All Entries in the "Home Workouts" Category
Workout Video: Bringing Your Sexy Back
Yup, this week’s video workout is all about bringing sexy back…to your back. Often we focus on our abdominals and forget to balance our ab workouts with an adequate back workout. The one thing I’d caution about the moves in this video is to really watch your form and make sure you power from your [...]
Workout video: building abs like boxers with an ab wheel
Today’s workout video comes courtesy of our twitter friend @Smashfit. When she mentioned ‘the ab wheel’ I knew she didn’t mean some pansy shopping channel gimmick. Because if you’ve seen pictures of her abs, you know she’s the real deal. And so is today’s exercise. This one is favored by boxers and athletes. Take a [...]
Beginner level 5 minute leg toning exercises – workout video
An easier workout video this week! The moves in this exercise video are great if you are new to bodyweight strength exercises and are looking to begin toning your legs. As suggested, try them out three times a week. Then you may want to move to exercises that are a bit more challenging, like the [...]
Your Perfect Circuit Workout for a Hot Body! 5 Minute Video
Blast calories with this cardio and toning circuit workout that promises to have your body looking hot in no time… Here’s a five minute video by Sarah from Diets.com that is guaranteed to get your heart rate pumping. Check it out: While I don’t know about the hot body in no time part, the workout [...]
How to do the Split Squat
This week’s video workout is the Split Squat or, more specifically, the Bulgarian Split Squat, a move I’ve not seen or tried before now. But given that my physiotherapist has me doing squats, squats and more squats as well as stretching my quads and hip flexors, this is a move I was eager to try [...]
Best of…the abdominal workouts – video
Here’s a great short video from Diets.com on moves that will work your abs, your obliques and more…try the moves out and see how this video compares to Cassey Ho’s Pop Pilates 10 minute abdominal workout. My abs look nothing like the photo on the right, but I’m going to keep on doing more with [...]
Beautiful Legs for the Ladies
I picked this video this week because I have never done this exercise before. After seeing it and trying it I thought it was a good one that you can do anywhere, while making dinner, watching t.v., etc and to help get those sexy legs ready for your Christmas parties that will be coming very [...]
The BEST exercise to flatten abs…
Okay Ladies, how many of you out there have told yourself that you have to get rid of your “muffin top” ? Well, I have told myself that many, many times. I came across this You Tube video and thought that it was very good and wanted to share it with you ladies. I would [...]
Cellulite-Buster Workout Targets Your Tush
This workout is designed to tighten the legs and butt and finally beat Cellulite! With dedication to these exercises each week; targeting your glutes, hamstrings and quads, this is the #1 way to tone your legs and beat cellulite. Warm up: Treadmill at 15 minutes fast pace walk or jog incline at 4.0 (or elliptical [...]
Skip the jump rope – try Punk Rope!
~by Shelly, Fitsmi I don’t have what you’d call athletic prowess (or really, athletic anything), especially when it comes to sports that require coordination. But a year ago I took this class called Punk Rope where we jumped rope and performed different drills to punk music. Having some previous experience with this (you jump that [...]
Muffin Tops should be for your muffin!
Here are a few Abdominal workouts to help you leave your muffin top on top of your muffin and not hanging over the top of your pants! 1 – Dumbbell Side Bends Starting Position Stand with feet shoulder width apart, holding dumbbells. Knees should be slightly bent. Action EXHALE: Bend trunk to the left to a [...]
