Winter Fit


by Sharon Rushen - Date: 2006-12-21 - Word Count: 648 Share This!

It's Quality Not Quantity

Stacy Berman, exercise specialist well-known for her effective exercise tactics with high end clients, understands the importance of working out on a tight schedule. She brings hope to nine to fivers as she believes that the amount of time spent working out isn't as important as the quality of the workout. So if you're going to stay in and skip out on the gym, Stacy has workout suggestions for 10, 20 or 30 minute sessions (if that's all you have to spare).

10 minute workout:

"In either case you always want to work the body as a unit to make the workout most efficient. This means that you should work many muscles in one session as opposed to breaking the workout up into body parts. The whole is always greater than the sum of its parts. For a very limited schedule of only 10 minutes try this cycle of exercises: push ups (chest, shoulders, triceps), squats (butt, quads, hamstrings), super-mans (lower back, core muscles), sit-ups (abs, core muscles). 12-20 reps each; repeat this cycle 2-3xs."

20 minute workout:

"If you have 20 minutes a day to workout then try to get in 2 movements per body part. For example, adding onto the 10 min workout: push ups, tricep dips (shoulders, tri, chest), squats, alternating forward lunges (butt, quad, hamstring, core muscles), plank position (core muscles, arms), super-mans, sit-ups, bicycle for the abs (abs, oblique and core muscles). 12-20 reps each; repeat this cycle 2-3xs."

30 minute workout:

"If you have 30 minutes a day to dedicate to fitness try the same routine as above but add a cardio interval between each exercise. For example, push ups, jumping jacks, dips, jump rope, squats, squat thrusts, lunges, high knees, holding the plank position, mountain climbers, sit-ups, bicycle. 12-20 reps each; repeat this cycle 2-3xs."

The above workout suggestions can be found on www.stacysbootcamp.com along with other professional tips and information on a healthy living. Uniquely, Stacy offers a year round "boot camp" in NYC. Grab a friend and go workout in Central Park with Stacy. It's a unique and fun way to get some air and increase your sluggish winter behavior. Go online to Stacy's site and take the online quiz "How Fit Are You?" for your chance to win a free week of boot camp classes with Stacy.

In the Zone at Home

The ancient art of yoga may intimidate non-conformists, but its relaxing manner may prove suitable to people of all ages and types. Practicing yoga at home is not only convenient but also stress-reducing. However, it is important for new yoga-practitioners to nail the basics before advancing into more difficult yoga poses. It is necessary to do a warm up before any exercise and yoga is no different. After warming up, you can decide how long your personal at-home yoga session is. Whether you practice daily or bi-daily, for twenty minutes or an hour, you are doing your body a big favor and helping to fight off the extra winter lbs.

ABC-of-Yoga offers an array of information on its site: www.abc-of-yoga.com. You can find illustrations, warm-up suggestions, poses or the answers to some of your own yoga-related questions.

Help prevent tension headaches before they strike. Doing shoulder exercises helps reduce and prevent the possibility of headaches. According to ABC-of-Yoga, we store excess stress and tension in our shoulders and neck, so by exercising these parts we can prevent the occurrence of a headache.

The relaxation at the end of every yoga session is what most of us seek at the end of a busy work week. Removing the stress from everyday incidents and allowing your body to relax is important to both your mental and physical states.

Just because its winter doesn't mean your body has to suffer. Whether you want a brisk workout or prefer to stay cozy indoors, there is more than one workout approach for the men and women on a tight time budget.


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