It’s April and that means summer is around the corner. Now is the time to focus on getting your body ready for bathing suit season. To get results you need to include resistance and cardio training, and good, healthy eating habits. Challenge yourself to take it up a notch in your exercise. Add more weight in your resistance training and more time in your cardio. If you only incorporate 2 of these, you will get some results, but not the maximum results. You owe it to yourself to do it! What are you waiting for?
Spot Check
Muscles Worked: Glutes & Legs
This month let’s focus on the glutes and legs by doing a cardio hill-walking workout that is very effective and one of my favorite exercises. This exercise exaggerates the hip extension movement, which works the glutes and the legs. Beginners should do this workout 2 times a week; advanced exercisers should aim for 3 or 4 times a week. For this exercise you need the treadmill. Start at a slow speed – I recommend 2.5 mph – and go to the highest incline level. For the first 5 minutes, keep increasing the speed to a comfortable rate where you are able to walk without grabbing the handles. Beginners, try to maintain your walk at 3.5 mph and advanced exercises, strive for 5 mph. Stay there for 10 to 15 minutes, then reduce your speed and incline for 2 minutes. Don’t forget to stretch afterward.
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