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Shirt: Onzie
Shoes: Nike
Month: May 2017
Body weight home workout video!
It’s hard to find time to get to the gym sometimes, whether you are a stay at home mama, a working professional, or in my case both! Good news is you can do this at home and all you need is a bench/chair and your hot self! I did it while Reed ran around the backyard!
Get ready for a full body sweat sesh! I am a huge fan of using weights in my workouts, but every once in a while its great to get in a body weight workout, especially if you are sore or don’t have access to weights. It was hard for me to get off my ass this morning and do this. I was relaxing drinking my coffee, I am sore AF from my classes I taught on Monday and Tuesday, but I did it and now feel like a queen! It’s hard for everyone sometimes (even the fitness professional), just think about how amazing you’ll feel when its done! You are beautiful and can do anything that you put your mind to!
YOU’VE GOT THIS!
Do each exercise for 30 seconds (remember to do each side) with as little rest as possible between moves. Rest for 60 seconds at the end of circuit before repeating. I did this 6 times through. Use a chair if you don’t have a bench. If you need a modification on the plyo push ups, just do a regular push up.
The ABsolute Truth
Everyone gal wants a flat stomach, am I right? So I’m here to help! Endless crunches and other ab isolation exercises are not your answer, especially for new mammas who’s rectus abdominis has expanded or stretched to make room for baby (but that’s a different blog that’s coming in the next week or so)! I hear this all the time as a fitness professional, “I do tons of ab exercises and I have a strong core, but I can’t lose the belly.” There are two things I explain. 1. Nutrition is key to a “flat” stomach and 2. Your probably not doing the right workouts to burn the fat that’s hiding the muscles . Both just as important as the next, but I am here to discuss and help with #2 today.
Focusing your workouts on total body weighted movements is key. The more muscles your working together the more calories you will burn, which will in return burn more fat! The more fat you burn the leaner you become and that’s when you can begin to see muscle definition, aka a bangin body! There is nothing wrong with doing isolated abdominal exercises, but isolation doesn’t burn as many calories and we are here to burn calories and fat, right?! You usually won’t find me in the gym doing crunches, but you will find me doing total body workouts like the one below for a killer midsection!
Repeat 6 times with as little rest as possible between exercises:
10 burpees
10 weighted renegade rows
10 weighted squats with shoulder press (start with weight over shoulders and press overhead as you come out of squat)
30 seconds of mountain climbers
10 push ups
10 reverse lunges with front kick
30 seconds of speedskaters
30 seconds of bear crawls
10 curtsy lunges with weighted lateral shoulder raise
This is me cheering you on, get after it girls!!!!
Peace, Wine, and Pushups 