My friend and one of California's premier trainers Sam Bakhtiar asked me to share with his clients some of my favorite butt exercises. Not only does a nice butt look good, it serves a very important purpose for everyday activities. If you have enjoyed these workouts you will also enjoy our Fit Moms For Life monthly workout DVD system. You can learn more by visit … [Read more...]
20 Minute Fat Burning Workout at Home or While Traveling
While traveling in AZ, I wanted to get a quick workout in to counter act the 4 days of sitting through a conference. My friend Maria Andros shows you the workout that we had just done. Do each exercise for 10-12 reps and 2 sets of each, alternating between an upperbody and lowerbody exercise. The exercises we did were: -Push up rows -Squat to shoulder press -Lunge to bicep curl -Bent … [Read more...]
Never Too Late To Start Weight Training
Thank you Kris, one of my newsletter subscribers, for sharing this video with all of us. The video you are about to watch is very inspiring. It is a story about a woman in her late forties who went through an emotional divorce and was going through many challenges. She found weight training and not only has she found it, she has set the audacious goal of being the oldest weight lifter in the … [Read more...]
5 “Weird” Fat Burning Exercises
I thought I would go back into my vault of close to 400 youtube videos and share with you a few of my favorite fat burning exercises. These videos were taken in Chicago with my friend and fellow trainer John Hall. At around 45 years old, he is a great example to me what a body can look and perform like twenty years from now. He practices what he preaches, and I enjoy working out with him. … [Read more...]
30 minute workout you can do anywhere
Post by Katie C., blog contributor Before I started bootcamp, if I only had 30 minutes to work out (or even if I had more time), my default activity would be running. Now that I've been doing bootcamp for almost a year, I've learned the importance of incorporating strength activities and am a fan of circuit workouts. Here's a 30 minute circuit workout that I've adapted from iVillage. It's … [Read more...]
11 Fat Burning, Muscle Toning, Tummy Tightening Exercises
We had a great time with our Saturday morning outdoor bootcamp kickoff. There were 90 positive and hard working bootcampers that came out and worked hard, burned calories, improved their cardiovascular fitness, strengthened their core, toned their muscles, and met tons of new people. One of my highlights was the potluck that we had afterwards. Great food and community building. I met so … [Read more...]
Snowshoeing: A Great Outdoor Winter Activity
Post by Katie C., blog contributor In a recent post, I mentioned that one of my favorite winter activities is snowshoeing. Several people expressed an interest in snowshoeing and had some great questions, so here is a more detailed post on this great winter activity that is fun for anyone at any fitness level. Benefits: Snowshoeing as a fun way to get outdoors during the winter and get a … [Read more...]
Exercise and Fitness Trends For 2011
Each year I like to make predictions about how people are going to exercise and get in shape, and what fitness trends are going to be hot. Click here to check out last years predictions. My predictions are based off of my own personal experiences, talking with hundreds of fitness professionals from around the world, reading all the fitness professional trade journals, and looking at where we … [Read more...]
Kettlebell Training Exercises
As with most things in life, things come and go. In fitness right now kettlebells might be the fastest growing trend. Kettlebells have been around for well over 50 years but they have resurfaced as a great way to get in shape. We use kettlebells at some of our Fit Fun Bootcamps locations in Madison, WI. Kettlebells have a handle that is fat with a canon looking ball on the end. Unlike … [Read more...]
Total Body Butt and Leg Toning Exercises
I realized that I forgot to post a video that my good buddy Davey and I filmed in Vegas awhile ago. These are two exercises that you might not have thought to do, that get the heart rate up very quickly and tone maximum muscle and burn body fat. If you like these exercises you will love my 12 short workouts in my Buns Guns Back and Shoulder series. Click here to learn more about them. 1. … [Read more...]
