Wednesday, March 31, 2010

915 Fitness Bootcamp

To be safe, we are meeting at the bandstand: rain or shine. See you there!

BUGGY BOOTCAMP ONLY!

Meet at the Pismo Beach Outlets today, Wednesday!

6 AM Class: Bandstand!

It's raining, so we will meet at the Bandstand.
See you there!

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Final Week: March 29-April 1

This is the final week of this session. Please note we are ending on Thursday, not Friday, due to Good Friday.
We will be at the park all week, unless it rains. They are calling for rain Tues evening through Thursday morning. So please check back to the blog for an update in locations.

Next session begins: April 12.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Buggy Bootcamp Locations: UPDATED

Monday: Rancho Grande Park

Wednesday: Bob Jones Trail

Friday: Rancho Grande Park

See you at the park!

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Locations: March 22-26

Happy First Day of Spring!

Fitness Bootcamp and Buggy Bootcamp
M and W: Rancho Grande Park

Fitness Bootcamp
F: Wadsworth in Pismo Beach

Buggy Bootcamp:
F: Bob Jones' Trail, meet in parking lot

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Buttermilk Bran Muffins complements of Anna McClellan and Bob Greene

A key ingredient in this recipe is buttermilk, which, despite its name is actually low in fat, so it keeps the muffins moist without adding a lot of extra calories.
Makes 12 muffins.

Nonstick cooking spray
1 1/4 cups unprocessed wheat bran
2/3 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
2/3 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/4 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
3/4 cup low-fat buttermilk
2 cups diced (1/4" squares) unpeeled Granny Smith apples
1 egg
1 TB plus 1 1/2 tsp canola oil
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup currants
Grated zest of 1 orange (about 3/4 tsp)

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the rack in the center of oven. Lightly coat 12-cup muffin pan with cooking spray.
Med mixing bowl: whisk together the bran, flours, baking soda, and salt til well combined.
In another med bowl: whisk together the buttermilk, apples, egg, oil, and vanilla until well combined.
Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the buttermilk mixture. Stir just until dry ingredients are moistened.
Fold in the nuts, currants, and orange zest.
Divide the batter equally among the prepared muffin cups. Bake 20-25 minutes, or until the tops of the mufffins feel springy when pressed gently. Remove pan from oven and allow the muffins to cool in the pan or a wire rack for 10 minutes before removing them from the pan. Serve warm or cool.

Per muffin, about: calories: 154, Protein: 5 g, Carb: 23 gr, Dietary Fiber: 5g, Total Fat: 6 g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 18mg, Calcium: 39 g, Sodium 178 mg.

Suggestions: to make the muffins moist add smashed ripe bananas to the basic recipe and maybe a little more buttermilk. With the apples, add some cinnamon and nutmeg for flavor. Instead of apples, use blueberries, cranberries, or mangos. Don't overbake, and they freeze well. Microwave for about one minutes.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Locations for March 15-19

Beautiful Sunny Skies!!
Monday and Wednesday: Rancho Grande Park
Friday: Fitness Bootcamp ONLY meet at the end of Grande Avenue in Grover Beach at the Fin's parking lot.

Buggy Bootcamp: Rancho Grande Park ALL WEEK!

Friday, March 12, 2010

Buggy Bootcamp Starts Monday, 3/15

9:15-10:15am
Rancho Grande Park
Please arrive 10 minutes early to fill out paperwork.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Rain? 6am class

See you at the bandstand!

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Week One Locations: March 8-March 12

One more week of bright and cheery mornings. Daylight savings begins next week and we'll be briefly back in the dark. Bummer! It will be short-lived,though, because Spring and Summer are right around the corner---yay!!

Anyways.....

Monday and Wednesday: Rancho Grande Park

Friday: Butterfly Grove (arrive a couple minutes early because we will leave the gathering area right at 6am and 915am)