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Hey Foster Kids! We're here to motivate and give you some tips to becoming a healthier, happier you! We could be a regular old health, diet, exercise blog.. but why not add a little Foster the People twist? With the inspiration of Andy Barron, we thought this would be a cool idea. If he can do it and set his mind to it, why can't we? We're just Foster Kids trying to help other Foster Kids. If you have any tips, suggestions, etc., feel free to throw them in our ask! :) There's more information in the "basics" link above and the weekly routines are in the "Routines" link. Remember: It works if you work it so work it. You're worth it. Thanks. Shaiann and Courtney

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If you didn't see this on my other account, I'm getting ready to workout. I'll start in about ten minutes. Feel free to start at the same time as I do and then we can message each other inspirational things to keep going during the stretch songs. I'm going to go back to week 2 since I haven't worked out in a couple of months. 

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Sorry about that guys. I pretty much stopped dieting and exercising completely in the past couple of months. But I'm ready to start again. I'm going to need a lot of inspiration so I'd really appreciate if everybody could send some fitspo to our ask box. I'm going to start tomorrow. I really would tonight but I do it in my room and I have wooden floors which is not good because everyone is trying to sleep. I'll make another week workout this weekend. I'm just going to start from the beginning though.

Shaiann

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Thank you for doing this :) could you do Kimbra for one of the weeks?

Sure! I'll add it to the list! :)

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Okay so I had the idea for the Good Charlotte week. It wasn't a request; however, I've been listening to Lana Del Rey a lot lately and I want to have a workout for Born To Die but I don't want to wait all those weeks and I don't want to add her in for next week and push everyone's requests back. So I'll just move Good Charlotte to the bottom and put Lana in that place. Here's the new order of things for the coming weeks.

Lana Del Rey

Foster The People/Mark Foster (Songs not on Torches)

MGMT

Marina and the Diamonds

Two Door Cinema Club

The Kooks

Tame Impala

Good Charlotte

Weeks after that are up for request. 

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Week 6: THE STROKES! :)

*This will probably become my favorite workout yet. I hope you guys like it as much as I do. 

Before You Begin: 

You know the drill. Grab a really cold bottle of water or a glass of water with ice. Cold water helps you burn more calories.

Put on the album. We have an updated playlist with the music you’ll need for those who don’t have the physical albums with them because they’re not home or something. Week 4 is Grouplove so get to where you need to be in the playlist.

Push yourself! You should feel sore in the morning. If you don’t, you’re either stretching VERY well or you’re not pushing yourself hard enough. Don’t hurt yourself, but do a little more than you think you’re capable of.

Machu Picchu:

Stretch. You can dance if you want. This is a fun song. 

Under Cover of Darkness: 

Alternate between v-ups, reverse crunches, and russian twists.

Two Kinds of Happiness: 

Alternate between calf raises and donkey kicks. 

You're So Right: 

Jumping jacks

Taken For A Fool:

Alternate between regular squats and squats where you stand on your tippie toes. They're hard so if you lose your balance easily, just hold on to your dresser or something sort of high up from the ground so you can keep your balance.

Games: 

If you're hurting and need a break, take a stretch period. But by this week you should be getting stronger and not need as many rest periods. If you don't need a stretch, Alternate between push ups and planks. If you need to, you can do the "girl" push ups on your knees. To be honest, I do them most of the time because my arms aren't strong enough yet to lift my weight. They're flimsy little things. But before I started these workouts I couldn't even do one push up without feeling dizzy. Now I can do seven. Sure it's not a lot but it proves I'm getting stronger every week. 

Call Me Back: 

Do some yoga poses. This song is too slow to get super pumped too.

Gratisfaction: 

Alternate between regular bicycles and bicycle crunches

Metabolism:

Alternate between v-ups, reverse crunches, and russian twists.

One Way Trigger: 

SURPRISE! :) Kickbox. Use your legs and your arms. You're now a champion kickboxer.

Life is simple in the moonlight: 

Use it as your cool down song. Walk around or stretch. Whatever you think will cool you down but don't actually sit. Just do something. 

Weekly things to remember: Take advantage of your rest periods. DRINK WATER. Even  if you hate it like I do. When you finish, remember you just did awesome but don’t reward yourself with food unless it’s something with a lot of protein and hardly any sugar or fat. You’re not a dog. Food is not a reward. If you’re doing the workout tip jar thing, put a dollar in your jar. 

