Abs and Legs Circuit

views the best pictures

* Sumo Squat
* Straight-Leg Crunch
* Sidestep Lunge
* Scissor-Kick Crunch (dumbbell or medicine ball optional)
* Two-Leg Calf Raises
* Corkscrew (dumbbell or medicine ball optional)
* Angled Lunge
* Reverse Crunch (dumbbell or medicine ball optional)
* Flat Dumbbell Leg Curl
* Twists (dumbbell or medicine ball optional)

I suggest do 3 sets of 10 reps each, or 2 sets of 15 reps each. Remember your 2 - 3 rest days to alternate between workout days! Remember before and after any routine keep water handy and stretch!! Breathe!! Warm up and cool down. Push yourself through the burn, but stop if it hurts!! Squeeze your glutes and maintain good posture!! Visualize your goal and if you can, always tell yourself "just one more!"!!!!

Getting into a routine will be easier if you make a workout schedule, and set a timer each workout. I recommend 30 - 45 minutes, get at least 20 - 30 minutes. If you have a difficult time making it to 20 minutes, start with 15 minutes and build up to 30 - 45 minutes. Write down your workouts you would like to do each day. Don't forget to stagger in your 2 - 3 rest days. How important is this to you?! If it's easier for you to stay focused with a friend, make that call!! Don't give up on you!! There is no doubt you can reach all your goals!! Once you get into the routine of working out, it may surprise you that you may end up craving your next workout!

Adding weights, even light weights, is good for you (start with 2 pound dumbbells, or a small soup cans if you don't have weights). Using weights can help you improve your posture when you use them with exercises which use your core to stabalize and balance. Some of the exercises may seem simple, but when you hold a 8 pound dumbbell in each hand and do a set of 10, bent-over reverse fly - believe me, you feel the burn! ~~If you don't have dumbbells, use large, or small soup cans, buy 2 gallons of water from a store (remember, 1 gallon = 8 pounds), or wash and reuse your gallon of milk. If you aren't comfortable using weights, still do the exercise. Working and stimulating your muscles is better than not doing anything!!~~

In any workout routine, it is best to give yourself time! Push yourself, yes - but not to the point where you get hurt and cannot work out the next day. Give yourself at least 6-8 weeks to see a noticable difference (though it is possible see results sooner, your results depend on you!). The greatest, and easiest things I suggest is always squeeze your glutes and maintain good posture; walk on your toes (like your wearing stillettoes ;0) and do the model walk everywhere you go (walk with one foot directly in front of the other, while maintaining posture and squeezing your glutes - this will also give you a little bit of a sass in your step ;0). Mostly, don't beat yourself up!! Give yourself credit for effort and push yourself more each day!!