15 3 / 2012
Lazy Lady Workout: A Guiltfree Quickie When You’re Feeling ‘Blah’
Lazy Lady Workout
I always say 20 minutes is better than zero, and half-assed is better than no-assed. When it comes to fitness, you’ll ALWAYS have good days and not so good days. There’s no such thing as ‘perfect’.
When I’m feeling ‘blah’, this is a routine I do to try to get my ass in gear. If it works, I’m all warmed up for a nice workout. If not, at least I’ve gotten SOMETHING in for the day. All the exercises can be done from the floor or using a chair/couch & work your booty, core & upper body.
14 3 / 2012
You’re going to have to do it anyway, so might as well get it over with, right?
11 3 / 2012
Weekend Workout: The Perfect ‘10’! 10 Moves. 10 Reps. Max Rounds. You Game?
Weekend Workout: Perfect Ten!
10 Moves. 10 Reps. Max Rounds. 30 minutes.
The Perfect 10 is a BRUTAL high octane circuit that will target your entire body. You’ll work your core & get your heartrate soaring with plyometrics, core & lower body exercises. It’s FAST, FURIOUS and requires ZERO equipment. You’ll need to push HARD to complete as many rounds as possible.
Set your timer or stopwatch for 30 minutes. Complete all 10 moves for 10 reps each, rest, then repeat as many times as you can with the clock running.
Take as many breaks as you need, but don’t stop the clock! Write down the rounds you were able to complete in 30 minutes and use that as your benchmark for next time. If you’d like to continue past 30 minutes, that’s fine. But only count your 30 minute score.
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01 3 / 2012
Whip Your Balls Out! Weekend Workout Challenge
The stability ball is one of my FAVORITE workout tools. Not only are they fun to bounce around on, but they are crazy versatile when it comes to exercise. You can use your ball to tone your booty, thighs, arms, core and back in ways that other equipment simply can’t. The design forces your body to use more than one muscle group at a time. Each move targets your core & improves your balance.
They’re also not the most convenient of tools to store.
Over the last few years, more and more people picked themselves up a ball or two. And more and more people simply deflated them and put them away. Even those of us who still have our balls out, don’t seem to be using them as much as we used to. Unlike other fads, this tool is one that you should DEFINITELY revisit. Why invest in new tools or DVD’s when you’ve got a fabulous one you can take advantage of?
If yours has gotten a little dusty (and deflated), it might be time to give it another shot this weekend!
I put together a quick 12-15 minute stability circuit that you can do on it’s own, mix up with some cardio, or add to this week’s Weekend Workout (The Dominatrix). All the exercises can be found in one of my favorite books/resources (I seriously love and use it) The Women’s Health Big Book of Exercises.
WHIP YOUR BALLS OUT! WEEKEND WORKOUT CHALLENGE
This 6 move workout uses a stability ball & dumbbells to challenge your core, upper body & glutes. Complete the circuit in order once, rest & repeat.
29 2 / 2012
On The Go Flow - Printable Yoga Sequence
Nine poses to strengthen, lengthen & tone you! Practice once through & print out a copy to keep on you.
(via Fit Sugar)
13 2 / 2012
Don’t have access to a gym but still want to work your lower body? Check this out! Figure Olympia champ Nicole Wilkins takes you through a lower body plyo circuit! (This can be done without the step up if you don’t have one).
08 2 / 2012
While I recognize genetics do play a role in the general shapes of your body, weight lifting can SIGNIFICANTLY improve on those thing you don’t like… such as making a flat or saggy butt a lot larger and perkier.
There were some people that got worked up over the butt comparison photo posted a couple minutes ago, so I thought I’d address it ;)If you lift heavy enough, you WILL build the muscles underneath and CAN build a bigger, rounder, better butt. The thing is, it takes heavy weight, time and a lot of hard work. But a lot of girls don’t want to hear that.
Some girls do 100 squats a day in their room with no weight and when they don’t get a butt they chalk it up to genetics.
I can completely vouch for the fact that heavy weight lifting CAN transform your body. People just don’t want to hear that for a number of reasons….. mainly because it means A)- they were wrong and B)- it’s gonna take some hard work to get there.
I had a SUPER flat butt, a pudgy tummy, NO biceps, TINY calves and thick thighs. I heard countless people tell me that it was all genetics and that I wouldn’t be able to change that. But guess what? With heavy weight training, proper nutrition and a whole lot of patience and hard work, I was able to build up and perk up my butt, get rid of the muffin top and tummy pudge, grow biceps, increase the size and definition of my calves and get my thighs more slender and defined.While I recognize there ARE exceptions to every rule (some girls will have a round, perky butt no matter how small they get, and some girls will never have a bubble butt no matter how long they weigh train)…
it is ignorant to say that it is NOT POSSIBLE for anyone to improve on their physique through hard work!
