If You Could Do One Exercise to Tone Up Your Arms and Your Core, Would You Do It?

Of course! Why not?

The old fashioned Push Up has been toning and strengthening upper bodies for as long as women have been trying to widdle down their wastes! 

But what if I told you that Push Ups not only tone and strengthen your arms but tighten your Core muscles too!

That’s Right…  If you do a Push Up with correct form you CAN and WILL tighten your CORE muscles and wind up with a flatter midsection!

Hard to Believe?  Here’s more.  Not only will you tighten your tummy BUT you will strengthen you back!  Most women think about toning and defining their arms and tightening their midsection BUT never consider strengthening their back.

Think about it….carrying the kids, unloading the groceries, even pushing a heavy door open. You use your back and for that matter your CORE in everything you do!

OK, so here’s the scoop.  You CAN master the Push Up! You can get totally awesome arms, a fit upper body and peel away the layer of fat that’s around your midsection…..

PROVIDING you do them correctly!  Like the old saying goes, “IT’S QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY”!  PLEASE, whatever you do remember this! It’s better to do less amount of repetitions with good form than to do more with bad form!

GO FOR IT! DROP AND DO PUSHUPS AND REEP THE BENEFITS!

For the basic push up place your hands on the floor shoulder width apart. Keep your arms straight (elbows slightly bent) and support yourself on your toes. Make sure that your back doesn’t sag! Think of your body as a table top. DRAW YOUR BELLY IN and hold it tight while lowering yourself down and pushing up. KEEP YOUR BELLY TIGHT and you’ll find over time you’ll widdle your middle!

If beginning on your toes is to difficult, start by leaning against a wall or counter top. Challenge yourself to build enough strength to move to the stairs, then to the floor on your knees and eventually onto your toes.

CHALLENGE YOURSELF! 

Develop strength; increase your metabolism and burn fat all day long by always increasing your repetitions and sets. Always try to beat your initial repetitions by one good quality pushup at a time!

Oh, and always remember the added benefits of following a healthy diet and exercise regime.

To Good Health!!

Rachel and Linda

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If You Find That Your Glutes Are Sagging, There is Hope!

No part of your body attracts more attention than your butt.

Women have tried everything from the old fashioned exercise belts that claimed to “shake your fat away” to uplifting creams and padded panties

in order to prevent their derrière from going south.

But, the best exercise for lifting and shaping the butt cheeks is the good old fashioned squat.

So……if you have to much jiggle in your wiggle you’re going to want to read on!

The movement of a squat engages the larger muscle groups of your butt, hips and thighs. Therefore needing more energy and resulting in burning more fat and increasing your metabolism.

Squatting begins with feet about shoulder width apart. Feet should be more or less parallel with toes pointing slightly outward.

The most important part of the squat is making sure your weight is on your heels and not on your toes. If the weight is on your toes, as you squat down your knees will be extended over your toes which can cause injury to the knee. You always want to make sure your sitting back with the weight on your heels!!!

As you squat back imagine that you’re sitting on a chair. As you go down slightly arch your back, keep your chest and head up and make sure your thighs are horizontal with the floor. Feel the butt muscles working.

If you’re a beginner and feel uncomfortable sitting back put a chair or a stability ball behind you. Stand a couple inches in front of it and slightly graze the ball with your butt as you squat down. This will help you feel confident in squatting low enough without falling.

Focus on the mind to muscle connection. By always thinking about the muscle you are working it will help you actively squeeze your butt on each repetition forcing it to contract and making the muscle work harder.

When your legs are horizontal squeeze up and raise your chest until you return to the beginning position.

Now we all know someone that claims they can do squats by the 100’s.  

FYI:  If you do squats with the correct form, squeezing the WHOLE time

You will NOT be able to do 100 of them!

That’s Not Challenging Enough?

If you want a bit more resistance add a resistance band!

Stand with your feet shoulder width apart and bend your legs. You’re back is slightly arched and your chest is up.  Place the resistance band under each foot and grip the handles with extended arms.

Extend your legs until you’re in a standing position. This is the hardest phase of the exercise because the tension of the band is at its greatest.

Return to the bent leg position and begin again.

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To feeling the burn!

Rachel and Linda