Showing posts with label mom fitness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mom fitness. Show all posts

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Toned Arms Workout Video For Ladies

Do you want nicer, stronger and more toned arms?

I guess that’s kind of a given since you’re here reading this article (and then going to watch – and try – the arms workout video below!).

But what does it take to create a really good arms workout that not only helps you develop toned and more defined arms, but also increases your strength?

That’s what you’re after isn’t it?  It mean, it’s all well and good if you want toned arm muscles (and get rid of the bye-bye arms), but you also want to have strength, right?

One thing I love about my wife is she’s always trying to get stronger.  She relishes the fact that she doesn’t have to ask me to open jars anymore because her upper body is Superhero Strong, and she has sleek and sexy arms (without any bulk).

The type of arms workout I make for her, is exactly the type of toned arms workout I’m going to share with you in this video.

Quick Arms Workout For Ladies



This arms workout video is actually a part of a larger program I created where you get to pick and choose different areas of your body to work.

Not all ladies just want nicer arms – some want a trimmer stomach, while others want a strong and sexy pair or legs and round booty…

…while others want everything!

This program I created lets you do that!

Kinda cool.

I want you to not only watch that arms workout video, but I also want you to try it.  It doesn’t work by osmosis – you have to actually get out and do it…

…and if you do it, I promise you’ll see results.  Your arms will be stronger, and more importantly, you will get rid of the bye-bye arm fat and develop sleek, toned and defined arms and shoulders.

That's it for today!



Talk to ya later,



Ed

P.S. - Click here to discover 3 workout tricks ALL weight loss workout programs for ladies should use - whether you're trying to tone up, or get sexier arms.  Not only that, but you'll discover 4 weird weight loss foods.

Friday, July 22, 2011

3 Best Toning Exercises For Moms

There are a lot of confusing articles and videos out there for moms wanting to tone up.

Do you go to a class, or maybe stick to an intense home workout program?

If you’re a lady, and want to get more toned, should you do loads and loads of repetitions on isolation exercises or stick to bigger exercises that work a lot of your body at once?

To better answer those questions, I compiled a quick list of what I believe to be the best toning exercises for women.

1) Squat with a Shoulder Press.  Doing 2 exercises in one is a great way to tone your entire body because it works a lot of muscle and burns a lot of calories – both of which will help you get strong and toned.

The great thing about the Squat with Shoulder Press is that it combines 2 areas women want to look better – their legs/butt and shoulders.

To do it, hold two dumbbells at your shoulders, then progress into a normal squat.

As you raise up, press the dumbbells overhead as if you were doing a regular shoulder press.

Make sure you keep your abs braced throughout the entire movement and squeeze your butt muscles as you stand up.

2) Dumbbell Swing.  The Swing is a great toning exercise because it works your abs like hotcakes (without doing any crunches) and burns a ton of calories.  It will also make you very strong, which is key in any toning exercise.

The key with the Swing is that you must make it one fluid movement and don’t turn it into two separate exercises.  It’s an explosive move that you should also be able to use a decent amount of weight with.

As you stand up out of your slight bend, you should explode up as if you were going to jump and let that Dumbbell swing out in front of you (hence the “Swing” part of the name).  If you do that, it’s a great toning exercise…if not, it’ll probably cause an injury.

3) 1 ½ Squat.  This is a deceptive little exercise because it doesn’t sound too bad, and the first few reps are pretty easy, but the more you do, the more the muscles are worked, the more it burns and the more it helps tone your legs and butt.

It’s just like a normal squat, but as you stand up, only come up half way.  Then go back into the lower portion of the squat and stand up all the way – that’s one rep.

So it’s a squat with a little bounce in it.

That little bounce turns a good toning exercise into a great overall strength, fat loss and toning exercise that women MUST do.

Give those 3 exercises a try in your next workout and I guarantee you’ll start seeing results and become a stronger, more toned version of you.

Talk soon!

Ed Scow, aka "The Fit Dad"

P.S. - Click here to discover 4 super simple weight loss and slimming foods, as well as discover what the magic "F-word" is and how it can make or break your weight loss results.  You'll also discover 3 simple tricks ALL weight loss workout programs should have in place.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Attention Ladies: How To Lose Butt Fat

Sorry guys, but this one is for the ladies only.

Also, if you are a guy and you're reading this, I don't recommend forwarding it on to your wife or girlfriend unless you want to become single or any less of a man. Just a cautionary warning.

Anyway...

I haven't come across too many ladies who are totally pleased with their butt and didn't want to lose butt fat.

Actually I can't remember meeting one woman who, when it got down to what they wanted, was totally satisfied with the size, or "roundness" of her butt.

Some have wanted a bigger, rounder butt, but most women I meet want their butt to be smaller, yet round...or "A butt that stops traffic" as one former client put it.

So what does it take to lose inches off your butt? Is it all about some "sculpting" exercise you learned about in some women's magazine?

Or maybe you need to use the latest gadget found on late night infomercials or some magic lotion that you slather on your booty.

