? I'm so glad you asked ;) Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (NEAT) Physical Activity (PA) Thermic Affect of Eating (TEE) All of these combined makes up your metabolism, aka your Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE).  Now that you know what makes up your metabolism, what do all these fancy things mean? Well, as complicated as they may sound, it's pretty simple! Your BMR is basically all the calories you would burn if all you did one day was lay in bed- and not move or eat at all. These are just the basic chemical reactions happening in your body to keep you alive each day, and this can make up over 50% of y...

In March, I was focusing on progressive overload for the lower body, but now I have a whole new workout split. It is similar in goal (hypertrophy and progressive overload), but is much more focused and more specific. I wanted to amp things up so that I would actually have a plan to stick to, and hopefully see better results and more progress! Since I am still training for my marathon, I have one long run day on the weekends, and four heavy hypertrophy days. The other day is a core strength/ calisthenics workout. This is mostly based off functional training , which I've have been learning more about! On the four days of hypertrophy training, each exercise is performed for 8-12 reps, 3-5 sets each. Let's get into the workout! Monday: Upper Body Bench Press Bent Over Row Front Press Upright Row Reverse Flies Tuesday: Lower Body Back Squat  Stiff-legged Deadlifts Bulgarian Split Squats Hamstring Curls Calf Raises Wednesday: Core/ Calisthenics  Exa...

Happy Easter everyone! I hope you all have something fun planned with your families :) Today has been so relaxing, and it's my rest day because yesterday, I ran 21 miles!! That's the farthest I have ran so far, and boy are my feet sore. I earned some new blisters from that run, but it was definitely all worth it! Since I can't actually workout today, why not talk about it! I have been wanting to share with you a new type of workout I have been incorporating into my workout split the past couple months- functional training. This has been becoming more popular, but is usually done wrong, or at least isn't actually helpful. Basically, functional training is a type of workout designed to strengthen your body for everyday things. So sitting down, picking up babies, pushing a lawnmower, and pulling open the refrigerator door translates to: squats, deadlifts, bench press, and bent over rows. There are so many more exercises, but do you see how those are helpful for everyda...