Attack of the Love Handles Working your obliques helps to shape your torso while strengthening the muscles that help to support and protect your back. Perform these 5 moves in a row with no breaks. Try doing 2-3 sets! Mermaid On your knees, extend your right leg straight out to the side. On an inhale, bring your torso down towards the floor, getting your left elbow as close to the floor as possible. Perform this 20x and then switch sides. Side Balance On your knees, keep your left knee on floor but extend your right leg out to the side and bring your left hand to the floor. On an exhale, bring your right elbow and right knee in towards each other to touch. Snake on Hands Coming into a plank position on your hands, cross your right foot over your left and turning your hips to the right. On an inhale, lift your booty into the sky and exhale drop your right hip down towards the floor. Snake on Elbows Perform the "Snake on Hands" but now on your elbows. Side Plank Twist Lift your left arm up into the sky.
The 7 WORST Exercises to NEVER do The 7 WORST Exercises to NEVER Do These 7 exercises are popular with most workout enthusiasts, but they could actually be HARMING your body! by Dr. Kareem Samhouri - CSCS, HFS Neuro Metabolic Fitness & Rehab Expert Author of the popular program: Abs Strength Guide Exercise is meant to help you, right? Unfortunately, there are certain “exercises” in the gym that cause more harm than good. It’s time to put an end to the worst exercises on Earth. As a side note, I think it’s important to mention that the last thing I want is for you to feel discouraged; rather, it’s important that you feel inspired to know you have eliminated the negative from your exercise program. The main reasons that an exercise would qualify in the following list is one or more of the following: Creates muscle imbalances Has zero functional benefit Winds up joint into unsafe position If an exercise creates muscle imbalances, this can lead to joint deterioration all over your body and even blunt fat loss. 1) Leg Presses
Effective Lower Abs Workout: How to Get a Sexy Six-Pack DO IT Train your core with these eight moves three nonconsecutive days a week to flatten your belly and get super sexy abs! Either do them all together as a stand-alone workout or add three or four of them to the end of your usual strength-training routine. For each move, start with one set. Once you can complete all the reps with perfect form, add another.
One Exercise To End “Lower Belly Pooch” | Wold Fitness Notebook Even very lean women can have a little “pooch” on their lower bellies. Check out these bikini models that have what my daughter calls a “pooch”: These models are lean, heck – you can see their ribs! So what causes that little bulge in the lower belly? Is it something they ate hanging around in their digestive system? Maybe. But if your diet is on point, you’re lean, you’re working hard… What can cause the pooch? Simple: tight hip flexors. The muscles that cross the front of your hips can get really tight and pull you into what we exercise science types call an “anterior pelvic tilt.” This forward tilt pulls your low back out of alignment. Whoa! Even on someone very lean having a swayback can give you a lower belly pooch. In the title of this blog post I promised one exercise that would end lower belly pooch. This stretch will bring your hips back to where they should be, ease forward pressure on your lower back, and dial back the lower belly bulge. Pretty cool, huh!
Turbulence Training Fat Loss Craig Ballantyne Turbulence Training is the combined result of over 6 years of University study (including a Master's Degree in Exercise Physiology), 16 years of hands-on, in the trenches gym experience, over 5,318 personal training sessions, and careful scrutiny of over 723 medical research papers. It started in 1999, when I was a struggling grad student at in . We had just finished one of my graduate research studies and I was spending up to 16 hours a day in the lab analyzing my research data. As a former athlete, I knew that I had to find a way to stay lean and muscular and avoid the fat gain that comes from working long hours in a lab and at a desk as a researcher. The idea that gave birth to Turbulence Training came to me when I noticed how the power sport athletes at the University had such sleek, strong, lean physiques - both men and women' but none of them did slow long distance cardio for hours on end. Have you ever noticed how lean and muscular sprinters are compared to long distance runners?
