5 Tips for Summer Training
Work Your Whole Body in Once Do More Lower-Body Moves Begin Coaching Today MORE: 7 High-Intensity Workouts that Take 20 Minutes or LESS Add more resistance says Braganza, if your purpose is to slim your stomach in time for bikini season. She suggests having a object to test the stability of your abs and put more emphasis on strengthening muscles. (One alternative: the Medicine Ball V-Up.) Hello, bikini belly!
Speed Up Your Workouts If you want to tone up fast (i.e., by pool time), give yourself a 30-second break maximum between sets. (Braganza says three sets for however many reps you can manage per exercise is standard.) That will help keep your heart rate up--and the room your body needs to calm down (securely and without exhausting yourself), the more calories you will burn in a shorter quantity of time, says Braganza.
No time like the present? Most of Braganza's customers devote two to three months before a movie begins filming to get healthy, but you can see muscle definition when four weeks--meaning today is the best time to dive into a new strength-training routine. (Just be careful to not overdo it in the upcoming few weeks--learn how to know if your work out is overly intense.) Robbery vs Burglary
What's the key to a , healthy that is sexy summer body? Strength training. MORE: Weight Lifting Tips for Women Besides scoring a butt that looks amazing at a bikini, working your lower half means you are exercising some of your muscle groups: quads and your glutes. Spot toning this region can fire up your metabolism since working these particular muscles needs more energy than functioning other regions of the body, states Braganza. Squats and lunges perform the trick, or try any of these great lower-body workouts.
Stop with buttocks and your stomach? Workouts require head-to-toe effort in order you just tone every inch--and do it than targeting muscle groups per workout, says Braganza. Try compound moves such as the Dumbbell Squat to Overhead Press or the Lateral Lunge and Press to target several muscles concurrently. And with this in mindwe spoke with Gold's Gym trainer Ramona Braganza -- that has worked with Anne Hathaway, Zac Efron, and Jessica Alba -- for tips to improve your efforts. (FYI, she assisted sculpt Jessica's awesome abs in the very first Sin City. Yep.) Read up, hit the gym, and get ready yourself to have the best summer ever!
