If you find it hard to lose weight with your busy schedule, the news keeps getting better. First, just 20 minutes of exercise was proven to help increase your metabolism. Now, a study has found that working out intensely for just 2.5 minutes can spur calorie burn throughout the day – an extra 200 calories’…
Push-ups are one of the most effective exercises to target your upper body, and mixing in some variations to the basic move will help tone your abs, legs, and butt. Here’s a circuit workout combining six different dynamic variations of the basic push-up. If you’re unsure how to do each one, check out the description…
This 20-minute body-sculpting workout helps get Victoria’s Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio runway ready. Created by Alessandra’s trainer Heather Dorak, founder of Pilates Platinum, the workout is loaded with moves to work multiple body parts at once, making it efficient for toning your whole body and great for torching calories. Press play, and get ready to…
Get your sexy on, and burn some serious calories with PlyoJam, the fitness craze that combines dance moves with exploding plyometrics. Besides helping you to lose weight and tone your body, this workout is guaranteed to challenge your speed, agility, and balance, while keeping a huge smile on your face.
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Yoga is good medicine! Along with keeping your hamstrings flexible and your spine supple, yoga can provide relief when your uncomfortable, distended belly needs a little debloating. Travis Eliot, creator of the Ultimate Yogi DVD series, designed this quick sequence to target your middle with strategic twists to aid digestion. Bonus: these poses are great…
Not feeling like going outside because it’s too cold or snowy? Here’s an easy way to burn 250 calories in just 30 minutes. All you need are a set of stairs, a jump rope, and space to skip around.
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If you’re trying to tighten up the extra padding around your butt and upper quads, you’re not alone. This area is a problematic spot for women, and there’s no single cure to change things overnight. According to celebrity trainer Anna Kaiser, increasing the intensity of your cardio and strength-training program is a great start. Anna’s…
If you’re trying to drop pounds and new to the whole exercise scene, then knowing exactly what to do can be a struggle. Since cardio, strength training, stretching, and days of rest are all equally important, here’s a weekly schedule to help you balance it all out and still see results. In order to lose…
As a 20-something living in a big city, squeezing in a workout is tough. Some days it feels like I have to choose between hitting the gym or heading to happy hour – but I want both! So, though I’m definitely not a morning person, I embarked on a mission to master the morning workout.…
Feeling a little low engergy? Like can’t even get off the floor? We totally get it, but you should still work out. We created this quick 10-minute floor workout for days just like this. You might be surprised by how much you can work your muscles on the floor! Grab a light set of weights…
