Friday, May 17, 2013

Fit & Fabulous!

Hey everyone! If you are anything like us, you have been repeating "TGIF" to yourself since you woke up this morning. Why not once more?

TGIF!!!!

You guys, summer is just around the corner. Bikini season is almost HERE! We work so hard and eat so well during the week, but when the weekend gets here we are all like "ICE CREAM!!!" or "WINE!!!!"

Because it's the weekend doesn't mean you should completely forego all of your hard work eating right and being active during the week. So, we are going to give you all a few of our favorite motivating songs and an easy workout to get your weekend started off right! Oh, and a picture of weights and a really cute bathing suit.


Feeling more motivated already, aren't you??

Okay. Typically my workouts begin with a quick mile, Boomer alongside. When we get back, I immediately turn on my music.  The following four songs are what I do my first four exercises to, in this order:

1. Justin Timberlake-Rock Your Body
2. Guns 'N Roses-Paradise City
3. Michael Jackson-Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
4. Taylor Swift-22

Next, I grab my 5 pounders and start pumping. For the first song I do Dumbbell Romanian Dead Lifts (RDL) which are great for strengthening your hamstrings and glutes. See here for tutorial (exercise five). And, you know that gross cellulite we get right underneath our booty? RDL's have made mine practically disappear. .

There is a God!!!

I find myself doing them to the beat of the music, but when I notice my form is being compromised because I am trying to keep up, I slow the pace down a bit. NEVER COMPROMISE FORM. Capiche?

Song number 2 is for bicep curls.  See here for tutorial and other exercises.

Here comes the really fun part. For song number 3, you are going to be squatting. If it is too easy, add a 5 lb weight! It is almost summer, which means crunch time. You will thank yourself when you put on your bikini for the first time!  See here for tutorial.

Song number 4 you will be doing shoulder presses that lower into tricep extensions!  See here for shoulder press tutorial and here for overhead tricep extension tutorial.

Alright. Next you are going to be doing 25 reps of the following exercises, 3 times, unless marked otherwise. You will need a stability ball.
Stability ball crunches
Leg raises
Stability ball ab reachers
15 side plank dips per side
Stability ball "bench" presses

FYI, the squat exercise burns more calories than any other body weight exercise because it works large muscle groups as well as multiple muscle groups. Each time we go to the bathroom, we do 20 squats. True story. Judge us if you want, but our butts will soon be asses.
Hallelujah.

We aren't professionals, but if you are unsure how to do any of the exercises listed above feel free to contact us, or check out Bodybuilding.com here for more tutorials.  They have a great website that offers tons of different exercises for all ages.  And, seriously, if your body is telling you to stop, listen to it!

Cheers to looking Fit & Fabulous this summer!

Happy Friday everybody!
Keep it sassy and sculpt a sexy assy ;)

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