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Future Weeks

Here’s the plan for the next few weeks. 

The Strokes

Good Charlotte

Foster The People/Mark Foster (Songs not on Torches)

MGMT

Marina and the Diamonds

Two Door Cinema Club

The Kooks

Tame Impala

Weeks after that are up for request. 

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Could you have Junk of the Heart by The Kooks or Lonerism by Tame Impala as some of the weeks?

Yupp absolutely! I'll update the list of weeks now. 

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Up to 49 followers. And this is only post fifty so I think this blog is doing pretty well. Not too shabby. Thanks for following guys. :)

Shaiann

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Would Marina and the Diamonds (album Electra Heart) be possible?

Yupp. I'll put it in the list. After the strokes and good charlotte I'm going to throw in another FTP workout. Probably with songs not on Torches and then ones that Mark Foster did solo. Then we got a request for MGMT after that. So after MGMT we'll do Marina and the Diamonds. :)

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Week 5

Before You Begin: 

You know the drill. Grab a really cold bottle of water or a glass of water with ice. Cold water helps you burn more calories.

Put on the album. We have an updated playlist with the music you’ll need for those who don’t have the physical albums with them because they’re not home or something. Week 4 is Grouplove so get to where you need to be in the playlist.

Push yourself! You should feel sore in the morning. If you don’t, you’re either stretching VERY well or you’re not pushing yourself hard enough. Don’t hurt yourself, but do a little more than you think you’re capable of.

Everlasting Light:

Stretch. A lot. Because this is a tough week and you don't want to hurt yourself.

Next Girl: 

Alternate between high knees and butt kicks

Tighten Up:

Russian Twists. Yeah, the whole time. If you've been doing them the right way, you should be able to do a lot more than you used to and get through most of the song without too much pain.

Howlin' For You: 

Jumping jacks. The WHOLE time. They don't hurt that bad and you need some cardio.

She's Long Gone:

Okay, I guess you deserve a rest period. Stretch.

Black Mud: 

Alternate between bicycle crunches and reverse crunches or v-ups

The Only One:

Calf raises. The whole time. You usually only feel these when you stop so don't take a break because then your butt and calves will be on fire.

Too Afraid To Love You:

Squats

Ten Cent Pistol: 

Plank and pushups

Sinister Kid: 

You definitely deserve a rest. Stretch

The Go Getter:

Alternate between russian twists, reverse crunches, bicycle crunches, and v-ups. Do whichever you like the most.

I'm Not The One: 

Alternate between calf raises and frankenstein kicks

Unknown Brother: 

Squats

Never Gonna Give You Up:

Wall sits

These Days:

Shake it out. This really was a tough one. Good job today, champ. 

Weekly things to remember: Take advantage of your rest periods. DRINK WATER. Even  if you hate it like I do. When you finish, remember you just did awesome but don’t reward yourself with food unless it’s something with a lot of protein and hardly any sugar or fat. You’re not a dog. Food is not a reward. If you’re doing the workout tip jar thing, put a dollar in your jar. 

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ATTENTION

If you've been doing the workouts, tell us your story in our ask box and we'll publish it. :) (what week you're on, if you can tell a difference, if it's challenging you, etc.) You hear how Courtney and I are doing from our posts. We wanna hear your stories.

-Shaiann

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Okay guys, week 5 will be up in probably about an hour or so. Honestly, I've been skipping too many days to count what I've been doing as weeks so I'm still doing Imagine Dragons. But it's definitely working. I just had two crazy cheat days. Honestly, I ate worse in these two days than I ever have. But I'm not going to give up. I'm still down 6 pounds and my abs are coming in nicely. 

-Shaiann

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Week five will be The Black Keys and Week six will be The Strokes. Just in case anyone was wondering. We're up to 40 followers. Thanks so much guys. 

Shaiann

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Can you do The Kooks for one of the weeks? I think it's awesome that you're doing this for everyone!

Thank you! :) And yeah absolutely. Week five is The Black Keys so I'll do The Kooks for week six! 

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Kay everything is set up for week four. It's in the tag and the album is in the playlist. Feel free to request a song for week six. Someone's already asked for the black keys for week five.