The Life of Fashion Model, Poker Player and TV Host Lacey Jones » Health http://www.laceypoker.com Never a dull moment Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:23:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How to Make Cardio Playlists to Stay Motivated http://www.laceypoker.com/2011/11/16/how-to-make-cardio-playlists-to-stay-motivated/ http://www.laceypoker.com/2011/11/16/how-to-make-cardio-playlists-to-stay-motivated/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:55:58 +0000 Lacey Jones http://www.laceypoker.com/?p=1320 Lacey Jones Workout Cardio workouts are NOT my favorite. However, it’s something I have to do every week. It helps me to stay in shape and keep my weight where it needs to be for modeling. As an added bonus, it also helps me to relieve stress and get out any aggression I might be feeling (what are YOU looking at ???).

Music is key for me to stay motivated to do my cardio work.

 

 

Here are 5 tips to incorporate music playlists to keep you going:

1. Choose high BPM (beats per minute) songs to play while getting ready as well as working out.

If you need help finding out how many beats per minute each song has, there’s an APP for that. Check out TAP for Macs that you can add to your Apple dashboard to calculate BPM.

Click here for the free download. 

2. Pick songs you absolutely love at this moment, not ones that are overplayed on your iPod. You’ll look forward to the next song and stay with the program.

3. Make your playlists exactly the length of time you want to workout. (eg: 30 min / 1 hr ) When you create a playlist on iTunes it automatically tells you on the bottom how long your playlist is.

4. Use your choice of songs for interval training to tell you when to speed up and when to slow down without having to look at time.

5. If you still get bored or can’t stay motivated to do a full hour, make a 15 min playlist of your ultimate favorite songs. After each 15 min session move onto a different exercise machine. Breaking up the monotony can help you get the full hour and results you want.

My 30 Minute  Dance Cardio Playlist:

Feel so close (Benny Benassi remix), Calvin Harris
Ready 2 Go, Martin Solvieg & Kele
Levels, Avicii
Beautiful People (feat. Benny Benassi), Chris Brown
Pressure (Alesso Radio Edit), Nadia Ali, Starkillers & Alex Kenji
Innocence, Nero
Kickstarts (Bar 9 Remix), Example

*click on the songs to see the music videos

 

]]> http://www.laceypoker.com/2011/11/16/how-to-make-cardio-playlists-to-stay-motivated/feed/ 3 Secret #1 to silky skin http://www.laceypoker.com/2011/03/23/secret-1-to-silky-skin/ http://www.laceypoker.com/2011/03/23/secret-1-to-silky-skin/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:49:22 +0000 Lacey Jones http://www.laceypoker.com/?p=1042 Living in Las Vegas and traveling around the globe takes it’s toll on my skin. If you saw my daily/ nightly routine of moisturizing my face you might laugh. There are products I live and swear by that I’ll start sharing in my blogs on health and beauty, but recently I’ve  found one that I can not and will not live with out.

A dear friend of mine, Christie Moeller, is a top fashion stylist and lives here in Las Vegas. She writes a weekly blog on all things stylish and necessary in everyday life. To add a cherry on top she does a free giveaway with each post! Now tell me who doesn’t love free stuff? A few weeks ago she wrote a blog called: Dew me: On the go humidification for your skin. Instantly I knew this was a product I needed and decided to enter to win by commenting on the post with my secret to skin hydration and why I needed this product. A few days later I found out I won!

I don’t usually win things and have tried to win other goodie give aways in the past to no avail. So imagine my excitement when I received the Air-O-Swiss directly to me in the mail! It felt like Christmas!

I’ve been using the Air-O-Swiss for the past 2 weeks every night when I go to sleep and now during the day when I’m at home. I can see and feel the results! I don’t wake up anymore with a dry throat and my skin doesn’t feel dried up to the point where I’m reaching for my Caudalie spray ASAP. The expression, “Don’t leave home with out it!” has taken on a whole new meaning for my little friend. It’s going to be the first thing I pack in my suitcase from now on.

Make sure to read Christie’s blog post that goes more into detail on why the Air-O-Swiss is something you should be ordering right this second. And while you’re at it subscribe to her feed to get your style on and to find out about awesome giveaways each week!

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Another thing to look out for on my website are more tips on beauty, diet and fitness to help keep those new year resolutions all year long. If you have any questions you’d like my answer put them here in my comment box or join my Facebook public page and write your q’s there.
I wish you all the best this new year. Let’s make 2010 rock!

xoxo
Lacey

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With that said it’s past my bedtime. I have a busy weekend shooting for the hot new show Poker2Nite on Fox Sports. Have y’all seen it yet? Tomorrow we take a look at poker players making a difference and raising money to fight Cerebral Palsy. If you’re in Las Vegas please stop by the Hard Rock Casino’s Poker room and play in the charity tournament. For more information check out www.AllinforCP.comHope to see you all there! xo

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Pic from Hong Kong- the best sushi I’ve ever had. Aside from Lahaina with Etay and Shannon… maybe the video black jack makes it taste better??

*I always forget how much I love food until I do the Master Cleanse. I seriously love to eat. On average I eat 5-6 small meals a day. My favorite things to eat: Thai, Italian, Sushi/ Japanese… actually to make this list is pointless because any type of food is great with me. I enjoy going to new restaurants and trying things I’ve never had before.
* The salt water flush in the morning is just plain gross.
* Took a nap and all I dreamed about was food. Ugh! As soon as I woke up I had to drink more of the lemonade. After that the hunger went away pretty quickly, but I still thought about food every few seconds.
* I frequently would ask what people are eating/had eaten that day almost as if I was having my own fantasy of eating that same meal.
*Watching TV sucks! Every commercial advertises food to buy or yummy restaurants with plates full of delicious food inticing you to go there as fast as you can.
* Had to go to the supermarket to buy lemons and more toilet paper. The two things you should just buy in bulk in the begining. It’s freaking torture to walk into a Grocery Store! The urge to knock over the stand with bags of chocolate brownie cookies was almost too much to handle. If only the cashier wasn’t looking…

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