The Fit Skool

by Kelly

FALL KICK-OFF

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This weekend was full of fun fall activities. On Friday Marc and I drove up to Osbornedale State Park Derby, CT to go hiking. It was perfect weather about 75 degrees and sunny.

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Some of the hills were pretty steep and I could tell that I was breathing heavy at some points! Man I was really feeling the extra weight I am carrying around. We hiked for about 45 minutes which was plenty of time, my legs were tired!

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This was one of the nice views we had, it was very peaceful and quiet at the park! After our hike we headed back to our hotel to shower and go to dinner.

On Saturday I woke up at 5:30am and decided to let Marc sleep in a bit. Our hotel had a Dunkin Donuts not too far away so I walked over and grabbed this coffee!!

Pumpkin Spiced coffee!!
Pumpkin Spiced coffee!!

I indulged in a little pumpkin spiced coffee (I got one pump of the pumpkin spice since the syrup can be overly sweet) After Marc woke up we got breakfast and headed to the hotel gym!! It was basically like a private small gym and we got in a good workout. I did a 20-minute Elliptical Interval and then 20 minutes Upper Body Strength Workout for Triceps, Back, and Chest!

This workout was performed as supersets: meaning I performed the exercises for each muscle group back to back with no rest in between. I did however rest in between body parts.

Triceps- Overhead Extensions & Tricep Dips, Back- One arm rows & reverse flies, Chest- Pushups and Incline Chest press, I did 2 rounds of each of these exercises, and I even threw in a set of bicep curls at the end!

APPLE PICKING… was next on the list of things to do for our Fall weekend

Beardsley's Orchard in Shelton, CT

Beardsley’s Orchard in Shelton, CT

We arrived at Beardsley’s Cider Mill & Orchard in Shelton, CT around 10am when they opened. We decided to head there early because the weather wasn’t looking promising and we wanted to make sure to pick some apples before it rained! As you can see it was cloudy!

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There were 5 different kinds of apples available to pick: Liberty, Macoun, Cortland, Junagold, & Gala

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We sampled a few (shhhh) My favorite was the Macoun but they were all quite tasty. My least favorite was the Junagold, it was a little too dry and not as fruity/sweet as the others. We ended up buying close to 13 lbs of apples which we shared with my family. I am looking forward to making a new apple dessert this week! Overall it was a great weekend.

HAPPY FALL!

Author: Kelly @ The Fit Skool

I’m Kelly, a NASM personal trainer and group instructor, a former athlete, a wife and soon to be mommy. Health and Fitness is my passion and I am excited to share this journey with you!

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