BIKINI SERIES™ MaliBooty workout! Tone up the thighs and booty The 30-Minute, No-Gym Bodyweight Workout [Infographic] You Might Also Like 33 Cardio-Based Bodyweight Exercises READ Ready to strengthen, stretch, and break a sweat? This high-intensity bodyweight workout is a simple, effective way to work your whole body—without any machinery or extra equipment. Special thanks to our model, Lauren Williams, a personal trainer and head coach at Tone House New York, and Lululemon for outfitting her in the Wunder Under Crop II and tank top.
Mother's Day Fitness Moms Visiting my mom for Mother's Day, she's been hanging out with the dog all weekend. Nice to get some free dogsitting so I can actually get some work done. Out here at her house, there is a bird that has been trying to fly through my kitchen window for over 4 days now...if you are half as persistent as that bird, you'll succeed. Never ever, EVER give up. But back to Mother's Day, there are a LOT of great fitness moms out there, such as: Holly Rigsby - I love what Holly Rigsby is doing for Mom's here - www.getfitandyummy.com/ And here's another one of my favorite moms, Diana Keuilian with her girl Chloe (funniest kid I've ever met) making delicious brownies...try them for Mother's Day
The Best Butt Workout 2-Week Total Body Turnaround Ready? It's time to start your 28-day transformation! Ready? Belly Fat Fighter Weight Loss Exercise Routine Intrigued by research spotlighting eccentric training as one of the most effective ways to get firm, we asked fitness expert Chris Freytag to create a superfast shape-up exercise routine using this unique technique. When we put a group of readers on the plan, the results were eye-popping: Testers had an average weight loss of 6 pounds and 10 inches in 14 days, with the most successful volunteers losing up to 12 pounds and more than 22 inches all over. The secret is in the program's slow-motion strength routine. Instead of lifting and lowering for 2 counts each, you'll double the lengthening "eccentric" phase of an exercise (i.e., straightening your arm during a biceps curl) to 4 counts. "Each muscle fiber works harder so you get firmer faster," explains Freytag. Get started today with our exclusive jump-start plan* that will help you shed pounds, shrink inches, and feel confident in just 14 days! The Expert Published November 2011, Prevention Recommended For You recommended by Zergnet
Get Your Best Body Ever at Fitness Magazine Watch free Get Your Best Body Ever videos at FitnessMagazine.com. Videos Gimme a Y! Gimme a T!The Gimme a Y! Gimme a T! Frog Squat-You can do it. Bat Wings - My Ripped Workout ~Jari Love Everyone has that favorite muscle group that gets special attention when we work out, but there are also muscle groups that we just don’t like working on. For me, that is my triceps. Even though I don’t like to train my triceps, there are lots of reasons why working them is important, so I always make the effort. I hope that you will see the benefits of working the triceps and not overlook them in your workouts. Your triceps cover 2/3 of your upper arm and have three heads: long, lateral, and short. Along with being important in everyday movements, triceps are also one of the main muscle groups that you will notice a difference in as you drop body fat. Tricep Body-lifter: Not only is this move challenging, but it can be done anywhere and requires no equipment. Tricep Rolls This exercise is a great way to spice up the traditional skull-crusher exercise. Is one wing flapping a little more than the other?
Top 55 Foods for Building Lean Muscle and Losing Body Fat My Top 55 Lean-Body Foods to Build Lean Muscle and Lose Body Fat by Mike Geary - Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal TrainerAuthor of best-selling program: The Truth about Six Pack Abs In most of my Lean-Body Secrets Newsletters, I like to provide a healthy snack or meal recipe that not only is delicious and healthy, but also helps to get you closer to that hard-body appearance that everyone is looking for, while also more importantly, improving your health for life. Remember, if you don't have junk around the house, you're less likely to eat junk! Some of these will be obvious healthy choices, such as fruits and veggies... however, others on this page I think will surprise you! Alright, so let's start with the fridge. By the way I'm talking about whole eggs, NOT egg whites. Coconut milk is another staple in my fridge. If the idea of healthy saturated fats is foreign to you, check out my article about why saturated fat is not as bad as you think. Thanks for your request.