Daily Fit Tip!

   Have you stopped getting results from your strength training workouts? Has your body, muscles adapted to the same workout routine? It's time to change things up & really mean it when your working out. Don't just do it to get through it, or to just say you did your workout today. Workout like an animal. Really feel it, and put your mind, body and soul into each workout you do. If you don't you mine as well go home and cancel your workout. Going through the motions is just not going to do you or your body any good. If you do have a day where you cannot give it your best, which we all have them, take a rest day and come back ready to kick ass the next workout. My brother would see when I was having one of those days and just tell me to stop and take a rest, but be ready tomorrow to mean business. He would always be ready to kick my okole (butt)in our gym that next day.. I welcomed it too =)

If you’ve stopped getting results from your strength-training routine, listen up. It’s time to lift heavier, harder and stronger. To halt progress, cruise through your sessions and lift light weights. To see results, work your muscles until they’re fatigued. Here’s how to do it...
Warm-up.. A cold muscle is a weak muscle, so you need to prime your body for action before you begin. Start every exercise you do with a set of lighter weights. For example, if you usually do shoulder presses with 15-pound weights, do a set beforehand where you lift only 10 pounds. If you simply take one minute to warm up before each exercise, you’ll find you can lift heavier and harder, which translates into sexy muscles and a faster metabolism! 

One at a time..If you want to tone your butt (and who doesn’t), you may think you’ll get the best results if you performed three sets of squats, three sets of lunges and three sets of plies. But in reality, by the time you get to your final exercise, your rear will be too tired to work anymore. Instead of doing three sets of three different exercises, stick to three sets of one exercise. And for that one exercise, lift as hard as you can.

Hold heavy dumbbells while squatting, or rest a barbell on your upper back while you lunge. Replace the second two exercises with moves that work another muscle, such as chest presses or lat pulls. This will work your entire body evenly. Women shouldn't be afraid of adding weight, or lifting heavy. The weight is the very thing that builds the sexy shape of your muscles. Women's muscles aren't made to get huge like a man, and unless your genetically gifted or taking illegal substances chances are your fear of getting too big from lifting heavy weights is just fear of the unknown. Take it from me and a lot of other women bodybuilders, it takes lifting super heavy weight and hard training to gain big muscles. 

So don't be afraid to feel the weight you are lifting, pick a good weight that your muscles feel when you do your reps. If you can do more than 12-15 reps then you need to go heavier. Push yourself and your muscles feel it, make gains and create your own sexy shaped muscles.. Being sore never felt so good !!!