I love to use the ball in my workouts. Using the ball increases the instability and allows for greater range of motion and support for your back. If you aren’t one of the near 1000 people to already be working out to my Got Core DVDs, I highly recommend the $30 investment. There are 8 15 minute workouts with over 50 exercises using the ball.
In this video I am in Vegas with my friend Davey who is a trainer and creator of Model Body Workout. I am going to go visit him again in Huntington Beach in a couple weeks. Enjoy the video and I apologize for the inappropriate but funny comment from my camera guy 
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This past week I have been sharing with you some of the most effective exercises to target specific areas.
Click here to learn what body part training is and the benefits of it.
Click here to see a couple longer FREE videos on body part routines.
Today, I would like to show you a few more video clips of some of my favorite exercises.
Just a reminder that my newest DVD program Buns, Guns, Shoulders, and Back will be released Tuesday June 15th at 9 AM CST. There will be a limited number of quantity available.
This video is pulled up from the archives and I did this one over 2 years ago. The J-Lo booty, as I have called it, is one of the favorites for my clients to help them lift and tighten their butt.
I get questions asking about how to get rid of the back fat area, or the “bra fat” as it is commonly referred to. The number one thing that it comes down to is nutrition, but there are some very good exercises that target that part of the back. Here is one of my favorites.
This next video is very important from a functional standpoint, but also for appearance. This exercise will help make you look good from behind and tighten up most people’s underdeveloped hamstrings and tighten the butt in the process.
This last one isn’t exactly body part training, but it talks about overall fat loss and is one of my favorite videos!
I hope you enjoyed these videos and will try some of these exercises in your next workout. Results don’t happen overnight, but with consistency and hard work, your body will be like putty, that you can begin to mold and shape to change your body size and shape.
One last reminder that Tuesday June 15th my body part training DVDs will be released. There will be 4 DVDs and 12 workouts included as well as some awesome bonuses. We will have a limited quantity available so don’t wait til it is too late.
One of the biggest reasons Fit Fun Bootcamps has been such a big hit (besides the great results and community that is built) is the fun and unique factor. In this video I have two bootcampers Lauren and Amy who have been coming to Fit Fun Bootcamp for about 9 months and have seen some incredible toning and increases in their athletic performance.
Check it out.
Pushing cars is a great family activity that the kids love to do as well. Plus you will never be worried about running out of gas again because you know you can push it
If you are doing this with kids, please be safe and push on a flat area and make sure someone is near the brake in case something happens.
Here is another video I found from over a year ago in MamaTone Class where the moms are working hard to push a big SUV up the hill. My mom was in town and did the filming which explains the shakiness
Today I want to share with you some of my favorite lower body toning exercises. I think legs are the best muscle groups to work because they have the biggest muscles in the body and therefore burn the most fat calories when worked. Click here to check out a previous post on butt and thigh exercises. If you want another butt and thigh toning video here is one more I recently did! I just found another butt and thigh video I did, this one has 60,000 views on youtube!
Alecia is helping demonstrate the exercises today. I will also have her back on the blog soon to share her story and advice for moms, especially those who are pregnant or thinking about getting pregnant. Alecia, not only got her pre-baby back quicker than anyone I know, but within 6 months is in by far the best shape of her life!
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A pet peeve of mine is runners who think their legs are strong because they run… I have usually seen the opposite, runners who run a lot but don’t strength train, have some of the weakest legs because they aren’t use to doing any weight bearing exercises past about a 30 bend in the knee. To make the legs stronger and glutes stronger you need to have weight bearing exercises up to 90 degrees of knee flexion.
Here are the exercises:
Side lunges
Single leg deadlift
Squats with weights at shoulders
Single leg hip raises on medicine ball
Squat jumps
Single leg squats
What are some of your favorite lowerbody exercises?
Last week I showed you a video of Rita doing box jumps on the NBC morning show. This week I wanted to show another variation of that exercise that you can do. This one involves a little more upper-body. The drawback is that you won’t be able to jump quite as high since you will be holding additional weights.
We do this one in Fit Fun Bootcamp right now indoors and once we go outside to parks, we will use picnic tables, rocks, and playgrounds to use as our box to jump up to!
Enjoy!
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What woman doesn’t want a great butt and inner/outer thighs? Today, John and I wanted to share a great exercise that targets those areas, but also requires a lot of fine motor stability. Using an unstable surface, such as a bosu, will require the small stabilizers in the feet, calves, anterior tibialis (shin bone), quads, hamstrings, glutes, hips, and core, to engage in order for you to not fall off. This type of training improves proprioceptive awareness, meaning your body is more efficient at knowing where it is in space. If you consistently do this type of training, you will stand a much better chance of not falling when you lose your balance There have been so many times when I slip on ice, but don’t quite fall because my body is able to make those split second adjustments and save me from potentially hurting myself.
Enjoy!
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