Workout To The Beet
Did you watch Food Unwrapped last night? The girl with the bad hair (okay, so I’m not going to be offered a part in a Timotei advert any time soon, but I wish she’d sort that bale of hay on top of her head out; it’s worse than that restaurant critic woman on Masterchef’s hair) checked out the benefits of beetroot by checking out the muscles on some rugby types and also by having her stamina checked on a stationary bike – once with having beetroot before and once without. The results showed she had far more energy after having the beetroot and so I put it to my own scientific test this morning by having some beetroot juice (I would have gone for the checking-out- the-muscley-rugby-types method but, alas, we were all out of those and, to be honest, rugby players just don’t do it for me anyway).
No, it’s not vodka and cranberry juice.
This juice is made of 2 apples, 1 beetroot, 2 carrots, 3 celery sticks, 1/2 a cucumber and 1″ ginger and it really energised me. It energised me so much I lifted heavier weights while doing body pump this morning, despite me not having done any strength-training for weeks, if not months (if you don’t count the 20 minutes of kettlebells I did the other day).
Beetroot works!
Yes! That was the one I saw (it was my mum watching it but that’s the bit I caught). Must try that out the next time my evil gym instructor trys to kill me with squats!
I’m going to test it again tomorrow before my spin class.
My hubby lifts weights a lot – but has declined to let me make your special juice!
Why? Not only is it magic juice, it tastes nice too!
I saw the programme too and i agree! I’ve been drinking beetroot juice for ages for trying as it really helps. I think I get less muscle ache too!