Happy Bunny Day!

I hope everyone has a Happy, Fit, Healthy Easter Sunday!

Tomorrow Is Too Late

From “I’ll start my diet on Monday” to “I can overeat today and make up for it by eating less tomorrow,” there are endless excuses for putting off healthy lifestyle changes. It’s not that waiting one day – or weekend – to put down that donut and pick up a dumbbell is bad, but rather that those “tomorrows” never arrive. This is a form of procrastination, and it always results in disaster. Few people actually start their diet on Monday and stick with it or make up for today’s excess calories “tomorrow.” And those who do go all out on Monday or eat less to make up for yesterday’s indulgences end up starving themselves and slowing their metabolisms. When you truly respect your body, you’ll stick to healthful food portions all the time and never punish yourself by waiting until “tomorrow.”

2 Reasons You'll Hit a Weight-Loss Plateau

There’s nothing more discouraging than hitting a weight-loss plateau and not getting the same results out of your workouts that you did initially. Why do people inevitably hit a weight-loss plateau, and how can they break through it? Two primary factors are at play in the phenomenon.

The first is efficiency of movement (i.e. being in better shape). When you first began your exercise program, you struggled through your workouts and sweated like a pig, but now, four weeks later, that same workout is a breeze. That’s because your body adapted over time to the movements required for that exercise. Your body is now ready for more of a challenge. The second factor is the fact that you’ve lost weight since you first started your program. There is less of you to move, which means your body is not having to work quite as hard to move around your weight as it did in the beginning.

It’s time to step up the intensity, duration or frequency of your workouts, and you will start losing weight again and making the gains and changes to your body. Keep challenging yourself and your body and strove for higher goals every workout. Never settle for normal and be as abnormal as possible especially when it comes to your training.

"Happy St. Patrick's Day"

My Sunday Fit Body "Boot-Camp"

I keep my workout momentum going through the weekend by getting up at 6am on Sunday morning with my son and we do a hardcore boot-camp workout at my brothers workout studio from 7-9am which consists of weighted sled pulls, weighted rope pulls downs, double ring pushups, lots of running stairs with 50lb sand bags, sprinting up-hill backwards with 50lb sandbag, weighted medicine ball workout, kettle bell work, lots of ab work with the weighted medicine balls, walking lunges with 50lb sand bag and more....It's a "KILLA" boot-camp style workout and it completes my workout week and gets me fired up and ready to start my new workout week on Monday! No weekend comfort zone for me! =)

   

"Detoxify Your Bod"

Would you swallow teaspoons of chemical-based household cleaners? I didn’t think so! Though it’s hard to believe, your body is actually chock full of toxins, due to the fumes you breathe in, high stress levels and consumption of alcohol and cigarettes.

Too often, toxins build up in our bodies from less-than-ideal eating habits. In particular, when you don’t eat enough fiber throughout the week, it’s hard for your body to efficiently move waste through your intestine. When intestinal waste gets stuck, gas builds up. This can result in bloating and abdominal distension – the last thing you want when trying to create a flat belly. To combat toxic overload, experts think that a person should detox at least once a year. 
How does one detox? It’s easy! Follow these steps:

• Cut back on the amount of alcohol, sugar, dairy, and saturated fats you consume, and make cleansing juices with vegetables such as watercress, celery and kale, and add ginger for a little kick.


• Drink plenty of water and antioxidant-rich green tea.


• Eat lots of fiber, such as brown rice, and veggies, including broccoli, cabbage and artichokes.


• Load up on vitamin C, which helps purge the body of toxins.


• Take deep breaths (while meditating, practicing yoga, or engaging in cardio exercise).

"Sexy Fit Friday"

It's that time again...Sexy Fit Friday! It's time to kick up the heat and keep your body rocking hard thru the weekend. There's No letting up just because the weekends upon us. It's when the true champions go harder as there's No days off when it comes to conquering your own body and your destiny to be GREAT! "Lets Go"

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Killer Delts and the Alpha Female

An alpha female projects strength, confidence and provides inspiration and leadership to others – in life and fitness. No body part exudes toughness more than solid, toned back muscles. This exercise will work your rear deltoids, known as “delts,” which help rotate your shoulders. Let’s get to lifting girls.

Step 1: Hold a pair of dumbbells and sit on the edge of a chair or bench. Lean forward until your chest is almost touching your knees. Lower the dumbbells so your arms hang behind your heels, with palms facing each other.

Step 2: Breathe slowly and rhythmically as you raise the weights up through a count of 10 seconds.

Step 3: Once you reach your maximum tension point, hold and squeeze for 2 seconds.

Step 4: Return dumbbells to the starting point through a count of 10 seconds.

Step 5: Repeat three times without resting.