It’s important to stick with the workout goals you set for Summer. You have achieved the body you want, and it’s often hard to maintain in the colder months when the holiday food is plenty and the cable-knit sweaters are out of storage. Keep reading to find out how you can win a workout DVD set that is a complete collection of workouts from Top Trainers!

We have three copies of Bethenny Frankel’s workout DVD to give away to our readers this week! Keep reading to learn more and enter the giveaway!

Working out has so many benefits, from weight loss and upping your happiness factor to stress-busting and hitting your workout goals. Despite all this, it is easy to fall into a workout rut. Either you’ve listened to the same songs over and over again or you just can’t think up new exciting ways to mix up your workout regimen. Keep reading for our best tips for making a workout FUN again!

Sure it’s summer and it’s nice to get outside for that workout, but what about the days when it’s rainy or just way too hot! If there’s one thing I hate about summer, it’s the humidity. I can handle hot temps, but as soon as it gets humid, I just lock myself up in air conditioning and wait it out.

If you a bit more daring and want to workout outside regardless of the weather, here are some great tips on how to get in a good workout while staying cool!

I most definitely won’t go running outside because you feel like you’ve just completed an hour-long workout in 5 minutes! Talk about dripping in sweat!

This week not only were we a player short, but we were also a trainer short. Then Ali surprised the contestants with extremely exciting news: for the next two weeks, the contestants will heade to New Zealand. Austin won a special economy plus seat by answering a trivia question – how tall is the sky tower of Auckland, the tallest structure in the Southern hemisphere. The answer was 1,076 feet.

Today, we’re getting to know Lauren from the healthy living blog, Run Yoga RepEAT. This busy college student is studying nutrition and dietetics and still has time to get outside and stay active as well as cooking healthy recipes! As you can probably guess from the title of her blog, she really enjoys running and yoga, although she’s been running since she was 13, so she definitely knows her stuff!

So here’s Lauren!

1. Tell us a bit about your blog?

Hey! My name’s Lauren, and I blog at Run Yoga RepEAT.

My blog covers lots of topics: recipes, healthy eating, chocolate (lots of it!), fitness, training for my next half marathon, studying nutrition, and various thoughts from my day.

Last night I came home, cooked dinner and was ready to jump onto the couch and watch television.  It was one of those days!  Just as I was heading toward the couch, I realized that my fiancé had monopolized the television—he had to decided to drag out the Wii Fit.  After 900 hundred plus days of not touching the game (the Wii Fit tells you when you last played the game), he wanted to get back into a routine of playing a little bit each day.

The other day, Allison wrote about taking her first yoga class ever! It got me to think about my own yoga experiences. Now that I’ve started working out 5 times a week, I’m trying to change up my workout so I don’t get bored. Part of that approach has to do with my favorite yoga DVD: Denise Austin – Yoga Buns. Basically, the wonderful Denise Austin leads a 30-minute workout to lift, tighten, and tone buns. That’s exactly what I needed, and I’m really feeling the after effects!