If you want to make the most out of your time at home or in the gym, combination exercises like this bent over row with tricep extension can help you speed through your workout. This exercise helps you focus on the Lats, triceps and biceps. It’s a powerful, calorie burning move for anyone looking to maximize their […]
We’re revealing the best fitness plans that will tone and slim your particular figure. Next up, hourglasses! [su_table] Celebrity Doubles: Sofia Vergara, Christina Hendricks Features: Curvy on the bottom and top, with a small waist Trouble spots: Your upper and lower body are pretty symmetric, but you’ll want to focus on the back. Your plan:
At home workouts aren’t always easy, and in fact you can get a workout at home that is comparable to that of a gym workout. If you want to get in amazing shape, don’t think that you have to spend tons of money on a gym membership. You can get your best body right at home.
Whenever I talk to beginner exercises or people who are coming back after a long break and want to lose weight, they will say to me, “I’m just going to start with cardio and once I lose weight I’ll begin strength training.” I totally understand that the idea of doing it all at once can be overwhelming, but
Got a chair? Then you’re ready for this sit-down, total-body workout! Tone and strengthen with the first five exercises from personal trainer Jessica Smith, a certified wellness coach and co-author of The Thin in 10 Weight Loss Plan. To alleviate aches and pains, try the final three exercises from Tracey Porter, a personal trainer, certified sports
Planks have been all the rage in the fitness field the past few years—they’ve trumped the crunch (and many other moves, for that matter) as the go-to exercise for strengthening the core muscles, the group of trunk muscles that surround the spine and include the abs, hips and glutes. And for good reasons: Planks and
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Regardless of your fitness level, you can easily start from zero to running 20 minutes continuously in 10 weeks. The program below, adapted from the New York Road Runners Club, does exactly that and is an example of an ten-week run/walk strategy, aimed at beginners in good health. You can do it. All it requires
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Using ball exercises to workout and get lean is a fun way to mix up you workout, work your core, and get you back into shape. I love to do these because they seem to be more fun then the other boring machines and plain ‘ol weights. Below you will find some of my favorite ball exercises. There
There are many reasons why people start running: to stay slim, boost energy, or snag that treadmill next to our longtime gym crush. Running can help keep the heart healthy, improve mood, and stave off sickness; plus recent studies have found running is a great way to lose and maintain weight. But research suggests going
The push-up is without a doubt the first muscle-building activity most people try out but somewhere along the line they discover weight training and the age-old technique is discarded. This is very sad considering it is one of the most complete bodyweight exercises that target your chest, abs, arms and shoulder – pretty much every