All of those things are wrong, and you should never, ever buy those gizmos off the late night infomercials. Not when you can get better exercises done without spending anything.

The first thing you need to fix is your nutrition. Are you eating for a nice butt? A butt worthy of a bikini, or tight jeans?

That doesn't mean you have to go on some crazy crash diet. Quite the opposite. You need to eat enough to maintain your muscle, because muscle is what gives you a nice butt.

You need to make sure you eat lots of fruits and vegetables throughout the day and that could be by eating whole, raw fruits and vegetables, or by preparing your own smoothies made with real fruits and veggies, not juices.

You also need to make sure you're getting enough protein and fat. Yes I said fat. You need to consume fat if you really want to lose inches off your butt. However the fat should come from healthy nuts like almonds, or cold water fish like salmon and albacore tuna. Eating those will also ensure you get your protein and fiber.

But what exercises should you do to lose butt fat?

Forget about those "sculpting" moves found in the latest women's magazine from the checkout line at the grocery store.

You need to do exercises that use a lot of muscle and thus burn a lot more fat.

You need to do exercises like squats and lunges. You need to do them with your own bodyweight and/or you need to add some resistance in the form of dumbbells

You should also do your exercises in the form of supersets or circuits.

Try this mini-circuit the next time you're at the gym or in your home gym.

1A) Dumbbell Reverse Lunge - 8 reps per leg
1B) Bodyweight Squat - 15 reps
1C) Hip Extension - 15 reps

Perform those 3 exercises as a circuit moving from one to the next with little to no rest and repeat the circuit 3-4 times.

That circuit, if done properly, will work the butt muscles hard. Add that circuit to the beginning of your workout, when you're still fresh and do it 2-3 times per week for 4 weeks and you will have a smaller, firmer, rounder butt by the end of that month.

Stay tuned to your inbox tomorrow ladies where I'll give you a couple videos that work those trouble spots you have come to love to hate.

Have a good day!

Ed

P.S. - If you liked that mini-circuit for the booty, one of the f.ree b.onuses that comes with my Fat Loss To Go program totally revolves around mini-workouts for women's trouble spots. The butt, legs, flabby arms, etc. The workouts are designed to be done after or before your regular workout and only add about 5 minutes to your regular workout and they work those trouble spots hard. Check it out at www.fatlosstogo.com/ladies.html

Monday, June 16, 2008

Busy Mom Fat Loss Tips

I think the term “busy mom” is really an idiotic statement. If you’re a mom isn’t it assumed that you’re busy?

I can’t think of any mom who wasn’t working her hands to the bone taking care of her family. It just kind of comes with the territory.

Unfortunately, this often doesn’t include much time for yourself when it comes to taking care of your body and fat loss.

Many of my training clients are busy moms trying to lose fat and they all want to know how to fit fat loss workouts into their busy days and nights.

The good thing is that it’s not as difficult as you think to fit effective fat loss workouts into your busy days.

You just need to follow these tips.

1) Stop following the fat loss workouts you find in the women’s magazines from the checkout counter. Most of those fat loss workouts are designed by people who don’t actually train people, let alone busy moms who have limited time to lose fat if they can even make it to the gym.

Plus they load those workouts up with goofy exercises that some gymnasts wouldn’t be able to do, or spend the whole time dealing with “isolation” exercises that when done need at least 45-60 minutes of gym time.

You need to start following a fat loss program that is designed to be done quickly and from the comfort of your own home. The program needs to focus on movements that get your whole body moving in order to lose fat. Movements like push-ups, squats, lunges, and full body ab exercises rather than thousands of crunches.

It should have you in and out of the gym in less than 20 minutes or make it so you can do it from home.

Your free time is precious. Do you really want to spend what little you have loading the kids up to head to the gym, driving there, working out, then loading the kids back up to commute home?

2) Stop trying to do cardio for 60-90 minutes per day. I don’t even want you to think about that anymore. It’s just not feasible for a busy mom who wants to lose fat to try to do slow, boring cardio for that long.

Rather you need to start doing interval training for your cardio. You’ll get done a lot quicker, and burn a lot more fat.

As a matter of fact, much of the cardio I have my female clients perform gets them done in less than 20 minutes and they lose a lot more fat than by doing it my way than they had in the years of doing long, boring, monotonous bouts of cardio.

3) Stop eating like you’re a kid. Most moms I know gained weight after their kids were born because they would eat what their kids didn’t. If their child didn’t eat all of his hot dog, she finished it for him. Or, if she was making cookies for the kids, she would eat just as much, if not more than the kids.

You have to stop doing this to yourself if you really want to lose fat.

Instead you need to focus on eating lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, lean sources of protein like chicken and turkey breast, soy, almonds, salmon, etc. while cutting out processed carbohydrates, which basically means anything found in a bag or box.

Have a good day!

Ed

P.S. - My Fat Loss To Go program is an excellent source for moms on the go who are looking to lose fat...and lose it quickly. The workouts only take about 15 minutes to complete plus one of the free bonuses is a whole load of 10 minute workouts. Check it out at www.fatlosstogo.com